Volume 6 - Targeted Topic - Legacy of Arabic Medicine

October 2017
Medicine would not be where it is today without the contributions of the physicians, philosophers and polymaths of the Golden Age of Islamic medicine. From the preservation of ancient Greek texts, to the development of advanced healthcare systems and evidence-based practices, we reflect on the contributions of medieval Arab society to modern medicine, with this special collection of papers on the Legacy of Arabic Medicine, published in the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal during the last 5 years.

Articles

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Editorial
EDITORIAL: Bringing Leadership Back Home

There was once a civilisation that saved medicine, at a time when many cultures feared science and the new...

Written by – Nebojsa Popovic MD PhD

Editorial
Ibn Al-Haytham on optics and the human eye

The man who discovered how we see Written by Thomas Leisten, Qatar When UNESCO declared 2015 the...

Written by – Thomas Leisten, Qatar

Editorial
Hunayn Ibn Ishaq

Written by Hady Ahmad, United Kingdom “I sought for it earnestly and travelled in search of it in the...

Written by – Hady Ahmad, United Kingdom

Editorial
The Hippocratic Aphorisms in the Arabic Medical Tradition

Written by Peter E. Pormann, UK Extreme bodily fitness is dangerous in the case of athletes. For when...

Written by – Peter E. Pormann, UK

Editorial
Al-Razi

Written by Emilia Calvo, Spain Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi, known to the Latins as Rhazes,...

Written by – Emilia Calvo, Spain

Editorial
Medieval Islamic Pharmacy

Development of a science and a profession Written by David W. Tschanz, USA No one knows when the...

Written by – David W. Tschanz, USA

Editorial
Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi

Written by Emilia Calvo, Spain Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, known in Europe as Albucasis, is considered...

Written by – Emilia Calvo, Spain

Editorial
Female Patients, Patrons and Practitioners

In in the medieval Islamic world Written by Peter E. Pormann, UK Women constitute roughly half...

Written by – Peter E. Pormann, UK

Editorial
Ibn Sina

The Islamic Polymath Written by Alan Weber, Qatar Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Sina...

Written by – Alan Weber, Qatar

Editorial
Medical Epistemology in the Medieval Islamic Tradition

Written by Peter E. Pormann, United Kingdom “Medical practice has been evidence-based since antiquity....

Written by – Peter E. Pormann, United Kingdom

Editorial
Bimaristans

And the rise of modern healthcare systems Written by David W. Tschanz, USA Medieval Islamic...

Written by – David W. Tschanz, USA

Editorial
Ibn Zuhr

The turbaned doctor of Seville Written by David W. Tschanz, USA Perhaps the best way to introduce...

Written by – David W. Tschanz, USA

Editorial
The Caged Birds

The concept of physical exercise and health for the physicians of Al Andalus Written by Francisco...

Written by – Francisco Gallardo-Rodríguez, Spain

Editorial
Ibn Rushd

Averroes Written by Emilia Calvo, Spain Al-Andalus produced some of the brightest intellectual...

Written by – Emilia Calvo, Spain

Editorial
Folk Medicine in the Arabian Gulf

Written by Alan Weber, Qatar The number of healers practicing ‘folk’ or ‘traditional’ medicine in the...

Written by – Alan Weber, Qatar

Editorial
Ibn Al-Nafis

Forgotten Arab genius? Written by Michael Hamilton Morgan, USA There is probably no one who...

Written by – Michael Hamilton Morgan, USA

Editorial
The Origins of Sports Medicine

Written by Emin Ergen, Qatar Sports medicine has always been difficult to define because it involves a...

Written by – Emin Ergen, Qatar

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