islamic doctors

Question 1

why was a lot of medical knowledge lost?

Answer 1

because of the fall of the roman empire

Question 2

how was medical knowledge lost that was lost through fall of roman empire?

Answer 2

ideas were kept alive by islamic scholars

Question 3

in the late 9th century, what did hunain ibn ishaq do?

Answer 3

travel from baghdad to byzantium to collect greek texts which he translated into arabic

Question 4

how was islamic medicine different to european?

Answer 4

islam was more rational and evidence based

Question 5

who brought classical knowledge to europa?

Answer 5

avicenna

Question 6

what did avicenna write?

Answer 6

canon of medicine, which brought together ideas of galen and hippocrates

Question 7

in 936, what did abu al-qasim do?

Answer 7

write books about amputation and dental surgery

Question 8

in 12th century, what did ibn zuhr do?

Answer 8

described parasite that caused scabies and questioned reliability of galen