Islam's forgotten contributions to medical science

2007/05/07 by Ingrid Hehmeyer, Aliya Khan · 25 citations
Social Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · Medicine · #Education and Islamic Studies #Islamic Studies and History #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies #Islam #Scholarship #Medical science #Period (music) #Classics #Medicine #History #Medical education #Philosophy #Political science #Law #Aesthetics #Archaeology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1503/cmaj.061464

published in Canadian Medical Association Journal 176(10), 1467-1468 (Canadian Medical Association)

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Abstract

The transmission of medical knowledge can be traced to some of the earliest writings in human history. Yet a particularly fruitful period for advancement in medical science emerged with the rise of Islam. For the most part, Western scholarship belittles the contribution of the physicians of the

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