BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC MEDICINE Jonathon Erlen, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh.
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BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC MEDICINE Jonathon Erlen, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Transcript of BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC MEDICINE Jonathon Erlen, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh.
BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC MEDICINE
Jonathon Erlen, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
GALENISM
HIPPOCRATES OF COS
ARISTOTLE
GALEN OF PERGAMON
Byzantium Controlled the Four Great Centers of
LearningAlexandria
AntiochAthens
Constantinople
Translators of Greaco‑Roman Medical
Writings Oribasius
Aetius of Amida Alexander of Tralles
Paul of Aegina
ST. ARTEMIS
We now turn to a civilization which had a much greater
impact, both during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, on the evolution of Western
European medical theory and practices.
Into this unstable environment was born, in 570 A.D., Mohammed, who was to reshape the entire religious and socio‑political environment throughout that portion of the world.
By the time of Mohammed’s death in 632 AD he had, through his religious teachings, successfully unified most of the tribes of Arabia, both politically, militarily and spiritually.
CHURCH COUNCIL OF
NICEA, HELD IN 325 A.D.
JUNDISHAPUR
JUNDISHAPUR
ISLAM TO EUROPE
The third major source for transmitting the ancient
medical works from Islam to Western Europe was the work of a few individuals
who made a career of translating the Greek and Arabic texts into Latin.
Muhtasib
ABATTOIR
MUDTASIB
Hakim Bashi
HAKIM BASHI
