Medicine in The Abbasid Period and Its Impact on Western Civilization

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Batool Rabiei ¹ (Phd student of the History of Islamic Civilization and Nations, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran.)
Boshra Delrish ² (Department History and Islamic Civilization, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran.)
Elham malekzadeh ³ (Department History and Islamic Civilization, University and Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.)
Koorosh Fathi ⁴ (Department History and Islamic Civilization, Pardis Farhangian University Hakim Ferdowsi, Karaj, Iran.)

Received: 2022-05-23 Accepted : 2022-08-22 Published : 2023-02-22

Keywords: Medicine, Western civilization, Abbasid period, Achievements and effects, doctors,

Abstract :

One of the important works of civilization influenced by Islam is medicine in the form of teachings called Islamic medicine. The Abbasid period, as the golden age of the Islamic world, witnessed major changes in various sciences, including medicine. As a result of the success of the Abbasid Caliphate to medicine, the use of medical texts in various scientific languages of the time, including the medical heritage of Greece and Rome, led to a significant leap in Islamic medicine in the form of numerous translations.On the other hand, in the efforts of the Islamic Caliphate to expand its sphere of influence, it gradually dominated Islamic medicine in European countries by teaching and translating the works of Muslim scholars such as Razi and Ibn Sina. The present article tries to examine the influence of Islamic medicine of the Abbasid period on the western civilization of the earth. By asking the main question, what are the characteristics of Islamic medicine of the Abbasid period and how has it exerted its effects on the western civilization of the earth? The research method of the article is based on descriptive and analytical research with a library method. The result of the research also indicates that the period of Islamic Caliphate is not only one of the bright periods of growth of this field of sciences, but also the culmination of the influence and vast scientific realm of the Islamic world in the West.