
HoP 127 - Peter E Pormann on Medicine in the Islamic World
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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What Are the Initial Innovations in the Arabic Medical Tradition?
There are numerous innovations and that's first and foremost a very important point. I'd just like to give you a few examples from different areas. For instance the first anatomical illustrations of the muscles of the eye which we have occur in an Arab manuscript. Another thing is the discovery of new diseases or the differentiation between diseases about which people did not know beforehand. The last innovation which I'd like to mention is the hospital. Obviously there were Byzantine hospitals but when we come to the Arabic or Islamic world in the 9th and 10th century these institutions are much more sophisticated.
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