Contribution of Islam to Modern Science in the field of Medicine

 In Islam, the human body is a source of appreciation, as it is created by Almighty Allah (God). How it functions, how to keep it clean and safe, how to prevent diseases from attacking it or cure those diseases, have been important issues for Muslims. Ibn-e-Sina (d. 1037), better known to the West as Avicenna, was perhaps the greatest physician until the modern era.

Ibn-e-Sina (d. 1037), better known to the West as Avicenna, was perhaps the greatest physician until the modern era. His famous book, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb, remained a stand-ard textbook even in Europe, s",greatest physicians in the world in the Mid-dle Ages .He stressed empirical observation and clinical medicine and was unrivalled as a diagnostician. He also wrote a treatise on hygiene in hospitals. Kahaf Abul-Qasim Al-Sahabi was a very famous surgeon in the eleventh century, known in Europe for his work.When the antidote is applied, the patient will recover with the permission of God.”

Since the religion did not forbid it, Muslim scholars used human cadavers to study anatomy and physiology and to help their students understand how the body func-tions. This empirical study enabled surgery to develop very quickly.Al-Razi, known in the West as Rhazes, the famous physician and scientist, (d. 932) was one of the for over 700 years. Ibn Sina's work is still stud-ied and built upon in the East. Prophet Muhammad himself urged people to "take medicines for your diseases", as people at that time were reluc-tant to do so. He also said, ”God created no illness, except that He has established for it a cure, except for old age.

Concession (Kitab al-Tasrif).Other significant contributions were made in pharmacology, such as Ibn Sina's Kitab al-Shifa' (Book of Healing), and in public health. Every major city in the Islamic world had a number of excellent hospitals, some of them teaching hospitals, and many of them were specialized for particular diseases, including mental and emotional. The Ottomans were particularly noted for their building of hospitals and for the high level of hygiene practiced in them.

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