By Spc. Amanda J. Jackson
3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division PAO
TIKRIT — The Canon of Medicine was written by ancient Islamic physician Ibn Sina circa 1022 and became a reference for European doctors throughout the Middle Ages – a time when Islam was sovereign in the field of medicine.
Western medicine still credits Sina’s work to be the most influential medical reference book of ancient history, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Despite 20 years of regression the field suffered during Saddam’s regime, citizens of Islamic nations, such as Iraq, continue to follow in Sina’s footsteps.
Healthcare professionals in Iraq’s Salah ad Din Province contributed to the collective advancements of modern medicine by holding a Medical Symposium Dec. 14 in Tikrit to recollect the dark ages in which they were kept ignorant, and muse over the progression of medicine in Iraq.
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(Photo: Lt. Col. Thomas Rogers, 399th Combat Support Hospital, hands an Iraqi doctor a book, Emergency War Surgery, and a compact disc during the medical symposium at the Salah Ad Din Provincial Joint Coordination Center.)
3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division PAO
TIKRIT — The Canon of Medicine was written by ancient Islamic physician Ibn Sina circa 1022 and became a reference for European doctors throughout the Middle Ages – a time when Islam was sovereign in the field of medicine.
Western medicine still credits Sina’s work to be the most influential medical reference book of ancient history, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Despite 20 years of regression the field suffered during Saddam’s regime, citizens of Islamic nations, such as Iraq, continue to follow in Sina’s footsteps.
Healthcare professionals in Iraq’s Salah ad Din Province contributed to the collective advancements of modern medicine by holding a Medical Symposium Dec. 14 in Tikrit to recollect the dark ages in which they were kept ignorant, and muse over the progression of medicine in Iraq.
Read the Rest...
(Photo: Lt. Col. Thomas Rogers, 399th Combat Support Hospital, hands an Iraqi doctor a book, Emergency War Surgery, and a compact disc during the medical symposium at the Salah Ad Din Provincial Joint Coordination Center.)
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