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Miracle of Islamic Medicine

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Medicine

HADITH:

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)said, 

"God created no illness, except that He has established for it a cure, except for old age. 

Medicine in 700 ADEstablishment of :

Medical School for Training

School of pharmacy

Hospitals and Dispensaries across Muslim world  

Quarantine spaces outside cities

The first apothecary shops 

Muslim Hospitals

Patient Treatment

Presenter
Presentation Notes
Overview Islamic medicine was a genre of medical writing that was influenced by several different medical systems, including the traditional Arabian medicine of Muhammad's time, ancient Hellenistic medicine such as Unani, ancient Indian medicine such as Ayurveda, and the ancient Iranian Medicine of the Academy of Gundishapur. The works of ancient Greek and Roman physicians Hippocrates, Dioscorides, Soranus, Celsus and Galen had a lasting impact on Islamic medicine.[2][3][4] Foundations In Islamic tradition, the first Muslim physician[dubious – discuss] is believed to have been Muhammad himself, as a significant number of hadiths concerning medicine are attributed to him. Several Sahaba are said to have been successfully treated of certain diseases by following the medical advice of Muhammad. The three methods of healing known to have been mentioned by him were honey, fire cupping, and cauterization, though he was generally opposed to the use of cauterization unless it "suits the ailment." According to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Muhammad disliked this method due to it causing "pain and menace to a patient" since there was no anasthesia in his time.[5] Although purported by previous physicians like Imhotep, Hippocrates and Galen, Muhammad appears to be the first recorded as directly stating that there is always a cause and a cure for every disease,[5][6] according to several hadiths in the Sahih al-Bukhari, Sunan Abi Dawood and Al-Muwatta attributed to Muhammad, such as: "There is no disease that Allah has created, except that He also has created its treatment."[7] "Make use of medical treatment, for Allah has not made a disease without appointing a remedy for it, with the exception of one disease, namely old age."[8] "Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves medically."[9] "The one who sent down the disease sent down the remedy."[10] "For every disease, Allah has given a cure."[6] The belief that there is a cure for every disease encouraged early Muslims to engage in biomedical research and seek out a cure for every disease known to them.[6] Many early authors of Islamic medicine were usually clerics rather than physicians, and were known to have advocated the traditional medical practices of prophet Muhammad's time, such as those mentioned in the Qur'an and Hadith. For instance, therapy did not require a patient to undergo any surgical procedures at the time. From the 9th century, Hunayn ibn Ishaq translated a number of Galen's works into the Arabic language, followed by translations of the Sushruta Samhita, Charaka Samhita, and Middle Persian works from Gundishapur. Muslim physicians soon began making many of their own significant advances and contributions to medicine, including the fields of allergology, anatomy, bacteriology, botany, dentistry, embryology, environmentalism, etiology, immunology, microbiology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, pathology, pediatrics, perinatology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology, pulsology and sphygmology, surgery, therapy, urology, zoology, and the pharmaceutical sciences such as pharmacy and pharmacology, among others. Medicine was a central part of medieval Islamic culture. Responding to circumstances of time and place, Islamic physicians and scholars developed a large and complex medical literature exploring and synthesizing the theory and practice of medicine.[11] Islamic medicine was initially built on tradition, chiefly the theoretical and practical knowledge developed in Arabia, Persia, Greece, Rome, and India. Galen and Hippocrates were pre-eminent authorities, as well as the Indian physicians Sushruta and Charaka, and the Hellenistic scholars in Alexandria. Islamic scholars translated their voluminous writings from Greek and Sanskrit into Arabic and then produced new medical knowledge based on those texts.[12] In order to make the Greek and Indian traditions more accessible, understandable, and teachable, Islamic scholars ordered and made more systematic the vast and sometimes inconsistent Greco-Roman and Indian medical knowledge by writing encyclopedias and summaries.[11] It was through Arabic translations that the West learned of Hellenic medicine, including the works of Galen and Hippocrates. Of equal if not of greater influence in Western Europe were systematic and comprehensive works such as Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine, which were translated into Latin and then disseminated in manuscript and printed form throughout Europe. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries alone, The Canon of Medicine was published more than thirty-five times.[11] Hospitals and Universities Main article: Bimaristan Muslim physicians set up the earliest dedicated hospitals in the modern sense, known as Bimaristans, which were establishments where the ill were welcomed and cared for by qualified staff, and which were clearly distinguished from the ancient healing temples, sleep temples, hospices, asylums, lazarets and leper-houses which were more concerned with isolating the sick and the mad (insane) from society "rather than to offer them any way to a true cure."[13] These contrasted with hospitals in Christian Europe which were more concerned with prayer. The Bimaristan hospitals later functioned as the first public hospitals,[14] psychiatric hospitals[15] and diploma-granting medical universities.[16] In the medieval Islamic world, hospitals were built in all major cities; in Cairo for example, the Qalawun Hospital could care for 8,000 patients with a staff that included physicians, pharmacists, and nurses. One could also access a dispensary, and research facility that led to advances, which included the discovery of the contagious nature of diseases, and research into optics and the mechanisms of the eye. Muslim doctors were removing cataracts with hollow needles over 1000 years before Western physicians dared attempt such a task. Hospitals were built not only for the physically sick, but for the mentally sick also. One of the first ever psychiatric hospitals that cared for the mentally ill was built in Cairo. Hospitals later spread to Europe during the Crusades, inspired by the hospitals in the Middle East. The first hospital in Paris, Les Quinze-vingts, was founded by Louis IX after his return from the Crusade between 1254-1260.[17] Hospitals in the Islamic world featured competency tests for doctors, drug purity regulations, nurses and interns, and advanced surgical procedures.[18] Hospitals were also created with separate wards for specific illnesses, so that people with contagious diseases could be kept away from other patients.[19] One of the features in medieval Muslim hospitals that distinguished them from their contemporaries and predecessors was their significantly higher standards of medical ethics. Hospitals in the Islamic world treated patients of all religions, ethnicities, and backgrounds, while the hospitals themselves often employed staff from Christian, Jewish and other minority backgrounds. Muslim doctors and physicians were expected to have obligations towards their patients, regardless of their wealth or backgrounds. The ethical standards of Muslim physicians was first laid down in the 9th century by Ishaq bin Ali Rahawi, who wrote the Adab al-Tabib (Conduct of a Physician), the first treatise dedicated to medical ethics. He regarded physicians as "guardians of souls and bodies", and wrote twenty chapters on various topics related to medical ethics.[20] Another unique feature of medieval Muslim hospitals was the role of female staff, who were rarely employed in ancient and medieval healing temples elsewhere in the world. Medieval Muslim hospitals commonly employed female nurses, including nurses from as far as Sudan, a sign of great breakthrough. Muslim hospitals were also the first to employ female physicians, the most famous being two female physicians from the Banu Zuhr family who served the Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur in the 12th century.[21] Later in the 15th century, female surgeons were illustrated for the first time in Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu's Cerrahiyyetu'l-Haniyye (Imperial Surgery).[22] Scientific method Like in other fields of Islamic science, Muslim physicians and doctors developed the first scientific methods for the field of medicine. This included the introduction of mathematization, quantification, experimentation, experimental medicine,[28] evidence-based medicine, clinical trials,[40] dissection, animal testing,[37] human experimentation and postmortem autopsy by Muslim physicians, whilst hospitals in the Islamic world featured the first drug tests, drug purity regulations, and competency tests for doctors.[18 Experimental method In the 10th century, Razi (Rhazes) introduced controlled experiment and clinical observation into the field of medicine, and rejected several Galenic medical theories unverified by experimentation.[40] The earliest known medical experiment was carried out by Razi in order to find the most hygienic place to build a hospital. He hung pieces of meat in places throughout 10th century Baghdad and observed where the meat decomposed least quickly, and that was where he built the hospital. In his Comprehensive Book of Medicine, Razi recorded clinical cases of his own experience and provided very useful recordings of various diseases. In his Doubts about Galen, Razi was also the first to prove both Galen's theory of humorism and Aristotle's theory of classical elements false using experimentation.[42] He also introduced urinalysis and stool tests.