Medicine stands till - Islamic Medicine Flashcards
1
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Name the person who traveled from Baghdad to Byzantium to collect Greek medical texts and translate them into Arabic.
A
Hunain Ibn Ishaq (Greek name: Johannitius)
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While a lot of medical knowledge was lost in the West after the fall of the Roman Empire, what ideas were still kept alive?
A
Medical ideas like the four humors and treatment by opposites
2
Q
Who brought the classical knowledge (Greek texts) to Europe?
A
Avicenna ( or Ibn Sina)
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