Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: February | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 311-314
Bar-us-sa’ah, Zakariya Razi’s Approach to Emergency Management of Diseases: A Review
Tasfiya Hakeem Ansari1, Tariq Nadeem Khan2, Mohd Zulkifle3, Syed Sadakathulla Bakhtiari4
1Lecturer, Dept. of Mahiyatul Amraz (Pathology), National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bengaluru-560091
2Lecturer, Dept. of Kulliyate Tibb, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bengaluru-560091
3HoD, Dept. of Kulliyate Tibb, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bengaluru-560091
4PG Scholar, Dept. of Mahiyatul Amraz (Pathology), National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bengaluru-560091
Corresponding Author: Tasfiya Hakeem Ansari
ABSTRACT
Time period between seventh to twelfth centuries is considered as golden age for Arab-Islamic civilization. During this period Islamic world expanded most. Islamic rulers of that time not only conquered the land but also opened several learning centres for expansion of their knowledge. Extensive scholarly work had been done by Arab scholars in every discipline including medicine. Zakariya Razi was one of the eminent scholars of the golden age of Islamic world. He has written various books related to medicine, alchemy and philosophy. Bar-us-sa’ah is a medical text written by him on the direction of a minister. This book Bar-us-sa’ah is first of its kind. The book deals with the diseases that can be cured within an hour or very short time as he claimed. It includes diseases like headache, colic, tinnitus, ulcers and tooth extraction etc. This article is an attempt to review his approach to Emergency Management of Diseases in his book Bar-us-sa’ah.
Keywords: Emergency management, Bar-us-sa’ah, Zakariya Razi, Greco-Arab Medicine.
[PDF Full Text]