[43] Avicenna, considered the father of modern medicine, introduced experimental medicine and systematic experimentation and quantification in physiology, discovered the contagious nature of diseases, and described many medical treatments, including anesthetics and medical and therapeutic drugs, in The Canon of Medicine. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) is considered the father of modern medicine,[26] for his introduction of systematic experimentation and quantification into the study of physiology,[27] the introduction of experimental medicine,[28] clinical trials,[29] risk factor analysis, and the idea of a syndrome in the diagnosis of specific diseases,[35] in his medical encyclopedia, The Canon of Medicine (c. 1025), which was also the first book dealing with evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trials,[30][31] and efficacy tests.[32][33] According to Toby Huff and A. C. Crombie, the Canon contained "a set of rules that laid down the conditions for the experimental use and testing of drugs" which were "a precise guide for practical experimentation" in the process of "discovering and proving the effectiveness of medical substances."[40] Avicenna's emphasis on tested medicines laid the foundations for an experimental approach to pharmacology.[44] The Canon laid out the following rules and principles for testing the effectiveness of new drugs and medications, which still form the basis of clinical pharmacology[34] and modern clinical trials:[29] "The drug must be free from any extraneous accidental quality." "It must be used on a simple, not a composite, disease." "The drug must be tested with two contrary types of diseases, because sometimes a drug cures one disease by Its essential qualities and another by its accidental ones." "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 that they would have no effect on them." "The time of action must be observed, so that essence and accident are not confused." "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 effect." "The experimentation must be done with the human body, for testing a drug on a lion or a horse might not prove anything about its effect on man." One of the earliest physicians known to have performed human dissection and postmortem autopsy in his medical experiments was Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar),[45] who introduced the experimental method into surgery,[46] for which he is considered the father of experimental surgery.[47] There were a number of other early practitioners of human dissection and autopsy at the time,[48] including Ibn Tufail,[49] Saladin's physicians al-Shayzari[48] and Ibn Jumay, Abd-el-latif,[50] and Ibn al-Nafis.[51] The experimental method was introduced into botany, materia medica and the agricultural sciences in the 13th century by the Andalusian-Arab botanist Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati, the teacher of Ibn al-Baitar. Al-Nabati introduced empirical techniques in the testing, description and identification of numerous materia medica, and he separated unverified reports from those supported by actual tests and observations.[40] Anatomy and Physiology From: Mansur ibn Ilyas: Tashrīḥ-i badan-i insān. تشريح بدن انسان. Manuscript, ca. 1450, U.S. National Library of Medicine. In anatomy and physiology, the first physician to refute Galen's theory of humorism was Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes) in his Doubts about Galen in the 10th century. He criticized Galen's theory that the body possessed four separate "humors" (liquid substances), whose balance are the key to health and a natural body-temperature. Razi was the first to prove this theory wrong using an experiment. He carried out an experiment which would upset this system by inserting a liquid with a different temperature into the body resulting in an increase or decrease of bodily heat, which resembled the temperature of that particular fluid. Razi noted particularly that a warm drink would heat up the body to a degree much higher than its own natural temperature, thus the drink would trigger a response from the body, rather than transferring only its own warmth or coldness to it. This line of criticism was the first comprehensive experimental refutation of Galen's theory of humours and Aristotle's theory of the four classical elements on which it was grounded. Razi's own chemical experiments suggested other qualities of matter, such as "oiliness" and "sulfurousness", or inflammability and salinity, which were not readily explained by the traditional fire, water, earth and air division of elements.[42] Epidemiology, Etiology, Pathology In etiology and epidemiology, Muslim physicians were responsible for the discovery of infectious disease and the immune system, advances in pathology, and early hypotheses related to bacteriology and microbiology.[37] Their discovery of contagious disease in particular is considered revolutionary and is one of the most important discoveries in medicine.[17] The earliest ideas on contagion can be traced back to several hadiths attributed to Muhammad in the 7th century, who is said to have understood the contagious nature of leprosy, mange, and sexually transmitted disease.[65] These early ideas on contagion arose from the generally sympathetic attitude of Muslim physicians towards lepers (who were often seen in a negative light in other ancient and medieval societies) which can be traced back through hadiths attributed to Muhammad and to the following advice given in the Qur'an:[66] "There is no fault in the blind, and there is no fault in the lame, and there is no fault in the sick." This eventually led to the theory of contagious disease, which was fully understood by Avicenna in the 11th century. By then, the pathology of contagion had been fully understood, and as a result, hospitals were created with separate wards for specific illnesses, so that people with contagious diseases could be kept away from other patients who do not have any contagious diseases.[19] In The Canon of Medicine (1020), Avicenna discovered the contagious nature of infectious diseases such as phthisis and tuberculosis, the distribution of diseases by water and soil, and fully understood the contagious nature of sexually transmitted diseases.[17] In epidemiology, he introduced the method of quarantine as a means of limiting the spread of contagious diseases,[29] and introduced the method of risk factor analysis and the idea of a syndrome in the diagnosis of specific diseases.[35] In order to find the most hygienic place to build a hospital, Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar-Razi (Rhazes) carried out an experiment where he hung pieces of meat in places throughout 10th century Baghdad and observed where the meat decomposed least quickly. Razi also wrote the Comprehensive Book of Medicine in the 9th century. The Large Comprehensive was the most sought after of all his compositions, in which Razi recorded clinical cases of his own experience and provided very useful recordings of various diseases, as well as the discovery of measles and smallpox. The Large Comprehensive also criticized the views of Galen, after Razi had observed many clinical cases which did not follow Galen's descriptions of fevers. For example, he stated that Galen's descriptions of urinary ailments were inaccurate as he had only seen three cases, while Razi had studied hundreds of such cases in hospitals of Baghdad and Rayy.[67] Chickenpox was also first indentified by Razi, who clearly distinguished it from smallpox and measles.[68] The Comprehensive Book of Medicine, especially with its introduction of measles, smallpox and chickenpox, was very influential in Europe. Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) was the first physician to provide a real scientific etiology for the inflammatory diseases of the ear, and the first to clearly discuss the causes of stridor.[69] He also gave the first accurate descriptions on neurological diseases, including meningitis, intracranial thrombophlebitis, and mediastinal germ cell tumors. Averroes suggested the existence of Parkinson's disease and attributed photoreceptor properties to the retina. Maimonides wrote about neuropsychiatric disorders and described rabies and belladonna intoxication.[25] Pharmaceutical sciences Al-Kindi was a renowned 9th century Arab doctor who wrote many books on the subject of medicine. His most important work in the field was De Gradibus, in which he demonstrated the application of mathematics to medicine, particularly in the field of pharmacology. This includes the development of a mathematical scale to quantify the strength of drugs, and a system that would allow a doctor to determine in advance the most critical days of a patient's illness, based on the phases of the Moon.[41] In his Comprehensive Book of Medicine, Razi (Rhazes) recorded clinical cases of his own experience and provided very useful recordings of various diseases. The Comprehensive Book of Medicine, with its introduction of measles and smallpox, was very influential in Europe. Razi also carried out an experiment in order to find the most hygienic place to build a hospital. He hung pieces of meat in places throughout 10th century Baghdad and observed where the meat decomposed least quickly, and that was where he built his hospital. In the 10th century, Abu al-Mansur al-Muwaffak mentions for the first time some chemical facts to distinguish certain medicines.[79] [edit] Clinical pharmacology Avicenna's contribution to pharmacology and the pharmaceutical sciences in The Canon of Medicine (1020s) include the introduction of systematic experimentation and quantification into pharmacology and the study of physiology,[27] the introduction of clinical pharmacology,[34] experimental medicine,[28] evidence-based medicine, clinical trials,[29] randomized controlled trials,[30][31] efficacy tests,[32][33] the experimental use and testing of drugs, a precise guide for practical experimentation in the process of discovering and proving the effectiveness of medical substances,[40] and the first careful descriptions of skin troubles, sexually transmitted diseases, perversions, and nervous ailments,[17] as well the use of ice to treat fevers, and the separation of medicine from pharmacology, which was important to the development of the pharmaceutical sciences.