Discovery and Learning (Baghdad)

The Renaissance of Europe preceeded the Golden Age of Islam

• False

• True

Answer explanation

The works of Muslim Scholars preceeded the works of Europen Scholars. The Renaissance of Europe was several centuries behind the Golden Age of Islam.

Muhammad Ibn Zakariya Razi

• Worked out the difference between smallpox and measles and how best to treat them

• He was among the first to study body fluids to distinguish between different diseases

• Studied the eyes and treatment of eye conditions

• Invented forceps, which is used in assisting childbirth

The father of PAEDIATRICS due to his acknowledgement that children need to be treated differently from adults.

• Muhammad Ibn Zakariya Razi

• Al-Zahrawi

• Al-Idrisi

Understood and promoted the need for good doctor/patient relationships and challenged those selling fake medicines.

• Ibn Zakariya Razi

• Al-Zahrawi

• Al-Idrisi

Al Zahrawi

• Developed cauterization

• Invented forceps for assisting childbirth

• Wrote the book Al-Tasrif

• Used catgut in stitches

• Worked out the difference between smallpox and measles

The Father of Surgery

• Al-Zahrawi

• Ibn Zakariya Razi

• Ibn Shakir

This book was written by Al-Zahrawi and was used by Europen doctors as reference guide for 500 years after it was finished in AD 1000.

• Al-Tasrif

• Al-tavista

• Al-tasosyedad

The Father of Algebra

• Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi

• Ibn Al-Haytham

• Al-Zahrawi

Al-Khwarizmi

• Development and use of the number 0

• Wrote astronomical tables based on his study of stars ans planets

• Wrote Kitab Al-Jabr Wa'l Muqabalah

• Proved that light travels in straight lines

The booknof restoring and balancing which outlines the principles of ALGEBRA.

• Al-Jabr

• Al-luakbar

• Al-mamater