BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC MEDICINE

Jonathon Erlen, Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh

GALENISM

HIPPOCRATES OF COS

ARISTOTLE

GALEN OF PERGAMON

Byzantium Controlled the Four Great Centers of

LearningAlexandria

AntiochAthens

Constantinople

Translators of Greaco‑Roman Medical

Writings Oribasius

Aetius of Amida Alexander of Tralles

Paul of Aegina

ST. ARTEMIS

We now turn to a civilization which had a much greater

impact, both during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, on the evolution of Western

European medical theory and practices.

Into this unstable environment was born, in 570 A.D., Mohammed, who was to reshape the entire religious and socio‑political environment throughout that portion of the world.

By the time of Mohammed’s death in 632 AD he had, through his religious teachings, successfully unified most of the tribes of Arabia, both politically, militarily and spiritually.

CHURCH COUNCIL OF

NICEA, HELD IN 325 A.D.

JUNDISHAPUR

JUNDISHAPUR

ISLAM TO EUROPE

The third major source for transmitting the ancient

medical works from Islam to Western Europe was the work of a few individuals

who made a career of translating the Greek and Arabic texts into Latin.

Muhtasib

ABATTOIR

MUDTASIB

Hakim Bashi

HAKIM BASHI