[37] The Canon laid out the following rules and principles for testing the effectiveness of new drugs and medications, which still form the basis of clinical pharmacology[34] and modern clinical trials:[29] "The drug must be free from any extraneous accidental quality." "It must be used on a simple, not a composite, disease." "The drug must be tested with two contrary types of diseases, because sometimes a drug cures one disease by Its essential qualities and another by its accidental ones." "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 that they would have no effect on them." "The time of action must be observed, so that essence and accident are not confused." "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 effect." "The experimentation must be done with the human body, for testing a drug on a lion or a horse might not prove anything about its effect on man." [edit] Pharmacy In the field of pharmacy, the first drugstores were opened by Muslim pharmacists in Baghdad in 754,[80] while the first apothecary shops were also founded by Muslim practitioners.[81] The advances made in the Middle East by Muslim chemists in botany and chemistry led Muslim physicians to substantially develop pharmacology. Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes) (865-915), for instance, acted to promote the medical uses of chemical compounds. Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) (936-1013) pioneered the preparation of medicines by sublimation and distillation. His Liber servitoris is of particular interest, as it provides the reader with recipes and explains how to prepare the `simples’ from which were compounded the complex drugs then generally used. Shapur ibn Sahl (d 869), was, however, the first physician to initiate pharmacopoeia, describing a large variety of drugs and remedies for ailments. Al-Biruni (973-1050) wrote one of the most valuable Islamic works on pharmacology entitled Kitab al-Saydalah (The Book of Drugs), where he gave detailed knowledge of the properties of drugs and outlined the role of pharmacy and the functions and duties of the pharmacist. Ibn Sina (Avicenna), too, described no less than 700 preparations, their properties, mode of action and their indications. He devoted in fact a whole volume to simple drugs in The Canon of Medicine. Of great impact were also the works by al-Maridini of Baghdad and Cairo, and Ibn al-Wafid (1008-1074), both of which were printed in Latin more than fifty times, appearing as De Medicinis universalibus et particularibus by `Mesue' the younger, and the Medicamentis simplicibus by `Abenguefit'. Peter of Abano (1250-1316) translated and added a supplement to the work of al-Maridini under the title De Veneris. Al-Muwaffaq’s contributions in the field are also pioneering. Living in the 10th century, he wrote The foundations of the true properties of Remedies, amongst others describing arsenious oxide, and being acquainted with silicic acid. He made clear distinction between sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate, and drew attention to the poisonous nature of copper compounds, especially copper vitriol, and also lead compounds. For the story, he also mentions the distillation of sea-water for drinking.[82] [edit] Analgesics, antiemetics, antipyretics, diuretics In the medieval Islamic world, Arabic physicians discovered the diuretic, antiemetic, antiepileptic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic (pain killing) and antipyretic properties of medical cannabis, specifically cannabis sativa, and used it extensively as medication from the 8th to 18th centuries.[83] [edit] Antiseptics Razi (10th century) used mercurial compounds as topical antiseptics. From the 10th century, Muslim physicians and surgeons were applying purified alcohol to wounds as an antiseptic agent. Surgeons in Islamic Spain utilized special methods for maintaining antisepsis prior to and during surgery. They also originated specific protocols for maintaining hygiene during the post-operative period. Their success rate was so high that dignitaries throughout Europe came to Córdoba, Spain, to be treated at what was comparably the "Mayo Clinic" of the Middle Ages.[84] [edit] Medical and therapeutic drugs Razi, Avicenna, al-Kindi, Ibn Rushd, Abu al-Qasim, Ibn Zuhr, Ibn al-Baitar, Ibn Al-Jazzar, Ibn Juljul, Ibn al-Quff, Ibn an-Nafs, al-Biruni, Ibn Sahl and hundreds of other Muslim physicians developed drug therapy and medicinal drugs for the treatment of specific symptoms and diseases. The word "drug" is derived from Arabic[citation needed]. Their use of practical experience and careful observation was extensive.[84] Chemotherapeutical drugs were first developed in the Muslim world. Muslim physicians used a variety of specific substances to destroy microbes. They applied sulfur topically specifically to kill the scabies mite.[84] Abulcasis developed a variety of medications, which he described in the cosmetics chapter of Al-Tasrif (c. 1000). For epilepsy and seizures, he invented medications called Ghawali and Lafayfe. For the relief and treatment of common colds, he invented Muthallaathat, which was prepared from camphor, musk and honey, similar to Vicks Vapour Rub, a modern topical cream. Abulcasis also invented nasal sprays and hand cream, and developed effective mouth washes.[85] [edit] Medicinal alcohol Numerous Muslim chemists produced medicinal-grade alcohol through distillation as early as the 10th century and manufactured on a large scale the first distillation devices for use in chemistry. They used alcohol as a solvent and antiseptic.[84] Surgery Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis), regarded as the father of modern surgery,[25] contributed greatly to the discipline of medical surgery with his Kitab al-Tasrif (Book of Concessions or The Method of Medicine), a 30-volume medical encyclopedia published in 1000, which was later translated to Latin and used in European medical schools for centuries. His influential al-Tasrif introduced his famous collection of over 200 surgical instruments. Many of these instruments were never used before by any previous surgeons. Hamidan, for example, listed at least twenty six innovative surgical instruments that were not known before Abulcasis. The surgical instruments he invented include the first instruments unique to women,[37] as well as the surgical uses of catgut and forceps, the ligature, surgical needle, scalpel, curette, retractor, surgical spoon, sound, surgical hook, surgical rod, specula,[86] bone saw,[70] and plaster.[87] His work also included anatomical descriptions and sections on orthopaedic surgery and ophthalmology.[88] The influence of the Al-Tasrif eventually led to the decline of the barber surgeons who were prevalent before his time, and they were instead replaced by physician-surgeons in the Islamic world. Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen) made important advances in eye surgery, as he studied and correctly explained the process of sight and visual perception for the first time in his Book of Optics, published in 1021.[37] Avicenna was the first to describe the surgical procedure of intubation in order to facilitate breathing, and he also described the "soporific sponge", an anasthetic imbued with aromatics and narcotics, which was to be placed under a patient's nose during surgical operations. He also described the first known surgical treatment for cancer, stating that the excision should be radical and that all diseased tissue should be removed, including the use of amputation or the removal of veins running in the direction of the tumor.[71] Ammar ibn Ali al-Mawsili is also notable for inventing the injection syringe and hypodermic needle for the extraction of cataracts in the first successful cataract surgery.[89][90] Ibn al-Nafis dedicated a volume of The Comprehensive Book on Medicine to surgery. He described three stages of a surgical operation. The first stage is the pre-operation period which he calls the "time of presentation" when the surgeon carries out a diagnosis on the affected area of the patient's body. The second stage is the actual operation which he calls the "time of operative treatment" when the surgeon repairs the affected organs of the patient. The third stage is the post-operation period which he calls the "time of preservation" when the patient needs to take care of himself and be taken care of by nurses and doctors until he recovers.[91] The Comprehensive Book on Medicine was also the earliest book dealing with the decubitus of a patient.[92] [edit] Anesthesiology General anesthesia and general anesthetics were pioneered by Muslim anesthesiologists, who were the first to utilize oral as well as inhalant anesthetics. In Islamic Spain, Abu al-Qasim and Ibn Zuhr, among other Muslim surgeons, performed hundreds of surgeries under inhalant anesthesia with the use of narcotic-soaked sponges which were placed over the face. Muslim physicians also introduced the anesthetic value of opium derivatives during the Middle Ages. Laudanum was also used as an anaesthetic.Ibn Sina (Avicenna) wrote about its medical uses in his works, which later influenced the works of Paracelsus. Sigrid Hunke wrote:[84][93] "The science of medicine has gained a great and extremely important discovery and that is the use of general anaesthetics for surgical operations, and how unique, efficient, and merciful for those who tried it the Muslim anaesthetic was. It was quite different from the drinks the Indians, Romans and Greeks were forcing their patients to have for relief of pain. There had been some allegations to credit this discovery to an Italian or to an Alexandrian, but the truth is and history proves that, the art of using the anaesthetic sponge is a pure Muslim technique, which was not known before. The sponge used to be dipped and left in a mixture prepared from cannabis, opium, hyoscyamus and a plant called Zoan."
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Al‐Razi (865‐925 ) :Father of pediatricsPioneer of neurosurgeryand ophthalmology

