Islamic Doctors

Question 1

Which two diseases did Rhazes make the distinction between

Answer 1

Measles and Smallpox

Question 2

How many books did Rhazes write

Answer 2

150

Question 3

Did Rhazes follow Galen?

Answer 3

Yes, but he was critical and wrote a book called “doubts about Galen”

Question 4

What is the most famous book that Avicenna wrote?

Answer 4

canon of medicine

Question 5

What issues were talked about in ‘Canon of Medicine’?

Answer 5

Properties of 760 different drugs, anorexia, obesity

Question 6

What book became the standard european medical textbook and who was it written by?

Answer 6

‘Canon of Medicine’ by Avicenna

Question 7

What was Ibn al-Nafis alternative explanation to Galen’s about how the heart works

Answer 7

Blood circulated via the lungs

Question 8

Why couldn’t Ibn al-Nafis prove his theory?

Answer 8

Islam didn’t allow human dissection

Question 9

How long did europeans accept Galen’s mistake about how the heart works?

Answer 9

Until the 17th century

Question 10

What 30-volume medical book was written in 1000 and who was it written by?

Answer 10

Al Tasrif by Abulcasis

Question 11

how many surgical instruments did Abulcasis invent?

Answer 11

26

Question 12

An example of a new procedure abulcasis invented

Answer 12

ligatures

Question 13

what did Abulcasis make popular

Answer 13

cauterisation