34 Facts About Islamic medicine

Islamic medicine preserved, systematized and developed the medical knowledge of classical antiquity, including the major traditions of Hippocrates, Galen and Dioscorides.

Ophthalmology has been described as the most successful branch of Islamic medicine researched at the time, with the works of Ibn al-Haytham remaining an authority in the field until early modern times.

Early on, the study and practice of Islamic medicine was understood as an act of piety, founded on the principles of Imaan and Tawakkul (trust).

Only later, when Persian traditions have been integrated to Islamic medicine thought, Muslims developed treatises about human anatomy.

Islamic medicine is supposed to have been in touch with the Academy of Gondishapur, perhaps he was even trained there.

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Islamic medicine reportedly had a conversation once with Khosrow I Anushirvan about medical topics.

Islamic medicine only cites earlier works in Arabic translations, as were available to him, including Hippocrates, Plato, Galen, Pythagoras, and Aristotle, and mentions the Persian names of some drugs and medical plants.

Islamic medicine's works seem to have been used as an important reference by the early Islamic physicians, and were frequently cited from Rhazes up to Avicenna.

Early Islamic medicine physicians were familiar with the life of Hippocrates, and were aware of the fact that his biography was in part a legend.

Al-Tabari devotes the last 36 chapters of his Firdaus al-Hikmah to describe the Indian Islamic medicine, citing Sushruta, Charaka, and the Ashtanga Hridaya, one of the most important books on Ayurveda, translated between 773 and 808 by Ibn-Dhan.

Use of plants in Islamic medicine was quite common in this era with most plants being used in Islamic medicine being associated with both some benefits and consequences for use as well as certain situations in which they should be used.

Islamic medicine's encyclopedia was influenced by Greek sources, Hippocrates, Galen, Aristotle, and Dioscurides.

Islamic medicine's encyclopedia discussed the influence of Sushruta and Charaka on medicine, including psychotherapy.

Islamic medicine describes the signs of illness and does not omit anything which would be necessary for anyone who wants to learn the art of healing.

Islamic medicine's book is without structure and logical consequence, and does not demonstrate the scientific method.

Islamic medicine was known for his scientific works, but especially his writing on medicine.

Islamic medicine has been described as the "Father of Early Modern Medicine".

Islamic medicine is known as an author of the Taqwim al-Sihhah, in the West, best known under its Latinized translation, Tacuinum Sanitatis (sometimes Taccuinum Sanitatis).

Islamic medicine examined the skeletons and established that the mandible consists of one piece, not two as Galen had taught.

Islamic medicine never published his anatomical observations in a separate book, as had been his intention.

Medieval Islamic medicine physicians used natural substances as a source of medicinal drugs—including Papaver somniferum Linnaeus, poppy, and Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, hemp.

Development and growth of hospitals in ancient Islamic medicine society expanded the medical practice to what is currently known as surgery.

Translation from pre-Islamic medicine medical publishings was a fundamental building block for physicians and surgeons in order to expand the practice.

Ancient Islamic medicine physicians attempted to prevent infection when performing procedures for a sick patient, for example by washing a patient before a procedure; similarly, following a procedure, the area was often cleaned with “wine, wine mixed with oil of roses, oil of roses alone, salt water, or vinegar water”, which have antiseptic properties.

Islamic medicine felt that it was important not only for the physician to be an expert in his field, but to be a role model.

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Islamic medicine hospitals were the first to keep written records of patients and their medical treatment.

Islamic medicine immediately ordered his muhtasib Sinan ibn Thabit to examine and prevent doctors from practicing until they passed an examination.

Medieval Islamic cultures had different avenues for teaching medicine prior to having regulated standardized institutes.

Islamic medicine would go on to become the first to establish what would be described as a "medical school" in that its teaching focused solely on on medicine, unlike other schools who mainly taught fiqh.

Islamic medicine pharmacological tradition was a result of Mesopotamian intellectual centers that supported the exchange of ideas.

Al-Biruni states that "pharmacy became independent from Islamic medicine as language and syntax are separate from composition, the knowledge of prosody from poetry, and logic from philosophy, for it [pharmacy] is an aid [to Islamic medicine] rather than a servant".

Islamic medicine recommended that the girl and others possessed by the Eye use a specific invocation to God in order to rid themselves of its debilitating effects on their spiritual and physical health.

Islamic medicine believed that during the beginning stages of pregnancy, the fetus can be ejected very easily and is akin to an "unripe fruit".

Treatment provided to women by men was justified to some by prophetic Islamic medicine, otherwise known as "Islamic medicine of the prophet" (tibb al-nabi), which provided the argument that men can treat women, and women men, even if this means they must expose the patient's genitals in necessary circumstances.