Persian Medicine: Islam & Science

After the midterm exam, our class watched a fascinating documentary about the contributions to medicine and science from the Islamic world.  Inspired by this film, I collected a number of images from Arabic and Persian manuscripts which contain anatomical drawings. Below are some photo-collages that I made.

Optometry and pharmacology were fields that were especially advanced during the time of the "Translation Movement" (800 A.D. to 1150 A.D.) which was centered in Baghdad. Medical textbooks were collected from all parts of the world and translated into Arabic-- culminating into the world's most sophisticated and expansive resource of medical knowledge in Medieval times.