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Certain Aspects of Medical Instruction in Medieval Islam and its Influences on Europe |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 24 October, 2008 |
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In this article, Professor Aydin Syili analyses the medical teaching in the different phases of Islamic civilisation, especially in the madrasa system. The network of schools covered the Islamic world from the 11th century, while the European university was developed over a century later and at a time when already Latin translations of Arabic philosophical and scientific works were available. Thus he establishees a parallelism between the features of the madrasa and the university in pre-modern Europe and stresses how the medical authorities of Islam such as al-Râzî and Ibn Sînâ were accorded a place of honour in European medical schools.
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Health in the Ottoman Empire: A Collective Achievement in the History of Ottoman Medicine |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 04 January, 2008 |
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This is a review of Health in the Ottomans (Osmanlilarda Saglik), a two-volume book concerning Ottoman medical history. The book is a brilliant achievement aiming at the reconstruction of the main aspects of the the developments and accomplishments of medical sciences under the Ottomans.
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Famous Figures of the Modern Turkish Medical School |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 23 October, 2007 |
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To throw light on famous figures of the Turkish modern medical school, this article introduces a set of nine posters on the contribution of eight late Ottoman and early Turkish physicians (whose careers spanned from the middle of the 19th century until the mid-20th century).
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Salahuddin ibn Yusuf (1290 C.E.) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 16 July, 2007 |
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Salahuddin ibn Yusuf (1290 C.E.) Salahuddin Ibn Yusuf from Hammah (Syria) in 1290 C.E. wrote a book called "The Light of the Eyes" in which he discussed new work on the optical theory of vision.
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Khalifa ibn al-Mahasin (1260 C.E.) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 16 July, 2007 |
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Kalifah Ibn Al-Mahasin of Allepo or Haleb (Syria) who flourished around 1260 CE wrote a book of 564 pages in which he describes and provides diagrams of various surgical instruments including 36 instruments for eye surgery.
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Kamal Al-Din Al-Farisî (d. 1320) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 16 July, 2007 |
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Kamal Al-Din Al-Farisî observed the path of rays of light in the interior of a glass sphere in order to examine the refraction of sunlight in rain drops. This led him to an explanation of the genesis of primary and secondary rainbows.
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Al-Ghafiqi (d. 1165) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 16 July, 2007 |
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Al-Ghafiqi, from Spain, wrote a book in the 12th century called Al-Murshid fil Kuhl (The Right Guide in Ophthalmology).
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Al-Jurjani (1088 C.E.) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 16 July, 2007 |
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Al-Jurjani (1088 C.E.) Al-Jurjani was an excellent surgeon from Persia who flourished around 1088 C.E., and wrote a book entitled "Nur-ul-'Ayun" (The Light of the Eyes).
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Ammar ibn Ali al-Mosuli (1010 C.E.) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 16 July, 2007 |
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Ammar ibn Ali al-Mosuli (1010 C.E.) Ammar ibn Ali al-Mosuli flourished around 1010 C.E.
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Ali ibn Isa (9th Century) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 16 July, 2007 |
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One of the outstanding classical works "Memorial of Ophthalmology" was written by Ali Ibn Isa. This work built on and further developed Galen and other Greek medical scientists.
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