Islamic contributes to medicine

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What were Muslim doctors removing?
They were removing cataracts 1000 years before western physicians were considering it
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What spread to Europe?
Their hopsitals, due to the crusades
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What did Rhazes do?
Wrote a Comprehensive Book of Medicine in the 9th century which introduced smallpox and measles
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Who was abulcasis?
He was regarded as the 'father of modern surgey' - invented numerous surgical instruments
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Who was avicenna?
Was a doctor in the early 11th century who wrote Canon of Medicine
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What were doctors expected of?
To treat their patients to the best of their ability, regardless of wealth
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What else did abucasis invent?
A plaster for broken bones (year 1000) still used today
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What procedure was introduced in Medieval Islam?
Inoculation
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What surgical instrument was invented?
The surgical needle invented and described by abu al Qasim
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What antiseptic agent was used to apply to wounds?
Purified alcohol
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