by Sharif Kaf Al-Ghazal, Rumaisa Zubairi | May 10, 2022
Abstract The history of the discovery of pulmonary circulation is a complex one. Although this discovery is attributed to Servetus, Vesalius, Colombo and Harvey, the pioneering role of Ibn Al-Nafis al Quraishi, a 13th century physician and scholar deserves more...
by Abdulnaser Kaadan | May 9, 2022
Abstract Ibn Sina, or Avicenna as he is known in the west, was a well-known Islamic philosopher and physician. He composed 276 works, the most famous of which is “al-Qanun fit-Tibb.” This paper highlights the bone fractures that may occur, described in ibn Sina’s book...
by M. Jalal Annajjar,Rawan Ebrahim | Jan 10, 2022
Abstract Human knowledge in all fields and disciplines has been developed over thousands of years, every new generation takes the knowledge discovered previously and either adds onto it or corrects any errors found within it. There is a disturbing misconception even...
by Usman Maravia, Sharif Kaf Al-Ghazal | Sep 5, 2021
Abstract The NHS is struggling to retain health care providers, a notion that could be described as Drexit, as a consequence of Brexit. One solution to retaining health care providers is to welcome diversity by exploring Islamic medical ethics. British Muslims form a...
by M. Zafer Wafai, Serene Wafai | Sep 3, 2021
The book will be discussed in this article is Al-Kafi fi al Kuhl, The Sufficient in Ophthalmology, which was written by Khalifah Ibn Abi Al-Mahasin Al-Halabi (D 656AH=1256 CE). The first medical historian to mention this book and bring it to the attention of the...
