Medieval Medicine

Question 1

Islamic medicine

Answer 1

Al-Razi was a doctor who helped a hospital in Baghdad. First documented general hospital in the world in ad805
Avicenna- The Canon of Medicine explored ideas about anatomy and human development

Question 2

Medieval surgery

Answer 2

Trepanning- procedure where a hole was cut in the top of someone’s skull.
Cauterisation involved heating a piece of iron in a fire and pressing it onto a wound.
In medieval times, surgeons experimented with anaesthetics to try to help patients experience less pain during operations.