Books:Kitab al‐Mansuri, 10 vols. on Greek Med.Encyclopedia of Medicine 20 Volumes

Al‐Zahrawi (993‐1064): Father of surgeryShaped European surgicalprocedures until the Renaissance

Books:Kitab al‐Tasrif 30 vols. encyclopedia is the greatest contribution in the field of medicine and surgery

Medicine Scientists

Surgical Instruments

Patient Treatment

Presenter
Presentation Notes
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865-925 AD) ( Abbasiad Period) He known as Rhazes, was one of the most prolific Muslim doctors and probably second only to Ibn Sina in his accomplishments.   He was an early proponent of experimental medicine and is considered the father of pediatrics.He was also a pioneer of neurosurgery and ophthalmology. He was among the first to use Humoralism to distinguish one contagious disease from another. Razi was the first physician to distinguish smallpox and measles through his clinical characterization of the two diseases. Razi is also known for having discovered "allergic asthma," and was the first physician ever to write articles on allergy and immunology. Razi was the first to realize that fever is a natural defense mechanism, the body's way of fighting disease. A special feature of his medical system was that he encouraged cure through healthy and regulated food. This regiment was combined with his emphasis on the influence of psychological factors on health. Razi was an expert surgeon, and was the first to use opium as anesthesia. His books: He wrote over 200 books, including Kitab al-Mansuri, ten volumes on Greek medicine, and al-Hawi, and an encyclopedia of medicine in 20 volumes. In al-Hawi, he included each medical subject's information available from Greek and Arab sources and then added his own remarks based on his experience and views. He classified substances as vegetable, animal or mineral while other alchemists divided them into "bodies", "souls" and "spirits". He found a treatment for kidney and bladder stones, and explained the nature of various infectious diseases. Al-Zahrawi (993-1064 C.E.): ( An Andalusian Surgeon) Was Islam's greatest medieval surgeon whose comprehensive medical texts, combining Middle-Eastern, Indian and Greco-Roman classical teachings, shaped European surgical procedures until the Renaissance. He is considered the "father of surgery". His greatest contribution to history is Al-Tasrif, a thirty-volume collection of medical practice Father of Surgery:   Al-Zahrawi is considered the father of modern surgery. A physician and surgeon, he also had an interest in chemistry and cosmetology. Al-Zahrawi emphasized the importance of a good doctor patient relationship and took great care to ensure the safety of his patients and win their trust irrespective of their social status.   He also cautioned against quacks who claimed surgical skills they did not possess. His treatise contains many original observations of great interest in the field of medicine.   In the area of pharmacology and therapeutics he discussed cardiac drugs, emetics, laxatives, cosmetology etc.   The most important treatise is the one which deals with surgery and surgical instruments. This monumental work was unique, in it al-Zahrawi provided illustrations of the instruments used in surgery.   Al-Zahrawi was the first to describe the Welcher position in obstetrics, first to describe dental arches, first to explain the hereditary circumstances surrounding hemophilia. He described the exposure and division of the temporal artery to relieve certain types of headaches, and the extraction of cataracts from the eyes. . He invented all the instruments himself, two hundred of them, and explained their use. The instruments included tooth extractors, tong depressors, catheters, and an elaborate obstetric device, to name a few. He discussed a variety of operations, which included cauterization, bloodletting, midwifery, obstetrics, and the treatment of wounds.   He has given great importance to the causes and symptoms of diseases. His books His 30 volume encyclopedia of medical practices Kitab al-Tasrif is considered his greatest contribution in the field of medicine and surgery.   The encyclopedia included a large section on surgery and also covered medical topics such as orthopedics, pharmacology, ophthalmology, nutrition, dentistry and childbirth.   His treatise contains many original observations of great interest in the field of medicine. Two volumes of his treatise are very important, dealing with materia medica, like weights, measures, and drug substitution   He is first to write about ectopic pregnancy and the first to use forceps which he invented for the delivery of babies and removal of a dead fetus.   His books and treatise translation:   His treatise was translated into Latin in the 12th century and became the standard book in the universities of Europe for 500 years. His book was the primary source of medical knowledge of surgery for the physicians of Europe and thus had a huge influence on them in the practice of surgery. A 14th century French surgeon–Guy de Chauliac–quoted Al-Tasrif over 200 times in his book; The Great Surgery. Pietro Argallata, 15th century European surgeon, says of him “without doubt he was the chief of all surgeons.” Jaques Delechamps, another 16th century French surgeon made extensive use of his treatise in his elaborate commentary, confirming the tremendous contributions of al-Zahrawi in the field of surgery.
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Ibn‐e‐Sina (980 – 1037):Father of early modern medicine

Books:He wrote 450 Treatises out of which forty of them concentrate on medicineQanun fi Al‐Tibbthe chief guide for medical science in the West from 12th to 17th century, describes over 760 drugs

The Canon of Medicine was a standard medical text at the European universities up until the 19th century

Al‐Biruni (973 – 1048):Al‐Biruniwas the world's first great experimenterKitab al‐Saidana fi al‐Tibb was an extensive medical and pharmacological encyclopedia

Books:Kitab al‐Saidana “materia medica”which was celebrated for its in‐depth botanical studies of minerals and herbs

Al‐Biruni contributions in diverse fields earned him the title "al‐Ustadh" (Master or Professor par excellence)

