Medicine and Health in Medieval Arabic Poetry: An Historical Review
by Rabie Abdel-Halim Published on: 16th July 2014
This review of medieval Arabic medical poetry is based on our study of the two major classical biographical encyclopedias: “Uyoon Al Anbaa Fi Tabaqaat Al Atibbaa” ("Essential Information on the Classes of Physicians"), authored by…
Medicine in the Middle Ages: New Insights and a Call for Further Research
by Rabie Abdel-Halim Published on: 15th July 2010
[Proceedings of the conference 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World organised by FSTC, London, 25-26 May 2010]. Aiming at restoring historical continuity to the currently available knowledge on medicine in the Middle Ages, the…
Medicine – Contributions of Islamic Scholars to the Scientific Enterprise
by Yasmeen Mahnaz Faruqi Published on: 16th July 2025
Scholars from Muslim civilisation made pioneering contributions to medicine, building on ancient Greek, Persian, and Indian sources while developing original theories and practices. Their medical work was rooted in both scientific rigor and the Islamic…
Food as Medicine in Muslim Civilization
by Nil Sari Published on: 9th January 2009
The subject of food and diet was very essential in the Islamic Cuisine. Both of them were very important in the most of the medical manuscripts in the Ottoman world. Balanced diet was also important…
Experimental Medicine 1000 Years Ago
by Rabie Abdel-Halim Published on: 23rd November 2012
Little is known about the state of experimentation in the field of medicine during the Medieval Islamic era. With few exceptions, most of the contemporary sources on history of medicine propagate the idea that the…
Prophylactic Medicine
by Mahmoud Misry Published on: 13th March 2020
Arab physicians preferred the preservation of health to its restoration, arguing that to preserve something present is nobler than to seek something absent. A story reported in a thirteenth-century source illustrates that preserving health is…
MACFEST Event: Medicine in the Middle East with Dr Peter Pormann
by Media Desk Published on: 14th January 2021
Join Peter Pormann to learn about the forgotten history of Arabic language contribution to Scientific and Medical Research.
The New Chemical Medicine
by Natalia Bachour Published on: 10th September 2025
In the sixteenth century, new and revolutionary medical concepts emerged in Europe. The traditional school of Galenic medicine was confronted with a new doctrine called nova medicina, rooted in alchemy, astrology, magic and natural philosophy.
Medieval Islamic Medicine by Peter E. Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith
by Emilie Savage-Smith, Peter Pormann Published on: 20th August 2008
Figure 1. The cover pages of the “Medieval Islamic Medicine” book. Medieval Islamic Medicine by Peter E. Formann and Emilie Savage-Smith is a new book on the Islamic medical tradition, published by Edinburgh University…
Women of Science, Medicine and Management
by Salim Al-Hassani Published on: 26th July 2023
A summarised transcript* of the lecture given for the Ijtimak Ilmuwan Islam Antarabangsa (International Conference of Muslim Scholars). Organised by the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM) and Sarawak Islamic Council – MIS on 25-26…
Women of Science, Medicine and Management, Istanbul
by Ayshah Ismail Published on: 17th October 2013
by Ayshah Ismail The Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation (FSTC), launched a new course in Istanbul, Turkey. Entitled "Women of Science Medicine and Management in Muslim Heritage", the course was in collaboration with Insan…
Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9
by Media Desk Published on: 4th July 2018
The history of medicine is about two of our big questions: one, what is life? What makes it so special, so fragile, so… goopy!?
Lectures on Islamic Medicine at RCP, London
by The Editorial Team Published on: 28th May 2012
Lectures on Islamic Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) at the Launch of the "The Miror of Health" Exhibition, 13th May 2013, London
Ibn Sina’s The Canon of Medicine
by Cem Nizamoglu Published on: 15th April 2015
The Sheikh al-Ra'is Sharaf al-Mulk Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn b. ‘Abd Allah b. al-Hasan b. ‘Ali Ibn Sina, in Latin he is know as Avicenna and his most famous works are those on philosophy and medicine.…
The Scholars of Seville – Medicine
by Salah Zaimeche Published on: 15th August 2005
Seville was also a centre Medical expertise in Islamic civilisation. Continuing the Muslim scientific tradition of critical works that advance knowledge in Medicine, many books were written here by leaders of the field.
The Arab Roots of European Medicine
by David W. Tschanz Published on: 2nd June 2020
Wel knew he the olde Esculapius And Deyscorides and eek Rufus, Olde Ypocras, Haly and Galeyn, Serapion, Razi and Avycen, Averrois, Damascien and Constantyn, Bernard and Gatesden and Gilbertyn.
Bone Fractures in Ibn Sina’s Medicine
by Abdul Nasser Kaadan Published on: 29th September 2005
Ibn Sina, or Avicenna as he referred to in the West, was a well-known philosopher and physician from Islamic civilisation. Here we look at his accomplishments and contributions towards knowledge of bone fractures.
1001 Cures: Contributions in Medicine and Healthcare from Muslim Civilisation
by News Desk Published on: 22nd March 2018
1001 Cures: Contributions in Medicine and Healthcare from Muslim Civilisation tells the fascinating story of how generations of physicians from different countries and creeds created a medical tradition admired by friend and foe...
Historiography of Science and Medicine: Balancing Scholarship with Public Engagement
by William R. Shea Published on: 9th December 2016
In recent years, here at Fez and all over the world, distinguished scholars have rediscovered the immense importance of Islamic medicine which preserved, systematized and developed the medical knowledge of classical Antiquity. From the seventh…
‘Arabick Roots’ of science and medicine exhibition
by The Editorial Team Published on: 16th June 2011
Sheikha Mozah and FSTC at Royal launch in London