Transcript Iban Sina Iban Sina and the Muslim World

Iban Sina
Iban Sina and the
Muslim World
• Did not go through the usal school system, most
of his knowledge came from men who stayed
with his father.
• Was boastful and unpleasant
• His enemies said “His own way of life did not
quite live up to is recommendations for others
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Procedures
Early Islamic
Culture
• The Muslim doctors used sedatives to help
relax patients before their surgery.
• Hashish- a much stronger narcotic made from
hemp plants, as a pain killer after surgery.
• Al Zahrawi(936-c.1013) began using
antiseptics to cleanse wounds which was
unheard of in the western world
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Procedures
Early Islamic culture
• Medical instruction was given in the hospitals,
doctors were required to pass examinations
monitored by the state.
• “practice was based on info they gathered from
the Greeks, Persians and people of India.
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Influence of Muhammad
The Islamic World
• 3 main sources Qur'an, Hadith and folk remedies.
• Used broths, elixirs, liniment and salves
• Usually failed to save those suffering from major
internal wounds.
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Muhammad's thoughts
on medicine
Medieval medicine health,
hygiene
• “Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has
not made a disease, wtihout appointing a remedy
for it, with the exception of old age. This
motivated Muslim scientists to find cures.
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Dental Care
Medieval
Medicine health, hygiene
• Dentist made teeth out of bone
• Also pulled decayed or damaged teeth
• Muslims used branches or twigs, they
sweetened their breath with herbs and spices.
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Al Razi
Medieval Medicine
Health, hygiene
• Was a famous surgeon students & patients
flocked to him.
• Wrote a Medical Encyclopedia
• Performed caesareans & silk thread stitching
• Developed many surgical tools that were used for
centuries throughout the world of Islam &
Europe
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Honey
The Islamic World
• “Honey is a remedy for every illness and the
Qur’an is a remedy for all illness of the mind
• Honey benefits wounds, inhibits the growth of
bacteria, and reduces inflammation
• Lower cholesterol, soothes sore throats and
coughs
• High levels of antioxidants
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Ibn Sina
Medieval medicine
health, hygiene
• At age 10 he memorized the Qur’an
• At age 17, he started to study medicine
• At age 18 he was known as a great physician and
was summoned to take care of the king in
exchange of the use of his library
• “I prefer a short life with width to a narrow one
with length.”
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Hospitals
Medieval medicine
health and hygiene
• Third Pillar of Islam was charity to help the
poor and sick, which encouraged the study of
health and medicine
• “By the 900’s almost every city boasted a fine
hospital where people were treated regardless
of their ability to pay
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Hospitals
the Islamic world
past and present
• Treated all patients regardless of gender, religion,
or social class
• Offered surgery, treatment for contagious disease
& mental illness
• Equipped with pharmacies and medical libraries
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Ibn Sina’s rules on
testing new medicine
The Arab Roots
• 1. The drug must be free from any extraneous quality
• 2. It must be used on a simple not a composite, disease
• 3. The drug must be tested with two contrary types of
diseases, because sometimes a drug by its essential qualities
and another by its accidental ones.
• 4. The quality of the drug must correspond to the strength of
the disease. For example there are some drugs whose heat is
less than the coldness of certain diseases, so they would have
no effect on them.
• 5. The time of action must be observed, so that the essences
and accident are not confused
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Ibn Sina’s rules on
testing new medicine
The arab roots
• The effect of the drug must be seen to occur
constantly or in many cases, for if this did not
happen, it was an accidental accident
• The experimentation must be done with the
human body, for testing a drug on a lion or
horse might not prove anything about its
effect on man.
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Hospitals
science in medieval Islam
• They were supported by endowment from
caliphs and religious foundations
• Managed by professional lay staffs
• Hospitals were used as a center of medical
treatment, a convalescent home for those
recovering from illness or accidents, an insane
asylum, and a retirement home giving basic
maintenance needs for the aged and infirm
who lacked a family to care for them
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Philosophy
Science in medieval Islam
• Muslims achievements included a new
theory about the secondary, or lesser,
circulation of the blood (between the
heart and lungs) that remained generally
ignored until its rediscovery in our own
time
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