Medicine Scientists

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Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī (Persian: ابوریحان محمد بن احمد بیرونی), often known as Alberuni, Al Beruni or variants, (born 5 September 973 in Kath, Khwarezm (now in Uzbekistan), died 13 December 1048 in Ghazni, today's Afghanistan) was a Iranian[1][2][3][4][5], polymath[6] scholar of the 11th century. He was a scientist and physicist, an anthropologist and comparative sociologist, an astronomer and chemist, a critic of alchemy and astrology, an encyclopedist and historian, a geographer and traveler, a geodesist and geologist, a mathematician, a pharmacist and psychologist, an Islamic philosopher and theologian, and a scholar and teacher. Biomedical sciences In the biomedical sciences, al-Biruni's Kitab al-Saidana fi al-Tibb was an extensive medical and pharmacological encyclopedia which synthesized Islamic medicine with Indian medicine. His medical investigations included one of the earliest descriptions on Siamese twins. The Kitab-al-Saidana was also a materia medica which was celebrated for its in-depth botanical studies of minerals and herbs. It was the earliest to describe the eating of several fungi, including truffles, which are a type of hypogeous fungi. According to Max Meyerhoff, Al-Biruni is perhaps the most prominent figure in the phalanx of those universally learned Muslim scholars who characterize the Golden Age of Islamic Science. His great contributions in so many diverse fields earned him the title "al-Ustadh," the Master or Professor par excellence. Some historians have called the period of his activity as "The Age of Al-Biruni." Al-Biruni made original and important contributions to science. Al-Biruni was a versatile scholar and scientist who had equal facility in physics. He was a contemporary of the well-known physician Ibn Sina. His Books: He wrote 2 books on medicine and pharmacology -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ibn-e-Sina (980 – 1037 C.E.) (Abbasiad Period)   Medical achievement:   He was Young physician who desired permission to use his uniquely stocked library from king of Bukhara.Ibn Sina at the age of twenty one was now an established physician and political administrator.Ibn Sina is regarded as the father of early modern medicine. In physics, his contribution comprised the study of different forms of energy, heat, light and mechanical. He developed an elaborate theory of motion which was consistent with the concept of inertia as given by Newton in his first law of motion and also gave the concept of momentum. For one thousand years he remained one of the greatest thinker and medical scholar in the history of civilization. He wrote 450 treatises in which 240 treatises has survived. Most of the treatises deals with philosophy and science subjects but forty of them concentrate on medicine. He developed a medical system that combined his own personal experience with that of Islamic, Greek, Persian and Indian medicine His contributions include recognition of the contagious nature of phthisis and tuberculosis. Avicenna's contributions include the introduction of systematic experimentation and quantification into the study of physiology,the discovery of the contagious nature of infectious diseases, the introduction of quarantine to limit the spread of contagious diseases, the introduction of experimental medicine and clinical trials, the first descriptions on bacteria and viral organisms, the distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy, the contagious nature of phthisis and tuberculosis, the distribution of diseases by water and soil, and the first careful descriptions of skin troubles, sexually transmitted diseases, perversions, and nervous ailments, as well the use of ice to treat fevers, and the separation of medicine from pharmacology, which was important to the development of the pharmaceutical sciences The Qanun was the chief guide for medical science in the West from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. Dr. William Osler, who wrote The Evolution of Modern Science, remarks "The Qanun has remained a medical Bible for a longer period than any other work". Containing over a million words, it surveyed the entire medical knowledge available from ancient and Muslim sources, and including his original contributions. Ibn Sina's original contributions included such advances such as recognition of the contagious nature of phthisis and tuberculosis; distribution of diseases by water and soil and the interaction between psychology and health. Also, the book described over 760 drugs and became the most authentic of its era. Ibn Sina was also the first to describe meningitis and made rich contributions to anatomy, gynecology and child health. This interest in medicine went back to the time of the Prophet (SAW), who once said that there existed a cure for every disease. With this spirit there were hospitals and clinics built all over the Muslim world, the earliest built in 707 by Caliph Walid ibn Abd a-Malik in Damascus. Muslims made many advances such as the idea of circulation of blood and quarantine and the foundation of the first apothecary shops and the earliest school of pharmacy. His books:   His book “The Canon of Medicine” was a standard medical text at the European universities up until the 19th century. He moved to Rayy and then to Hamadan, Where he wrote his famous book Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb. He was also the first to describe meningitis and made rich contributions to anatomy, gynecology and child health. In his book Miyar al aql he has tried to describe and illustrate simple machines like pulley, lever and wedge and then analyzed the combination of these simple machines.   philosophical encyclopedia Kitab al-Shifa is a Ibne sina’s monumental work.   In his book “Al-Burhan” he discussed the philosophy of science which included the issues like scientific method.   His famous book “Floating Man” deals with the thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness The Book of Healing (11th century), which remained standard textbooks in both Muslim and European universities until the 17th century. Avicenna's contributions include the introduction of systematic experimentation and quantification into the study of physiology,the discovery of the contagious nature of infectious diseases, the introduction of quarantine to limit the spread of contagious diseases, the introduction of experimental medicine and clinical trials, the first descriptions on bacteria and viral organisms, the distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy, the contagious nature of phthisis and tuberculosis, the distribution of diseases by water and soil, and the first careful descriptions of skin troubles, sexually transmitted diseases, perversions, and nervous ailments, as well the use of ice to treat fevers, and the separation of medicine from pharmacology, which was important to the development of the pharmaceutical sciences.
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Ambroise Pare (1510 – 1590):The 1545, the scientific use of surgery was advanced by the French surgeon Ambroise Pare. 

He is considered the "father of rational surgery"

Al‐Zahrawi (993‐1064): 500years prior to Pare, Islamic Spain's Al‐Zahrawibegan legating arteries with  fine sutures 

perfected the use of Catgut, that is suture made from animal intestines

Al‐Zahrawi instituted the use of cotton plus wax to plug bleeding wounds

Surgery

Pare

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What is Taught: In 1545, the scientific use of surgery was advanced by the French surgeon Ambroise Pare. Prior to him, surgeons attempted to stop bleeding through the gruesome procedure of searing the wound with boiling oil. Pare stopped the use of boiling oils and began ligating arteries. He is considered the "father of rational surgery." Pare was also one of the first Europeans to condemn such grotesque "surgical" procedures as trepanning (see reference #6, pg. 110). What Should be Taught: Islamic Spain's illustrious surgeon, az-Zahrawi (d. 1013), began ligating arteries with fine sutures over 500 years prior to Pare. He perfected the use of Catgut, that is suture made from animal intestines. Additionally, he instituted the use of cotton plus wax to plug bleeding wounds. The full details of his works were made available to Europeans through Latin translations.   Despite this, barbers and herdsmen continued be the primary individuals practicing the "art" of surgery for nearly six centuries after az-Zahrawi's death. Pare himself was a barber, albeit more skilled and conscientious than the average ones.   Included in az-Zahrawi's legacy are dozens of books. His most famous work is a 30 volume treatise on medicine and surgery. His books contain sections on preventive medicine, nutrition, cosmetics, drug therapy, surgical technique, anesthesia, pre and post-operative care as well as drawings of some 200 surgical devices, many of which he invented. The refined and scholarly az-Zahrawi must be regarded as the father and founder of rational surgery, not the uneducated Pare.
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Charles W. Long (1815  – 1878):The first surgery performed under inhalation anesthesia was conducted by C.W. Long, an American, in 1845

Al‐Zahrawi (993‐1064): 600 years prior to Long, Islamic Spain's Az‐Zahrawiand Ibn Zuhr (1091‐1161), among other Muslim surgeons,performed hundreds of surgeries under inhalation anesthesia with the use of narcotic‐soaked sponges which were placed over the face

Surgery (Anesthesia Surgery)

