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EARLY ISLAMIC SCIENCE

ADVANCED MEDICINE
Tell me what you know about Arab
and/or Islamic Medicine

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Islamic Golden Age

• What happened in 7th Century?

• Physicians from Islamic countries during the late Middle Ages


enjoyed great respect for their reputation.

• The study and practice of medicine was led by Muslim societies and
expanded to southern Spain.

• Time line

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TIMELINE
Prophet
Muhamma Surgeon
d’s death Al-
in 632, Caliph Zahrawi
Al-Razi
Islam Harun Al (Albucasis
wrote
expands to Rashid ) was born
many
7th Persia, 8thfounds the 9th 10th in
important
Palestine, House of Cordoba.
medical
Syria, Wisdom in First
works
Lebanon, Baghdad illustrated
Iraq, and surgical
North book
Africa

Ottoman
Ibn Rushd Serreddin
Ibn Sina (Averroes), Sabuncuoglo
(Avicenna) 12t wrote medical
11 th
wrote The encyclopedia 14illustrated
th
Canon of h known as
Colliget in
advanced
prodecures
Medicine Latin. of Muslim
medicine

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MUSLIM SCHOLARS AND
EARLY MEDICINE
A romanticized
engraving of the
11th-century
scholar Avicenna,
who provided a
strong theoretical
framework for
medicine.

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MUSLIM SCHOLARS AND
EARLY MEDICINE
Cauterization to
treat a toothache

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MUSLIM SCHOLARS AND
EARLY MEDICINE
Cauterization to
treat a toothache

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Ibn Zuhr (12th century) wrote a treatise on skin care that
included recipes for ointments and salves for skin
complaints, dental powders, eyedrops, and products to
strengthen hair and nails.
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Al-Razi (10th century) provides the first description of
measles and smallpox and how to treat them. This includes
rubbing the pustules with sandalwood, camphor, vinegar,
and rose water.
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DISCUSSION

1. How important are these inventions and works?


2. Are they still relevant to modern day science and
medication?
3. In the past Muslim physicians were respected and
well-known. How about modern Muslim physicians?

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Your Turn

• Create a 5 minute presentation

• Topic : Muslim Scholars


– Describe their noticeable work
– Describe its relevancy to modern medical use

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