Medical Inventions in the Abbasid Caliphate and their Development in the Present Era

Authors

  • Toryalai Hemat
  • Nasar Ahmad Hamid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58425/jhmcs.v2i1.149

Keywords:

Abbasid Caliphate, medical inventions, surgical wound sutures, medical surgery.

Abstract

Aim: This research aimed at collecting information relating to the attention of the rulers in the Abbasid Caliphate on medical inventions and the innovative forms of the achievements in medicine in the current era.  

Methods: The doctrinal research methodology and descriptive, explanatory, analytical, and comparative research approaches were used in this study. It is worth mentioning that this research study is entirely based on library sources.

Results: The study found that medical inventions such as construction and development of hospitals, the production and use of surgical wound sutures, the appointment of medical professionals and scholars from the various parts of the globe, first time eye, nose, and tonsillectomy surgeries happened during Abbasid Caliphate. Also, the training of some famous medical professionals and doctors like Abu Bakr al-Razi, Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi, Ibn al-Nafis, Ibn Sina, Ibn al-Haytham, and Mahzab al-Din al-Baghdadi were the developments and inventions during the era of Abbasid Caliphate.

Conclusion: Special attention was paid to the profession of medicine in the Abbasid Caliphate and many inventions and developments in the field of medicine took place.

Recommendation: The study recommended Ministry of Public Health to organize scientific and research seminars on the personalities and achievements of famous Muslim doctors of the Abbasid Caliphate. This will assist medical doctors and other professionals of the modern era to get more reliable information about the developments, progress, and inventions of the Abbasid Caliphate era and use and take advantage of the inventions, experiences, and instructions in their professional careers.

Author Biographies

Toryalai Hemat

Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences, Rokhan Institute of Higher Education, Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Nasar Ahmad Hamid

Lecturer, Rokhan Institute of Higher Education, Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

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Published

11-05-2023

How to Cite

Hemat, T., & Hamid, N. A. (2023). Medical Inventions in the Abbasid Caliphate and their Development in the Present Era. Journal of Health, Medicine, and Clinical Studies, 2(1), 16–30. https://doi.org/10.58425/jhmcs.v2i1.149