Multimedia Collection
The Secrets of the Human Body: Islam's Contributions to Medicine
(When the World Spoke Arabic: The Golden Age of Arab Civilization series)
DVD
27 min
2004
DS36.85 .S43 2001 DVD
This program investigates the practice of medicine during the Abbasid Caliphate, offering profiles of Jurjis ibn Jibrail, personal doctor to Caliph al-Mansur; Yuhanna ibn Masawayh, head of Caliph al-Ma'amun's House of Wisdom; Rhazes, whose Kitab al-hawi outlines an exemplary clinical approach; Avicenna, university known for his Canon of Medicine; and Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi, the father of modern surgery. The Islamic concern with the relationship between the body and the soul is also discussed, as is the founding of hospitals, one of the great achievements of Islamic society.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (www.films.com).
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