By Allie Pinosky, Kelly Herring, and Frances Grimball
Surgery Pharmacology Medical Texts Drugs Nutrition Causes and sources of disease
16 medical works Qanun 1. General Principles 2. Simple Drugs 3. Diseases of particular organs and parts of the body 4. Diseases which spread to other body parts 5. Compound medicines Translated into Latin (12 century) “Canon” Chief Medical Text of Europe
Medical Encyclopedia At-Tasrif 30 volumes Translated into Latin 12 th century Great advancements in Surgery Variety of operations and procedures Illustrations and explanations of surgical instruments Page from a 1531 Latin translation by Peter Argellata of El Zahrawi's treatise on surgical and medical instruments.
Kitab al-Mansuri Largest Encyclopedia Experiments on Animals Opium as form of Anesthesia Wrote book of home remedies Discovered bad effects of alcoholism Employed by Harun Al-Rashid to build first hospital
First Hospital: 86 AH (712 CE) High level of Organization Cairo, Damascus Doctors worked shifts 5 types of hospitals 1. Mental disease 2. Leprosy 3. Road 4. Prison 5. Mobile Maristan
Canon Western Europe At-Tasrif Surgical Techniques and Instruments Hospitals Recording Greek knowledge
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