Medicine in Islam

الطب عند المسلمين

A trail through the community's medicine.

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Walk this pathway

4steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. The bimaristan

    مستشفى عام لكل مريض: فكرة إسلامية أولى.

    Qalawun complex · Cairo

  2. Al-Razi

    رئيس بيمارستان بغداد: الحاوي في مئتي جزء.

    Abu Bakr al-Razi · Baghdad

  3. Ibn Sina

    القانون في الطب: مرجع الغرب حتى النهضة.

    Ibn Sina (Avicenna) · Bukhara

  4. Surgery

    الزهراوي في قرطبة: أطلس العمليات.

    Cordoba · What was the Islamic Golden Age?

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Overview

A path through the medicine of the community: the bimaristan, al-Razi, Ibn Sina and Andalusian surgery.

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islam.museum contributors. “Medicine in Islam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-medicine/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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