History of Science 2220 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Schola Medica Salernitana, Usama Ibn Munqidh, Barber Surgeon
14 Dec 2016
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Two great figures that dominated the fields of health and medicine whos works would hold sway for 500 years and more were: al-rhazi (or rhazes and ibn sina (or avicenna) 866-925, came from the persian (now iranian) history city of rey, now subsumed into. He was educated and became a physican, and held senior positions at the hospitals in both rey and in baghdad. He was widely versed and active not only in medicine, alchemy and chemistry, but also in philosophy, islam and allied faiths, and other intellectual pursuits. He produced more than 50 major works and more than 200 articles and smaller publications. Al-rhazi was probably the first physician to record the distinction between small pox and measles. His work called al-judari wa al-hasbah concerns smallpox and measles. He describes many medical herbs and minerals and several drugs containing mercury.
