Islamic medicine

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component of Islamic Golden Age historical medical system medical tradition

Islamic medicine is the body of medical knowledge and practice developed and refined in the medieval Islamic world, integrating Greco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and original innovations that profoundly influenced later European medicine.

Aliases (2)

Greco-Arabic medicine ×1
Islamic medical tradition ×1

Statements (136)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of Islamic Golden Age → historical medical system → medical tradition →
coreConcept	balance of the four humors → clinical observation → experimental verification in pharmacology → hospital-based care → humoral theory → medical ethics → preventive medicine → quarantine and contagion theory → regimen of health → temperaments →
developedField	anatomy → dermatology → dietary therapy → obstetrics → ophthalmology → pediatrics → pharmacology → psychiatry → surgery → toxicology → urology →
developedIn	medieval Islamic world →
ethicalPrinciple	avoidance of harm → competence and examination of physicians → obligation to treat the poor → professional secrecy →
flourishedDuring	Islamic Golden Age →
geographicScope	Al-Andalus → Central Asia → Indian subcontinent → Middle East → North Africa → Persia →
hasAlternativeName	Arabic medicine → Greco-Arabic medicine → Islamic medical tradition →
hasWork	Al-Hawi → Al-Tasrif → Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada → Kitab al-Maliki → Kitab al-Mansuri → Kitab al-Ma‘rifa bi al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (on devices, including medical) → Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya → Kitab al-Qanun fi al-Tibb → Kitab al-Saydalah → Kitab al-Tibb al-Nabawi (Prophetic medicine works) → The Canon of Medicine →
influenced	Byzantine medicine → Latin scholastic medicine → Renaissance medicine → medieval European medicine →
influencedBy	Galenic medicine → Greek medicine → Hellenistic medicine → Hippocratic medicine → Indian medicine → Persian medicine → Roman medicine → Syriac medical tradition →
institutionType	bimaristan → medical school → pharmacy → public hospital → teaching hospital →
integratedWith	astronomy for timing of treatments → natural sciences → philosophy → religious law in medical ethics →
introducedPractice	medical records in hospitals → mobile clinics in some regions → regular physician salaries → separate wards by disease → separate wards by sex → systematic hospital pharmacies →
keyFigure	Al-Baghdadi (Ibn al-Tilmidh) → Al-Biruni → Al-Kindi → Al-Majusi → Al-Razi → Al-Samarqandi → Al-Tabari (physician) → Al-Zahrawi → Hunayn ibn Ishaq → Ibn Rushd → Ibn Sina → Ibn Zuhr → Ibn al-Baytar → Ibn al-Jazzar → Ibn al-Nafis → Ibn al-Quff →
laterForm	Mughal medical tradition → Ottoman medical tradition → Safavid medical tradition → Unani medicine →
majorCenter	Baghdad → Bukhara → Cairo → Cordoba → Damascus → Granada → Isfahan → Nishapur → Rayy → Toledo →
method	case histories → comparative evaluation of drugs → hospital rounds → licensing of physicians → systematic clinical observation → written medical curricula →
notableDiscovery	classification of contagious diseases → description of smallpox and measles by Al-Razi → detailed surgical instruments by Al-Zahrawi → pulmonary circulation description by Ibn al-Nafis →
religiousContext	Islam → Prophetic traditions on health → Qur’anic worldview →
timePeriod	10th century → 11th century → 12th century → 13th century → 14th century → 15th century → 8th century → 9th century →
transmittedVia	Crusader states contacts → Latin translations in medieval Europe → translation movement in Sicily → translation movement in Toledo →
usedLanguage	Arabic → Persian → Syriac → later Latin translations →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Islamic medicine ("Islamic medical tradition") → Islamic medicine ("Greco-Arabic medicine") →	hasAlternativeName
Islamic world →	hasCulturalContribution