Medical Science In Islam Flashcards
Three ways of healing Muhammed prescribed and his companion like ahadith related to them
Use of honey
Cupping
Cauterization
first major work of Islamic
medicine
Ali ibn Rabban al-Tabari
summarized the various branches of
medicine
Tabari
greatest clinical
and observational physician of Islam
Razi
greatest clinician of the medieval
► Period
Razi
Description of smallpox
Razi
Discovered allergic asthma
Razi
fever is a
natural defense mechanism
Razi
The Virtuous Life (al-Hawi
Razi
greatest medical doctor of the Middle Ages.
Razi
A medical adviser for the general public (Man la
Yahduruhu Al-Tabib)
Razi
Doubts About Galen (Shukuk ‘ala Jalinus)
Razi
The Diseases of Children
Razi
considered one of the greatest scientists
Ibn al baitar
De Gradibus
Al kindi
De gradibus
mathematics and
quantification to medicine, particularly in the field of
► Pharmacology.
Treatment for epilepsy
Al kindi
Aqrabadhin (Medical Formulary),
Al kindi
medical encyclopedia called
Kulliyyat (“Generalities”, i.e. general medicine
Ibn rushed
commentary on The Canon of
Medicine (Qanun fi ‘t-tibb)
Ibn rushd
identified the issues of sexual
dysfunction and erectile dysfunction,
Ibn rushd
prolific author in the field of
medicine;
Ibn al jazzar
Kitab al-adwiyah al-mufradah” (Treatise on Simple Drugs) translated to greek latin and hebrew
Ibn al jazzar
Tibb al-fuqara ‘ wa al-masakin (Medicine for the Poor)
Ibn al jazzar
AlShamil fi al-Tibb (The Comprehensive Book on Medicine)
Ibn al nafis
AlShamil fi al-Tibb (The Comprehensive Book on Medicine)
Ibn al nafis
Commentary on Anatomy in
Avicenna’s Canon ibn al nafis
much larger than the more famous The Canon of Medicine by
Ibn Sina.
Al-Mujaz fi alTibb (A Summary of Medicine)
Ibn al nafis In this book, he introduced
the use of vinegar, which is still used for ear infections in
moderntimes
Risalat
al-A’ada’a (An Essay on Organs)
Ibn al nafis
Risalat
al-A’ada’a (An Essay on Organs
Ibn al nafis
Al-Shamil fi al-Tibb
(Reference Book for Physicians)
Ibn al nafis In this book, he introduced
the use of vinegar, which is still used for ear infections in
moderntimes
Risalat
al-A’ada’a (An Essay on Organs) and Al-Shamil fi al-Tibb
(Reference Book for Physicians)
Ibn al nafis
Kitab alSaidana fi al-Tibb
Al biruni
pharmacological encyclopedia which synthesized
Islamic medicine with Indian medicine
Al biruni
His medical
investigations included one of the earliest
descriptions on Siamese twins
Al biruni
Kitabal-Saidana
Biruni
was also a materia medica which was celebrated for
its in-depth botanical studies of minerals and herbs.
It was the earliest to describe the eating of several
fungi, including truffles,which are a type of
hypogenous fungi.
Kitaba saidana
first parenteral nutrition of
humans with a silver needle
Ibn zuhr
Method of Preparing
Medicines and Diet
Ibn zuhr
He also developed the drug therapy and medicinal
drugs for the treatment of specific symptoms
► and diseases like other Muslim scholars. His use of
practical experience and careful
Ibn zuhr
Phyziology
Al razi
His skills in prognosis,
and analysis of the symptoms of a disease, its manner of treatment and
cure, have made his case studies celebrated among later physicians
Razi
recorded some of the more unusual cases he encountered
► during his medical practice.
Razi
also describes about pulmonary circulation which was a new
explanation in his time.
Ibn nafis
discovery of coronary circulation
Ibn nafis
He was the first to realize that the nutrition of the
heart is extracted from the small blood vessels passing through its wall.
Ibn al nafis
discovered a precursor to the “capillary
circulation in his assertion that the pulmonary vein receives
what comes out of the pulmonary artery, this being the
reason for the existence of perceptible passages between
the two.”
Ibn al nafis
blood reaches the brain itself at the
section called forebrain through the diameter which divides
the vault longitudinally into two equal halves at the sagittal
suture.” Ibn al-Nafis criticized this theory and corrected it
Error made by Galen
correction he made concerned the incorrect
Galenic and Avicennian theories of bones
Ibn al nafis
being present beneath the human heart. He
asserts that it is an erroneous theory to claim
► as such.
Ibn al nafis
made the following correction concerning
human muscles, where he also briefly refers to his then
forthcoming encyclopedia The Comprehensive Book on
Medicine: He corrects another theory on the
nerves stated by Ibn Sina, who believed that the gloss
Ibn al nafis
pharyngeal nerve, vague nerve and accessory nerve arise
from the nerve ganglion and that they are attached to the
sigmoid and facial nerves through membranous fascia so
that these five nerves look like one nerve emerging as
three branches from the back foramen lacerum. While
► examining this theory,he performed the earliest
known dissection on the human
Ibn al nafis
first accurate descriptions
on neurological disorders, including meningitis, intracranial
thrombophlebitis, and mediastina tumors, and made contributions
to modern neuropharmacology.
Ibn zuhr
They found out the pharmacology of rhubarb,
camphor and sienna. They practiced the use of hyoscyamus in
medicine.
Muslims
