Legacy of Islamic medicine

Abstract EN

Scientific progress in the West emerged through the period of the Renaissance.

A rapid succession of remarkable human achievements in the fifteenth century is said to mark the beginning of the Renaissance.

This period was surrounded by eras of intense intellectual ferment in Europe.

The subsequent events exercised a decisive influence on the future of medicine.

Medicinc was liberated from primitive practices and the dead hand of dogma of the Dark Ages.

Europe changed the character of hospices from charitable institutions into hospitals for medical care, introduced bed side clinical teaching and enjoined licensing procedures upon prospective physicians after the Islamic impress.

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