C. W. Long

Ibn‐ZuhrSurgical utensils

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Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American physician and pharmacist best known for his early use of diethyl ether as an anesthetic. Contents [edit] Life and work Long was born in Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1839. After observing the same physiological effects with diethyl ether ("ether") that Humphry Davy had described for nitrous oxide in 1800, Long used ether for the first time on March 30, 1842 to remove a tumor from the neck of a patient, James M. Venable, in Jefferson, Georgia. Long subsequently removed a second tumor from Venable and used ether as an anesthetic in amputations and childbirth. The results of these trials were published in 1848 in The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal. An original copy of this publication is held in the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Crawford Long was a member of the Demosthenian Literary Society while a student at the University of Georgia and shared a room with Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Long was a cousin of the western legend Doc Holliday. Long died in Athens, Georgia in 1878. The Emory-University-operated Crawford Long Hospital in downtown Atlanta, Georgia was named in his honor in 1931 and retained that name for 78 years. In 2009 the hospital was renamed "Emory University Hospital Midtown" [1]. The Crawford W. Long Museum in downtown Jefferson, Georgia has been in operation since 1957. A statue of Crawford Long stands in the crypt of the United States Capitol as one of the two designated monuments to represent the state of Georgia. Although William T. G. Morton is well-known for performing his historic anesthesia on October 16, 1846 in Boston, Massachusetts, C. W. Long is now known to be the first to have used an ether-based anesthesia. Morton is now sometimes credited as performing the first "public" demonstration of ether as a surgical anesthetic, however this is also erroneous as Dr. Long publicly demonstrated ether's use as a surgical anesthetic on numerous occasions before 1846. In 1854, Long requested William Crosby Dawson, a U.S. Senator, to present his claims to the attention of Congress.[2] ----------------------------------------------- Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik ibn Zuhr (Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك بن زهر‎) (also known as Ibn Zuhr, Avenzoar, Abumeron or Ibn-Zohr) (1091–1161) was an Arab Muslim physician, pharmacist, surgeon, parasitologist, Islamic scholar, and teacher. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Flight from Seville 2 Achievements 2.1 Al-Taisir 2.2 The Method of Preparing Medicines and Diet 2.3 Anatomy, Physiology, Etiology and Parasitology 2.4 Anesthesiology 2.5 Neurology and Neuropharmacology 2.6 Pharmacopoeia and drug therapy 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References [edit] Biography [edit] Early life He was born in Seville, and studied at the University of Córdoba. He belonged to the Banu Zuhr family, which produced five generations of physicians, including two female physicians who served the Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur.[1] Ibn Zuhr was also the teacher of Averroes. He began his medical practice and training under his father, Abu'l-Ala Zuhr (d. 1131).[2] [edit] Flight from Seville Around 1130, he fell out of favour of with the Almoravid ruler, Ali bin Yusuf bin Tashufin, and fled from Seville. He was however, apprehended and jailed in Marrakesh. Later in 1147 when the Almohad dynasty conquered Seville, he returned and devoted himself to medical practice and teaching.[2] He died at Seville in 1161. [edit] Achievements He is considered the father of experimental surgery,[3] for introducing the experimental method into surgery,[4] introducing the methods of human dissection and autopsy,[5] inventing the surgical procedure of tracheotomy,[6] performing the first parenteral nutrition of humans with a silver needle, discovering the cause of scabies and inflammation, discovering the existence of parasites, and refuting the theory of four humours. [edit] Al-Taisir Ibn Zuhr's most famous work is his Al-Taisir, in which he introduced the experimental method into surgery,[4] for which he is considered the father of experimental surgery.[3] He was the first to employ animal testing in order to experiment with surgical procedures before applying them to human patients.[4] He also performed the first dissections and postmortem autopsies on humans as well as animals.[5] He invented the surgical procedure of tracheotomy,[6] as he was the first to give a correct description of the tracheotomy operation for suffocating patients.[7] He perfected this surgical procedure through his experiments on a goat. He also performed postmortem autopsies on a sheep during his clinical trials on the treatment of ulcerating diseases of the lungs. He also wrote on the prophylaxis against urinary tract infections and described the importance of dietary management in maintaining the prophylaxis.[4] He established surgery as an independent field of medicine, by introducing a training course designed specifically for future surgeons, in order that they be qualified before being allowed to perform operations independently, and for defining the roles of a general practitioner and a surgeon in the treatment of a surgical condition.[4] [edit] The Method of Preparing Medicines and Diet He performed the first parenteral nutrition of humans with a silver needle, and wrote a book on it entitled The Method of Preparing Medicines and Diet. [edit] Anatomy, Physiology, Etiology and Parasitology During his medical experiments on anatomy and physiology, Ibn Zuhr was the first physician known to have carried out human dissection and postmortem autopsy. He proved that the skin disease scabies was caused by a parasite, which contradicted the erroneous theory of four humours supported by Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna. The removal of the parasite from the patient's body did not involve purging, bleeding or any other traditional treatments associated with the four humours.[5] His works show that he was often highly critical of previous medical authorities, including Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine.[8] He was one of the first physicians to reject the erroneous theory of four humours, which dates back to Hippocrates and Galen. Avenzoar also confirmed the presence of blood in the body.[7] Ibn Zuhr was also the first to provide a real scientific etiology for the inflammatory diseases of the ear, and the first to clearly discuss the causes of stridor.[7] He also proved that the skin disease scabies was caused by a parasite.[5] [edit] Anesthesiology In anesthesiology, modern anesthesia was developed in Islamic Spain by the Muslim anesthesiologists Ibn Zuhr and Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi. They were the first to utilize oral as well as inhalant anesthetics, and they performed hundreds of surgeries under inhalant anesthesia with the use of narcotic-soaked sponges which were placed over the face.[9][10] [edit] Neurology and Neuropharmacology Ibn Zuhr gave the first accurate descriptions on neurological disorders, including meningitis, intracranial thrombophlebitis, and mediastinal tumours, and made contributions to modern neuropharmacology.[11] [edit] Pharmacopoeia and drug therapy Ibn Zuhr wrote an early pharmacopoeia, which later became the first Arabic book to be printed with a movable type in 1491.[12] Ibn Zuhr (and other Muslim physicians such as al-Kindi, Ibn Sahl, Abulcasis, al-Biruni, Avicenna, Averroes, Ibn al-Baitar, Ibn Al-Jazzar and Ibn al-Nafis) developed drug therapy and medicinal drugs for the treatment of specific symptoms and diseases. His use of practical experience and careful observation was extensive.[9]
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Humphrey Davy (1815 – 1878):Modern anesthesia was invented in the 19th century by Humphrey Davy and Horace Wells.

AL‐Razi (865‐925): Al‐ Razi discovered,masteredand perfected modern anesthesia 900 years before the advent of Davy

He was an expert surgeon and was the first to use opium for anesthesia 

Anesthesia

Humphrey Davy

Patient Treatment

Muslim Lab 

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Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet FRS MRIA (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor.[1] He is probably best remembered today for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals, as well as contributions to the discoveries of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. He invented the Davy lamp, which allowed miners to enter gassy workings. Berzelius called Davy's 1806 Bakerian Lecture On Some Chemical Agencies of Electricity[2] "one of the best memoirs which has ever enriched the theory of chemistry."[3] This paper was central to any chemical affinity theory in the first half of the nineteenth century.[4] Davies Giddy, afterwards Davies Gilbert, accidentally saw Davy in Penzance, carelessly swinging on the half-gate of Dr. Borlase's house. Gilbert was interested by the lad's talk, offered him the use of his library, and invited him to his house at Tredrea. This led to an introduction to Dr. Edwards, who then resided at Hayle Copper House, and was also chemical lecturer in the school of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Dr. Edwards permitted Davy to use the apparatus in his laboratory, and appears to have directed his attention to the floodgates of the port of Hayle, which were rapidly decaying from the contact of copper and iron under the influence of seawater. This galvanic action was not then understood, but the phenomenon prepared the mind of Davy for his experiments on the copper sheathing of ships in later days. Gregory Watt, the son of James Watt, visited Penzance for his health's sake, and lodging at Mrs. Davy's house became a friend of her son and gave him instructions in chemistry. Davy also formed a useful acquaintance with the Wedgwoods, who spent a winter at Penzance.[5] Thomas Beddoes and Professor Hailstone were engaged in a geological controversy upon the rival merits of the Plutonian and the Neptunist hypotheses. They travelled together to examine the Cornish coast accompanied by Davies Gilbert, and thus made Davy's acquaintance. Beddoes, who had recently established at Bristol a ‘Pneumatic Institution,’ required an assistant to superintend the laboratory. Gilbert recommended Davy for the post, and Gregory Watt placed (in April 1798) in the hands of Beddoes the ‘Young man's Researches on Heat and Light,’ which were subsequently published by him in the first volume of ‘West-Country Contributions.’ Prolonged negotiations were carried on, mainly by Gilbert. Mrs. Davy and Borlase consented to Davy's departure, but Tonkin desired to fix him in his native town as a surgeon, and actually altered his will when he found that Davy insisted on going to Dr. Beddoes.
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Joseph Lister (1548 – 1620):The scientific use of antiseptics in surgery was discovered by the British surgeon Joseph Lister in 1865

Al‐Razi (865‐925 ) :AL‐Razi (10th century) used mercurial compounds and purified alcohol as topical antiseptics to wounds

High success rate by Islamic Spain Surgeons brought dignitaries throughout Europe to Cordova, Spain for treatment. It  was comparably to the "Mayo Clinic" of the Middle Ages

