Topic 1.2 Islamic Medicine SAQ

Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

“European medicine benefited from the knowledge and experience of Muslim and Jewish physicians in Spain and Sicily in many ways. Muslim medical science contributed knowledge of sedatives, the use of antiseptics to clean wounds, and use of sutures made of gut and silk thread to close wounds. Techniques for curing disease with drugs, for assisting childbirth, setting bones and curing eye and skin diseases, as well as knowledge of contagious diseases, were just a few contributions.

Visiting scholars in Islamic Spain were also exposed to the practice of medicine there, which was far advanced over that in other parts of Europe... During the 11th century CE, medical books by important Muslim physicians like Ibn Sina (980-1037 CE) and al-Razi (864-930 CE) were translated into Latin and brought into European universities, where they were used for centuries.”

• From Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain, a documentary film produced by Unity Productions Foundation, 2007.

Explain ONE factor responsible for the historical development described in the excerpt above.

Explain ONE effect of the historical development described in the excerpt above.

Explain a similar historical development in another part of the world ca. 1200-1450 CE.