author

Sami Khalaf Hamarneh

b. 1925

A historian of pharmacy, medicine, and science, his work helped bring the history of Islamic medicine to a wider modern audience. He wrote studies on figures such as al-Zahrawi and also documented the history of medical collections and institutions.

2 Audiobooks

Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise

Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise

by Sami Khalaf Hamarneh

History of the Division of Medical Sciences United States National Museum Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 43, 1964

History of the Division of Medical Sciences United States National Museum Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 43, 1964

by Sami Khalaf Hamarneh

About the author

Born in 1925, Sami Khalaf Hamarneh was a Jordanian scholar known for his work on the history of pharmacy, medicine, and science. Library and archival records identify him as a historian of Islamic medicine and link him with major reference collections and research institutions.

Hamarneh worked with the Smithsonian's Division of Medical Sciences, where archival records list him in roles including associate curator, curator, historian, and later curator emeritus. His surviving papers, held at the University of Minnesota, describe him as a historian of Islamic medicine at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

As an author, he published studies on Islamic and Arabic medicine and pharmacy, including work on al-Zahrawi, as well as books such as Yunani (Unani), Arabic, and Islamic Medicine and Pharmacy and History of the Division of Medical Sciences. Records from the National Library of Israel give his lifespan as 1925–2010.