Antiseptic

CORDOVA

Joseph Lister

Anti‐Septic Device

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Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM, FRS (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912) was an English surgeon who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He successfully introduced carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and to clean wounds, which led to reduced post-operative infections and made surgery safer for patients. Antiseptics After six years he earned a professorship of surgery at the University of Glasgow. At the time the usual explanation for wound infection was that the exposed tissues were damaged by chemicals in the air or via a stinking "miasma" in the air. The sick wards actually smelled bad, not due to a "miasma" but due to the rotting of wounds. Hospital wards were occasionally aired out at midday, but Florence Nightingale's doctrine of fresh air was still seen as science fiction. Facilities for washing hands or the patient's wounds did not exist and it was even considered unnecessary for the surgeon to wash his hands before he saw a patient. The work of Ignaz Semmelweis and Oliver Wendell Holmes were not heeded. Lister became aware of a paper published (in French) by the French chemist Louis Pasteur which showed that rotting and fermentation could occur without any oxygen if micro-organisms were present. Lister confirmed this with his own experiments. If micro-organisms were causing gangrene, the problem was how to get rid of them. Pasteur suggested three methods: filter, heat, or expose them to chemical solutions. The first two were inappropriate in a human wound, so Lister experimented with the third. Lister at age 69 in 1896 Carbolic acid (phenol) had been in use as a means of deodorizing sewage, so Lister tested the results of spraying instruments, the surgical incisions, and dressings with a solution of it. Lister found that carbolic acid solution swabbed on wounds remarkably reduced the incidence of gangrene and subsequently published a series of articles on the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery describing this procedure in Volume 90, Issue 2299 of The Lancet published on 21 September 1867. He also made surgeons wear clean gloves and wash their hands before and after operations with 5% carbolic acid solutions. Instruments were also washed in the same solution and assistants sprayed the solution in the operating theatre. One of his conclusions was to stop using porous natural materials in manufacturing the handles of medical instruments. Lister left Glasgow in 1869, returning to Edinburgh as successor to Syme as Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, and continued to develop improved methods of antisepsis and asepsis. His fame had spread by then and audiences of 400 often came to hear him lecture. As the germ theory of disease became more widely accepted, it was realised that infection could be better avoided by preventing bacteria from getting into wounds in the first place. This led to the rise of sterile surgery. Some consider Lister "the father of modern antisepsis." In 1879 Listerine mouthwash was named after him for his work in antisepsis. Also named in his honour is the bacterial genus Listeria, typified by the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. --------------------------------------------------------- As early as the 10th century, Muslim physicians and surgeons were applying purified alcohol to wounds as an antiseptic agent. Surgeons in Islamic Spain utilized special methods for maintaining antisepsis prior to and during surgery. They also originated specific protocols for maintaining hygiene during the post-operative period. Their success rate was so high that dignitaries throughout Europe came to Cordova, Spain, to be treated at what was comparably the "Mayo Clinic" of the Middle Ages.
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Giovanni Morgagni (1682 ‐ 1771):The Italian Giovanni Morgagni is regarded as the father of pathology because he was the first to correctly describe the nature of disease.

Ibn Zuhr (1091–1161):Islam's surgeons were the first pathologists. They fully realized the nature of disease and described a variety of diseases to modern detail

Ibn Zuhr correctly described the nature of pleurisy, tuberculosis and pericarditis

Az‐Zahrawi accurately documented the pathology of hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and other congenital diseases 

Medicine (Pathology)

Giovanni Morgagni

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Quarantine (1403 AD):The concept of quarantine was first developed in 1403

In Venice, a law was passed preventing strangers from entering the cityuntil a certain waitingperiod had passed.If, by then, no sign of illness could be found, they were allowed in

Quarantine (7th century):Quarantine concept was first introduced by the Prophet Muhammad:

"If you hear of an outbreak of plague 

in a land, do not enter it; but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place" 

As early as the 10th century, Muslim physicians innovated the use of isolation wards for individuals suffering with communicable disease

Quarantine

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William Harvey ( 1578 –1657 ):William Harvey, during the early 17th century, discovered that blood circulates and heart pumps it throughout the body

Al‐Razi ( 865 ‐ 925 ) :Islam's ar‐Raziwrote an in‐depthtreatise on the venous system,accurately describing the function of the veins and their valves

Ibn AL‐Nafs and Ibn al‐Quff (13th century) correctly described the physiology of the heart and the function of its valves 300 years before Harvey 

Blood Circulation

Image of veins

William Harvey

Ibn‐al‐Quff

AL‐Nafs

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What is Taught: William Harvey, during the early 17th century, discovered that blood circulates. He was the first to correctly describe the function of the heart, arteries and veins. Rome's Galen had presented erroneous ideas regarding the circulatory system, and Harvey was the first to determine that blood is pumped throughout the body via the action of the heart and the venous valves. Therefore, he is regarded as the founder of human physiology. Medicine What Should be Taught: In the 10th century, Islam's ar-Razi wrote an in-depth treatise on the venous system, accurately describing the function of the veins and their valves. Ibn an-Nafs and Ibn al-Quff (13th century) provided full documentation that the blood circulates and correctly described the physiology of the heart and the function of its valves 300 years before Harvey. William Harvey was a graduate of Italy's famous Padua University at a time when the majority of its curriculum was based upon Ibn Sina's and ar-Razi's textbooks.
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Pharmacopeia ( 1542 ):The first pharmacopeia (book of medicines) was published by a German scholar in 1542 

Science of pharmacology was begun in the 1900's as an off‐shoot of chemistry due to the analysis of crude plant materials

Abū Alī Sīnā (980 ‐ 1037) :Al‐Qanun fi al‐Tibb was written by Abu Ali Sina.  

The Qanun (1025) is considered one of the most famous books in the historyof medicine based on Islamic medicine 

Pharmacopeia

QANUN 1484 (Latin translation)

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Pharmacopoeia (literally, the art of the drug compounder), in its modern technical sense, is a book containing directions for the identification of samples and the preparation of compound medicines, and published by the authority of a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society[clarification needed]. In a broader sense is a reference work for pharmaceutical drug specifications. The name has also been applied to similar compendia issued by private individuals. -------------------------------------------------- The Canon of Medicine (Arabic: القانون في الطب Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb "The Law of Medicine"; Persian: قانون طب Qanun "Law"; Latin: Canon Medicinae "Canon of Medicine"; Chinese: 回回藥方 / 回回药方 Hui Hui Yao Fang "Prescriptions of the Hui Nationality")[1][clarification needed] is a 14-volume medical encyclopedia written by Persian scientist and physician Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) and completed in 1025.[2] The book was based on a combination of his own personal experience, medieval Islamic medicine, the writings of the Roman physician Galen,[3] the Indian physicians Sushruta and Charaka, and Persian medicine,[4] in addition to aspects of Chinese materia medica.[5] Originally written in the Arabic language, the book was later translated to a number of other languages during the Middle Ages, including Persian, Latin and Chinese. The Canon is considered one of the most famous books in the history of medicine.[6] Also known as the Qanun, which means "law" in both Arabic and Persian, the Canon of Medicine remained a medical authority up until the 18th century[7] and early 19th century.[8] It set the standards for medicine in Europe and the Islamic world, and is Avicenna's most renowned written work alongside The Book of Healing. Qanun was used at many medical schools—at University of Montpellier, France, as late as 1650.[9] Much of the book was also translated into Chinese as the Hui Hui Yao Fang (Prescriptions of the Hui Nationality) by the Hui people in Yuan China.[10] The Canon also formed the basis of Unani medicine, a form of traditional medicine practiced in India. The principles of medicine described by him ten centuries ago in this book, are still taught at UCLA and Yale University, among others, as part of the history of medicine. The Canon is considered the first pharmacopoeia,[11][12] and among other things, the book is known for the introduction of systematic experimentation and quantification into the study of physiology,[13] the discovery of the contagious nature of infectious diseases,[14] the introduction of quarantine to limit the spread of contagious diseases, and the introduction of evidence-based medicine, experimental medicine,[15] clinical trials,[16] randomized controlled trials,[17][18] efficacy tests,[19][20] clinical pharmacology,[21] neuropsychiatry,[22] physiological psychology,[23] risk factor analysis, and the idea of a syndrome in the diagnosis of specific diseases.[24] George Sarton, the father of the history of science, wrote in the Introduction to the History of Science: "One of the most famous exponents of Muslim universalism and an eminent figure in Islamic learning was Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna (981-1037). For a thousand years he has retained his original renown as one of the greatest thinkers and medical scholars in history. His most important medical works are the Qanun (Canon) and a treatise on Cardiac drugs. The 'Qanun' is an immense encyclopedia of medicine. It contains some of the most illuminating thoughts pertaining to distinction of mediastinitis from pleurisy; contagious nature of phthisis; distribution of diseases by water and soil; careful description of skin troubles; of sexual diseases and perversions; of nervous ailments."[14]
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Paracelsus (1493 – 1541) :

The discovery of the scientific use of 

drugs in the treatment of specific 

diseases was made by Paracelsus, 

the Swiss‐born physician, during the 

16th century

AL‐Razi (865 – 925) :Al‐Razi book “Al‐Asrar “ (the Secret) talks about the knowledge and identification of drug components of plant/animal and the description of the best type of each for utilization in treatment

