Hospitals / Doctors
When were hospitals built in Bagdad and how many?
10th century. 5.
What were the two different types of surgery?
Bloodletting and Cauterization.
What did they treat patients with?
Minerals and Plants and over saw their diet and exercise.
How did doctors reach sick people in remote areas? What was it called?
Did they conduct surgery often?
No.
What did the plant poppy do to help patiences? Was it helpful?
It relived fevers, head and tooth aches and sleep. It was found poppy leaves were dangerous even poisonous.
Who was nicknamed "prince of physics"?
Ibn Sina.
If they were to preform surgery what would it be for?
Tumors, cataracts and removing limbs
How did the Muslims use antiseptics?
By washing a patient before a procedure and the area.
Who was al-Razi?
He was a doctor that discovered that infections are made up of bacteria. He also studied smallpox and measles.
What did doctors use for stitchs?
A thread of animal skin.
How did they put the patient to sleep in surgery?
By using a medicine called opium and hemlock .