MEDICINE IN BYZANTINE EMPIRE ( 395 -1453 AD )

✓ Byzantium Was First Ruled By:

( Constantine from 306-337 AD)

He introduced Christianity as State Religion-
— in 395 AD he Divided The Roman Empire into :
—Western Roman and Eastern Roman .
(BYZANTIUM)

✓ HISTORY OF MEDICINE ( BYZANTIUM )

• (ORIBASIUS) of Pergamum.

⁃ He was One of the Great Physicians Of Byzantium.
⁃ He wrote 72 Books on Medicine Called (The Medical Collection)

✓ Like ORIBASIUS There Were many more Encyclopedists ;

-AETIUS OF AMIDA
-ALEXANDER OF THARALL
-PAUL OF AEGINA
— They All Collected And Systematised The Rich Heritage of Medcine.
✓ PAUL OF AEGINA
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Composed 2 large Books
1. Female Diseases
2. Medical Surgical Collection ( Consist of 7 minor Books )
Minor surgery, The Study of Fractures,Dislocation,Amputation,
Abdominal,Military And Plastic Surgery.

✓ HOSPITAL CARE .
1. Hospital For Civilians first appeared in the middle ages in the east.
2. Monasteries were founded by ( Anthony The Great )
3. The First Hostel monastery “KINOVIA”was founded in egypt in 320 AD.
4. 
5. The first christian hospital was established in caesarea in 370 AD.
6. In Byzantium hospitals were wide spread.

✓ MEDICAL EDUCATION-
1. in the early byzantium period (Alexandrian Medical School)was more
popular .
2. In the late period:
Schools in Constantinople and Macedonia became major centres for
medical education.
3. Over 10 Centuries of it’s History The Byzantium empire was able to
preserve and systematise the ancient heritage . And created an original MEDIEVAL
CULTURE.