Books by Peter E Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith
Medieval Islamic Medicine
by Peter E Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith
The origin for all these medical advancements came directly from the Prophet. The Koran says, ‘For every disease, Allah has given a cure.’ It was this belief that there is a cure for every disease that encouraged early Muslims to engage in biomedical research. The Qalawun Hospital in Cairo could care for 8,000. There were even research facilities that discovered, for example, the mechanisms of the eye. Muslim doctors were removing cataracts with hollow needles more than 1,000 years before Western physicians.
Interviews where books by Peter E Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith were recommended
The best books on Science and Islam, recommended by Amira Bennison
Islamic scientific discoveries underpinned much of the European Renaissance and the Islamic world inspired Europe as much as Greece and Rome did, says Cambridge professor Amira Bennison. She recommends the best books to get a better understanding of the Islamic contribution to modern science.
