Islamic Medicine

Arab Doctors

Islamic scholars who preserved and advanced medical knowledge in the medieval period.

Four Humours

Medical theory involving bodily fluids influencing health, preserved by Islamic scholars.

Canon of Medicine

Medical encyclopedia by Avicenna reintroducing Greek medical ideas to Western Europe.

Albucasis

Islamic physician known for describing surgical procedures and wound treatment.

Ibn al-Nafis

Islamic doctor who corrected Galen's theory on heart circulation.

Alchemy

Practice in the Islamic world leading to the discovery of distillation and new drugs.

Evidence-based Medicine

Approach in Islamic medicine relying on empirical evidence for treatments.

Crusades

Events influencing the exchange of medical knowledge between Islamic and European cultures.

Religion

Influence on medical practices in the Islamic world, similar to Western Europe.