Ibn-Sina recognized ‘physiological psychology’ in treating illnesses involving emotions. From the clinical perspective Ibn-Sina developed a system for associating changes in the pulse rate with inner feelings, which has been viewed as a
In the early part of the Ommyyad Is rule there were founded several asylums to cope with the mentally ill or deranged. The Arabs used to consider imbeciles and idiots as destitute persons
The Arabic-Islamic world added much to earlier achievements in medicine. They fostered the flame of civilization, made it brighter and handed it over to Europe, which in turn passed it to the USA,
During the Dark Ages the medical flame was taken up by the Arabic-Islamic world. The period between the 7th and 13th centuries has been commonly neglected, despite the remarkable developments of biomedical science
Medicine in the Ancient Arab times was full practice including all of the medical aspects we have today regarding diagnosis, investigations and different kinds of treatments. Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) Was Considered the Father of
Scientists and physicians had many discoveries related the brain anatomy and neurological diseases which have been in that time. Avicenna discovered the cerebellar vermis which he named vermis and the caudate nucleus, which
Division of ancient Greek thinkers into two schools, Encephalocentrism is the theory that the mind is in the brain, and cardiocentrism holds that the mind is in the heart. At the time that
In the Corpus Hippocraticum, there is no evidence of human autopsies being conducted. The Greeks of this period believed that the human soul would not find peace until the body was put to
During the Golden Age of Greece, each of the original four elements became associated with two qualities Figure 1, as the following: Air as hot and moist Fire as hot and dry Water
Erasistratus was born c. 325 B.C. on the island of Ceos (Chios), and died c. 250 B.C. He is remembered for his discoveries especially in physiology which were based on human and animal