Islamic

Question 1

Origins and traditions of Islamic medicine

Answer 1

Middle eastern folk medicine (magic, spirits)
Pulled from Persia, Egypt, Byzantine, Europe, India
Human well-being is central belief
Hippocratic regimen

Question 2

Hunayn ibn Ishaq (Johannitius)

Answer 2

Exceptionally competent and ethical Islamic physician
Served Caliph in Baghdad
Took charge of Bayt al-Hikma in Baghdad
Translated rare Greek medical texts
Wrote original content (Liber Ysagogarum, incorporated into the Articella)

Question 3

Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (Rhazes)

Answer 3

Persian
Director of first great hospital in Baghdad
Musician, philosopher, physician
Greatest clinician of Islamic world
Highly respected
Hippocratic
Greater than 200 papers and treatises
First to differentiate fevers
Al-Mansuri

Question 4

Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abdallah ibn Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Answer 4

Persia
The Islamic Galen
Savant
Wrote Kitab al-Qanum, which systematized Hippocrates, Galen, and other scholarship; still in use

Question 5

Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides)

Answer 5

Cordoba, Spain
Jewish
Emigrated to Egypt
Described asthma, diabetes, hepatitis, pneumonia, etc.
Emphasized moderation, Hippocratic values
“May I never see in the patient anything but a fellow creature in pain”

Question 6

Bayt al-Hikma

Answer 6

Islamic house of wisdom

Question 7

Al-Mansuri

Answer 7

10 treatises by Rhazes on all aspects of medical practice

Question 8

Kitab al-Qanum

Answer 8

By Avicenna
STDs
Microorganisms (TB)
Principles to evaluate new drugs
Systematized Galen and Hippocrates

Question 9

Bimaristan

Answer 9

"Place for sick people"
First true hospital
Often had medical schools on site
Separated by parts of body/complaints
Had own water supply
Male and female wards, and same gender nurses

Question 10

Mansuri hospital

Answer 10

Cairo
Poor and rich alike
Music therapy
Different wards
4000 patients daily
Still in use for ophthalmology