Islamic Contributions to Medicine

Influence on Western thought

• Introduced Greek philosophy to Europe

• Promoted the Renaissance in Italy

• Developed the scientific method

• Established the concept of democracy

Islamic medicine

• Herbal remedies, surgery

• Acupuncture and moxibustion

• Chiropractic adjustments

• Homeopathy and naturopathy

The Canon of Medicine

• Medical encyclopedia

• A historical novel

• A scientific journal

• A philosophical treatise

Ibn Sina's era

• Islamic Golden Age

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

• Enlightenment

Ibn Sina's nickname

• Avicenna

• Al-Farabi

• Al-Ghazali

• Ibn Rushd

Ibn Sina's fields

• Medicine, philosophy, astronomy

• Mathematics, biology, chemistry

• History, sociology, psychology

• Engineering, architecture, geology

Ibn Sina's death

• 1020 AD

• 1037 AD

• 1045 AD

• 1015 AD

X-ray discovery

• 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen

• 1901 by Marie Curie

• 1887 by Heinrich Hertz

• 1920 by Albert Einstein

Ibn Sina's birth

• 970 AD

• 980 AD

• 990 AD

• 1000 AD

Ibn Sina's famous work

• The Canon of Medicine

• The Book of Healing

• The Almagest

• The Elements of Medicine