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A Medical Classic: Al-Razi’s Treatise on Smallpox and Measles |
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By: Dr. Nasim Hasan Naqvi, Tue 03 January, 2012 |
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Dr. Nasim Hasan Naqvi Kitab fi Al Jadari wa Al Hasaba authored by the Muslim physician Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (d. ca. 925)) is one of the books that remained popular and in great demand for over a millennium, and also repeatedly translated into many languages. This Treatise on Smallpox and Measles was the first comprehensive text on this disease. In the following short note, Dr. Nasim Hasan Naqvi presents this text, its main contents and its historical context.
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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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Al-Razi on Smallpox and Measles |
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By: Abdul Nasser Kaadan, MD, PhD, Sun 08 April, 2007 |
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This article by Dr. Abdulnasser Kaadan shows that as early as the 9th century, the well known Muslim physician al-Razi described, in his book Kitab al-Jadari wa 'l-Hasba (The Book on Smallpox and Measles), the symptoms of smallpox and measles. Furthermore, he distinguished between the two diseases, using an antecedent of the modern differential diagnosis.
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Introduction of Smallpox Vaccination to England |
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By: Dr. Salim Ayduz, Fri 24 March, 2006 |
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This short article describes Lady Montagu's efforts in introducing a technique of vaccinating against smallpox; a technique that she learnt from Ottoman Turkey and transported, against some resistance, to the shores of Britain. It was from this knowledge, which had existed for some time in the Muslim lands, that Dr. Edward Jenner was able to develop modern methods of smallpox vaccination.
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Health Protection in Islam |
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By: N. Daniel, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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On the six things that are necessary to any man for the daily conservation of his health, with its corrections and operations.
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