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Medicine in the Islamic Golden Age

Medicine in the Islamic Golden Age. By Allie Pinosky, Kelly Herring, and Frances Grimball. General Advancements. Surgery Pharmacology Medical Texts Drugs Nutrition Causes and sources of disease. Ibn Sina (Avicenna). 16 medical works Qanun General Principles Simple Drugs

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Medicine in the Islamic Golden Age

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  1. Medicine in the Islamic Golden Age By Allie Pinosky, Kelly Herring, and Frances Grimball

  2. General Advancements • Surgery • Pharmacology • Medical Texts • Drugs • Nutrition • Causes and sources of disease

  3. IbnSina (Avicenna) • 16 medical works • Qanun • General Principles • Simple Drugs • Diseases of particular organs and parts of the body • Diseases which spread to other body parts • Compound medicines • Translated into Latin (12 century) • “Canon” • Chief Medical Text of Europe

  4. Al-Zahrawi • Medical Encyclopedia • At-Tasrif • 30 volumes • Translated into Latin 12th century • Great advancements in Surgery • Variety of operations and procedures • Illustrations and explanations of surgical instruments Page from a 1531 Latin translation by Peter Argellata of El Zahrawi's treatise on surgical and medical instruments. 

  5. Al-Razi • Kitab al-Mansuri • Largest Encyclopedia • Experiments on Animals • Opium as form of Anesthesia • Wrote book of home remedies • Discovered bad effects of alcoholism • Employed by Harun Al-Rashid to build first hospital

  6. Hospitals (Bimaristans) • First Hospital: 86 AH (712 CE) • High level of Organization • Cairo, Damascus • Doctors worked shifts • 5 types of hospitals • Mental disease • Leprosy • Road • Prison • Mobile Maristan

  7. Impact • Canon • Western Europe • At-Tasrif • Surgical Techniques and Instruments • Hospitals • Recording Greek knowledge

  8. Works Citied Ahmed, Dr. Monzur. "El Zahrawi (Albucasis)-father of surgery." Muslim Scientists and Scholars. Aug. 1990. 7 Oct. 2008 <http://www.ummah.net/history/scholars/el_zahrawi/>. Ghazl, Dr. Sharif Kaf al. "The Origin of Bimaristans (Hospitals) In Islamic Medical History." Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization (2007). Ghazl, Dr. Sharif Kaf al. "The Valuable Contributions of Al-Razi (Rhazes) In the History of Pharmacy." Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization (2007). Ghazl, Dr. Sharif Kaf al. "Al-Zahrawi (Albucasis) The Great Andalusian Surgeon." Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization (2007).

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