islamic medicine (4) Flashcards
middle eastern folk medicine characterized by
magical beliefs in animism, amulets, incantations, charms
jinn
the evil eye that makes a person sick- amulets to protect against this
folk roots came from
europe, byzantines, persia, india, egypt- blood letting, leeching, cupping- -
Bayt al-Hikma
“house of wisdom” established in 9th century with rise of “learned medicine”
Madrasas
institutions of religious learning- developed medical curriculum similar to the way monasteries did
Johannitius
9th century- Arab Christian- translated Greek works Arabic and Syriac- Ran the Bayt al-Hikma in Baghdad starting in late 9th century- wrote ‘Medical Questions” which was later used in the Articella
Rhazes
director of first great hospital in Baghdad 901 “Greatest clinician of Islamic world”-hippocratic - first to differentiate types of fevers and different measles from smallpox
“Al-Mansuri”
Rhazes wrote this- “ten treatises on medical aspects” influential into the 16th century
Avicenna
“Islamic Galen” -wrote 450 treatises -physician to king-
Kitab al-Qanun
Avicenna wrote- first philosphy wrote in Arabic- systematized Hippocrates, Galen, Arabic, and others
-hypothesized microorganisms, standards for drug testing, discussed contagions and STD’s
Maimonides
Jewish-lived in north Africa- practiced Hippocrates/Galen- “may I never see in the patient anything but a fellow creature in pain” -translated arabic to hebrew
Islamic hospital origins
Christian hospitality for ill at monestaries plus Muhammad’s belief of providing visits of comfort and hope to the sick
Bimarisitan
hospitals (translated-place for sick people) first in Baghdad 805- many had med schools associated with them
- became models for later european hospitals
- provided clean water, separate housing for genders and different ailments, pharmacy, kitchen, etc.
Mansuri hospital
major Cairo hospital from 1200’s-16th century- music therapy ward for psych
