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Islamic and Christian medicine (Islamic Medicine (Used Herbal remedies;…
Islamic and Christian medicine
Islamic Medicine
Islamic teaching suggested that it was a factor of life that Allah wanted them to learn how to heal others and search for remedies for pain
They believed Allah disliked dirt and untidiness and thus preached the importance of cleanliness
Muslims were expected to heal the sick, build hospitals and learn of medicines.
Dissection however was banned
Belief in the importance of education meant that by 794 AD books were being published in Baghdad. They translated books by Galen and Hippocrates that had previously been unusable
Used Herbal remedies;
Collected Herbs from across the empire
Developed chemical processes such as distillation and sublimation- this helped preparation of drugs and purification of chemicals
Used Opium and Hashish as an anaesthetic and alcohol as a disenfectant
Christian Medicine
Believed God sent disease as punishment
Said it was religious duty to care for the sick like Christ
Dissection banned, and used Urine charts to diagnose illness
Faith and prayers seen as more important than medicine
Medical care generally only took place in monasteries as they were generally more hygienic and were centres of learning
Learning was controlled by the church
Monks copied the works of Galen and Hippocrates
Up to 1200 there was no organised study of medicine
The first medical school was set up in Salerno
Simple herbal remedies were used
Herbs were used for "Magical" and practical purposes as it was believed herbs with a bitter taste would drive away evil spirits
Power of the King was also believed to heal-laying on hands to heal Scrofula
Individuals
Christian
Michael Scot
Known as the Scottish Wizard
Teacher and Scholar at Salerno Medical School
Wrote Liber Introductorious
Advised Doctors to study the stars and use astrology as a cause of diseases
Arderne and other battlefield surgeons started to take a scientific approach to surgery
Muslim
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Avicenna wrote the "Canon of Medicine", which spread to Britain and shared ideas such as the Islamic pharmaceutical system
Harun Al Rashid
Improved Surgery and Islamic Medicine
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Rhazes set up a hospital in Bagdhad in area where Meat never rotted to avoid contamination and keep wounds clean. He wrote the "Treatise on Smallpox and Measles", the first writing to distinguish between the two diseases
Ibn al-Nafis
Started to question the works of "the Ancients" such as Galen