Moorish MedicineMoorish Medicine of the al-Andalus, was one of the most distinguished sciences and perhaps, the best preserved science: as thousands of Moorish books and treatises were burned during the Spanish Inquisition - Moorish Medicine Education reference tomes like The Colliget were set aside and preserved.
1572 AD edition of Ibn al-Hytam's 
The Islamic Translation Movement of Baghdad and Moorish Spain "freed-up" Ancient Knowledge from: Greece, Persia, India, China, Eygpt and the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.Moorish Medicine treatises were later translated into Latin, Latin-based languages (Romance: Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian) and into Hebrew. al-Andalus medical Treatises became an invaluable knowledge-base for Renaissance Medicine. Source of the Moorish Medical KnowledgeThe Importance of Bishop Nestorius's Exhile in Moorish MedicineIn the 5th century AD Bishop Nestorius was expelled from Constantinople. Nestorian' Christian devotees, however, followed the Bishop in 439 AD - to his Syrian exhile.As a result, Macedonia's Edessan hospitals and medical schools inherited superlative Alexandrian medical expertise: directly from the Nestorian physicians' practise and teachings. This valuable knowledge, spread throughout Syria and Persia, especially, in the Jundishapur medical school. Christian medical learning, simultaneously, became fused Ayurverdic medicine - Hindu practitioners, were also working in Jundishapur. The Nestorians - during the space of two centuries - translated many Ancient Greek medical texts. That very material, served as the base, for the exceptional success of Moorish Medicine Health Care from the 7th century AD, onwards. The Medical Base: The Four HumoursGalen's work, of the 2nd century AD, embraced Hipocrates' medical theories, written during the 5th century BC.
Moorish Medicine: a 15th century drawing of According to this period the body had
Four Prime Earthly Substances and how they transformed into the Four Principle Humours:
The Four Humours -> Corresponding Mental Characteristic Each Season was Related -> Body Organs
Holistic HealingThe medical world believed the four humours could be balanced by nutritional intake. Diet and Medication instruction were vital for maintaining physical harmony.Dyscracia: Imbalance of the Humours treatment methodology: bloodletting, emetics and laxatives in order to restore Eucrasia : the correct balance of the humours Anatomy was prohibited by the Qur'anIslamic theory dictated, in order to preserve the soul, the body should suffer no 'blood loss' through any type of laceration. Autopsies were not permitted.Cauterization was discovered - avoiding blood loss - thus permitting ever-advancing surgery techniques.
Eastern countries specialized in: the importance of hygiene, holistic medicines and treatment of body/spirit - as an integral part of healing. Opthalmology was a Highlight of al-AndalusiaMuhammad Ibn Qassam al-Gafqi and Jewish Harit al-Quiti were eminent eye-specialists of Moorish Medicine.
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