Chapters 16-19
1001 Cures
Contributions in Medicine & Healthcare from Muslim Civilisation
Avicenna is not only the towering figure in medieval Islamic medicine, but also one of the most influential physicians ever to have lived.
A mastery of language has always been part of the medical profession, and health concerns and remedies have always inspired literary treatments.
Medicine and Philosophy
A striking fact about the history of philosophy in the Islamic world is that so many of its protagonists were also doctors, or at least wrote on medical topics.
In the medieval Arabic and Islamic medical tradition, physicians paid particular attention to the medical needs of children, and wrote profusely on the subject of paediatrics.