In fact, this concept was entirely Musliminvention. The word 

"drug" is derived from Arabic

Drug Therapy

Paracelsus

pharmacopoeia First Edition

1930

Presenter
Presentation Notes
Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī (Zakariā-ye Rāzi: Persian: زكريای رازی), known as Rhazes or Rasis after medieval Latinists, (August 26 865, Rayy— 925, Rayy) was a Persian[2][3] alchemist, chemist, physician, philosopher and scholar. He is recognised as a polymath[4] and often referred as "probably the greatest and most original of all the Muslim physicians, and one of the most prolific as an author"[5]. He made fundamental and enduring contributions to the fields of medicine, alchemy, music, and philosophy, recorded in over 184 books and articles in various fields of science. He was well-versed in Persian, Greek and Indian medical knowledge and made numerous advances in medicine through own observations and discoveries.[6] Well educated in music, mathematics, philosophy, and metaphysics, he finally chose medicine as his professional field. As a physician, he was an early proponent of experimental medicine and is considered the father of pediatrics.[7] He was also a pioneer of neurosurgery and ophthalmology.[8] He was among the first to use Humoralism to distinguish one contagious disease from another. In particular, Razi was the first physician to distinguish smallpox and measles through his clinical characterization of the two diseases. And as an alchemist, Rhazes is known for his study of sulfuric acid and for his discovery of ethanol and its refinement to use in medicine. He became chief physician of Rayy and Baghdad hospitals. Rhazes was a rationalist and very confident in the power of ratiocination; he was widely regarded by his contemporaries and biographers as liberal and free from any kind of prejudice and very bold and daring in expressing his ideas without a qualm. He traveled extensively but mostly in Persia. As a teacher in medicine, he attracted students of all disciplines and was said to be compassionate and devoted to the service of his patients, whether rich or poor. Paracelsus (born Phillip von Hohenheim, 11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland – 24 September 1541 in Salzburg, Austria) was a Medieval physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Phillip von Hohenheim, he later took up the name Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim[1], and still later took the title Paracelsus, meaning "equal to or greater than Celsus", a Roman encyclopedist, Aulus Cornelius Celsus from the first century known for his tract on medicine.[2][3] He is also credited for giving zinc its name, calling it zincum[4] and is regarded as the first systematic botanist.[5]
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Johann Weyer (1515 – 1588) :The first sound approach to the 

treatment of disease was made by a 

German, Johann Weyer, in the 1500's

Ibn Sīnā (865 – 925) :Ibn Sīnā developed a medical system that combined his own personal experience with that of Islamic medicine

Ibn Sīnā is regarded as the father of modern medicine 

Disease Treatment

Canon of Medicine, dated 1593

Johann Weyer

Presenter
Presentation Notes
Johannes Wier a.k.a. Johann Weyer, in Latin Ioannes Wierus and Piscinarius, (c. 1515, Grave – February 24, 1588) was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches. His most influential work is De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis (On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons, 1563). Wier's works include De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis (On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons), 1563. De Lamiis Liber (Book on Witches), 1577 Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (The False Kingdom of the Demons), an appendix to De Praestigiis Daemonum, 1577. "About 40 people at Casale in Western Lombardy smeared the bolts of the town gates with an ointment to spread the plague. Those who touched the gates where infected and many died. The heirs of the dead and diseased had actually paid people at Casale to smear the gates in order to obtain their inheritances more quickly." -From The Deceptions of Demons, 1583 Wier criticised the Malleus Maleficarum and the witch hunting by the Christian and Civil authorities; he is said to have been the first person that used the term "mentally ill" to designate those women accused of practicing witchcraft.[2] In a time of a great number of witch trials and executions, he sought to derogate the law concerning witchcraft prosecution Ibn Sīnā is regarded as a father of modern medicine,[16][17] and clinical pharmacology[18] particularly for his introduction of systematic experimentation and quantification into the study of physiology,[19] his discovery of the contagious nature of infectious diseases,[20] the introduction of quarantine to limit the spread of contagious diseases, the introduction of experimental medicine, evidence-based medicine, clinical trials,[21] randomized controlled trials,[22][23] efficacy tests,[24][25] clinical pharmacology,[24] neuropsychiatry,[26] risk factor analysis, the idea of the syndrome,[27] and the importance of dietetics and the influence of climate and environment on health.[28]
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Miracle of Islamic Science

Geography & 

Astronomy

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Ptolemy (90 – 168):Geography was revived in medieval centuries from the works of Ptolemy 

Geography

Ibn Battuta (1304 – 1368):Ibn Battuta'smasterpieces providea detailed view of the geography of ancient world

Claudius Ptolemaeus

Ibn Batuta

Ibn Batuta’s Route

Ptolemy world map (150 AD)

Muslim geographers produced untold volumes of books on the geography of  the World

Muslim Geography

Presenter
Presentation Notes
What is Taught: The science of geography was revived during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries when the ancient works of Ptolemy were discovered. The Crusades and the Portuguese/Spanish expeditions also contributed to this reawakening. The first scientifically-based treatise on geography were produced during this period by Europe's scholars. What Should be Taught: Muslim geographers produced untold volumes of books on the geography of Africa, Asia, India, China and the Indies during the 8th through 15th centuries. These writings included the world's first geographical encyclopedias, almanacs and road maps. Ibn Battutah's 14th century masterpieces provide a detailed view of the geography of the ancient world. The Muslim geographers of the 10th through 15th centuries far exceeded the output by Europeans regarding the geography of these regions well into the 18th century. The Crusades led to the destruction of educational institutions, their scholars and books. They brought nothing substantive regarding geography to the Western world.
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Alexander Neckam ( 1157 – 1217 ):The compass was invented by theChinese between 1000 and 1100 A.D.

The earliest reference to its use innavigation was by the Englishman,Alexander Neckam (1157‐1217)

Mariner’s Compass

Muslim Scientists (8th Century):Muslims invented the compass

Muslims used the compass andpassed this 

knowledge of  its use in navigation to the West and Chinese

Loupan Ancient Chinese Compass

Mariner’s  Compass

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Hans (1570‐1619), Zacharias (1580‐1638)Jacob (1571‐1628):Telescope development is credited to:

Isaac Newton built the first Practical reflecting telescope In 1668

Abul Hasan (9th Century – 957 C.E.):Abul Hasan is distinguished as the inventor of the Telescope

Khalifa Mamun constructed the first observatory at Shamassia, Tadmur

Telescope

Hans LippersheyZacharias Janssen 

Jacob Metius

Tadmur RuinsNewton

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Anaximander (610 – 546 BC):Anaximander (died ca. 546 BC) iscredited with having created one of the first maps of the world. 

The oldest known world map Is the Imago Mundi of  6th Century BC,Babylonia

Muhammad Al‐Idrisi (1100 – 1165 ):Al‐Idrisi created the Most accurate map of the world in pre‐modern times

The Tabula Rogeriana was drawn by Al‐Idrisi in 1154

The World Map

Anaximander

Anaximander's world map Al‐Idrisi

Babylonian world Map Tabula Rogeriana, for Roger II of Sicily

Drawn by al‐Idrisi

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Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 –1543):Nicolaus Copernicus presented a fullypredictive mathematical model of a heliocentric system (Sun being at the center of the Universe)

Heliocentrism

Abu Ma'shar al‐Balkhi (787 ‐ 886 ):Al‐Balkhi developed a planetary model which some have interpreted as a Heliocentric Model

Nicolaus

Heliocentric Model 

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Hipparchus( 190 – 120 BC):The discovery of precession is usuallyattributed to Hipparchus of Rhodes or Nicaea, a Greek astronomer

Precession (Earth Movement) 

Al‐Biruni (973–1048):AL‐Biruni first states that “the motion of the solar apogee and the precession are not identical”

Nasir al‐Din al‐Tusicalculated the value for the annual precession of the equinoxes

Hipparchus

*precession is the change in direction ofaxis of a rotating object

Precession of a gyroscope

Presenter
Presentation Notes
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator.
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Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC):The philosophy of Aristotle, held that although 

space was finite, with only void existing beyond the outermost sphere of the heavens, time was infinite

The Finite Universe

Al‐Kindi (801–873 CE):• Al‐Kindi believed that the universe has a finite past 

with a beginning. • They developed two logical arguments against an 

infinite past

Al‐KindiAristotle