Islamic medicine
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Islamic medicine canonical | 6 |
| Islamic Golden Age medicine | 2 |
| Islamic medical tradition | 2 |
| Greco-Arabic medicine | 1 |
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Target entity: Islamic medicine Context triple: [Islamic world, hasCulturalContribution, Islamic medicine]
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Islamic world
The Islamic world refers to the global community of Muslim-majority societies and cultures shaped historically and religiously by Islam, spanning regions from North Africa and the Middle East to parts of Asia and beyond.
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Islamic music
Islamic music encompasses the diverse vocal and instrumental traditions shaped by Islamic religious, spiritual, and cultural practices across the Muslim world.
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Islamic philosophy
Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical inquiry within the Islamic world that engages with metaphysics, ethics, theology, and logic, drawing on the Qur’an, Greek philosophy, and diverse intellectual currents such as Sufism, kalam, and falsafa.
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Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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Sharia
Sharia is the body of Islamic religious law derived primarily from the Quran and the teachings and practices of the Prophet Muhammad, guiding both personal conduct and aspects of public and legal life in Muslim communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Islamic medicine Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Islamic world
The Islamic world refers to the global community of Muslim-majority societies and cultures shaped historically and religiously by Islam, spanning regions from North Africa and the Middle East to parts of Asia and beyond.
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B.
Islamic music
Islamic music encompasses the diverse vocal and instrumental traditions shaped by Islamic religious, spiritual, and cultural practices across the Muslim world.
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C.
Islamic philosophy
Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical inquiry within the Islamic world that engages with metaphysics, ethics, theology, and logic, drawing on the Qur’an, Greek philosophy, and diverse intellectual currents such as Sufism, kalam, and falsafa.
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D.
Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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E.
Sharia
Sharia is the body of Islamic religious law derived primarily from the Quran and the teachings and practices of the Prophet Muhammad, guiding both personal conduct and aspects of public and legal life in Muslim communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (136)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of Islamic Golden Age
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historical medical system ⓘ medical tradition ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
balance of the four humors
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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
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competence and examination of physicians ⓘ obligation to treat the poor ⓘ professional secrecy ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Andalusia
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surface form:
Al-Andalus
Central Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Persia ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Arabic medicine
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Islamic medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Greco-Arabic medicine
Islamic medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic medical tradition
|
| hasWork |
Al-Hawi
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Al-Tasrif ⓘ Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada ⓘ Kitab al-Mansuri ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ The Canon of Medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Kitab al-Qanun fi al-Tibb
Kitab al-Saydalah ⓘ Kitab al-Tibb al-Nabawi (Prophetic medicine works) ⓘ The Canon of Medicine ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine medicine
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Latin scholastic medicine ⓘ Renaissance medicine ⓘ medieval European medicine ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galenic medicine
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Greek medicine ⓘ Hellenistic medicine ⓘ Hippocratic medical tradition ⓘ
surface form:
Hippocratic medicine
Indian medicine ⓘ Persian medicine ⓘ Roman medicine ⓘ Syriac medical tradition ⓘ |
| institutionType |
bimaristan
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medical school ⓘ pharmacy ⓘ public hospital ⓘ teaching hospital ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
astronomy for timing of treatments
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natural sciences ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious law in medical ethics ⓘ |
| introducedPractice |
medical records in hospitals
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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)
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Al-Biruni ⓘ Al-Kindi ⓘ Al-Majusi ⓘ Al-Razi (Rhazes) ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Razi
Al-Samarqandi ⓘ Al-Tabari (physician) ⓘ Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Zahrawi
Hunayn ibn Ishaq ⓘ Averroes ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Rushd
Avicenna ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Sina
Ibn Zuhr ⓘ Ibn al-Baytar ⓘ Ibn al-Jazzar ⓘ Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ Ibn al-Quff ⓘ |
| laterForm |
Mughal medical tradition
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Ottoman medical tradition ⓘ Safavid medical tradition ⓘ Hippocratic medical tradition ⓘ
surface form:
Unani medicine
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| majorCenter |
Baghdad
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Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ
surface form:
Bukhara
Cairo ⓘ Cordoba (historical) ⓘ
surface form:
Cordoba
Damascus ⓘ Granada ⓘ Isfahan ⓘ Nishapur ⓘ Rayy ⓘ Toledo ⓘ |
| method |
case histories
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comparative evaluation of drugs ⓘ hospital rounds ⓘ licensing of physicians ⓘ systematic clinical observation ⓘ written medical curricula ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
classification of contagious diseases
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description of smallpox and measles by Al-Razi ⓘ detailed surgical instruments by Al-Zahrawi ⓘ pulmonary circulation description by Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Islam
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Prophetic traditions on health ⓘ Qur’anic worldview ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ |
| transmittedVia |
Crusader states contacts
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Latin translations in medieval Europe ⓘ translation movement in Sicily ⓘ translation movement in Toledo ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Arabic
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Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
Syriac ⓘ later Latin translations ⓘ |
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Subject: Islamic medicine Description of subject: 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.
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