Contribution of Muslims in the field of medicine with a special accent on Ibn Sina

Abstract

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This article presents a review of the significant contribution made by a number of great Muslim scholars in the field of medical science before the 13^th century.  We focused here on their original ideas, research work, and principles that made lasting and substantial impact upon the development of medical science. The first part of the article analyses the life and the work of Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abdullah ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna. His most famous work, Kitab al-Qanun fi at-Tibb, or simply Canon Medicinae, became a textbook for European universities and remained a guideline for medical science in the West for over six centuries. The second medical scholar of significance that is discussed here is Abu Qasim az-Zahravi, known as Albucasis. His medical encyclopaedia, At- Tasrif li men ‘jaza ‘an at-talif contains detailed descriptions of surgical facts and tools, including over 200 surgical tools that he invented. The third scientist Diya Ad-Din Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Ahmed, known as Ibn al-Baitar, was a passionate botanist who surpassed the knowledge of Greece and Rome. The fourth scientist, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya er-Razi, known as Rhazes, was a Persian physician, philosopher, and alchemist. His clinical statistics and precise descriptions of diseases like measles made significant contributions to the development of medical science. All these scientists left an exceptional heritage and made significant impact on the world's medical practice.