Lesson Objectives To identify the key features of medicine in the Islamic World To compare and contrast features of Islamic medicine with Western medicine

How was the Islamic World different? 600AD followers of the Prophet Muhammad established and enormous new Islamic Empire in the Middle East and North Africa

How did Government affect Islamic medicine? Islamic doctors depended on GOVERNMENT support Islamic State was a single state ruled over by one man – the Caliph. Caliphs provided the medical stability needed for medical progress. Many Caliphs were interested in science

Caliph Harun also set up a new major Hospital in Baghdad Offered treatment to patients whereas Christian hospitals only offered care. Medical school and library was set up Hospitals called bimaristans were built in many cities of the Islamic empire

Your Task Read Pp44 – 47 Why was the Qur’an important? What drugs were they using? How were hospitals run? Who was Rhazes? Who was Avicenna? Who was Abulcasis? What surgery were they doing?

Was Arab medicine more advanced than European medicine? In the Islamic world, doctors were allowed to question and challenge the ideas of Galen and Hippocrates Education was highly valued in the Islamic world – this meant that more people could read and write and were able to access medical ideas Dissection was banned in both areas so little progress was made here

Which factor was the most important reason as to why medicine progressed in the Islamic World?