Islamic Medicine: Source based activities

Suggest that the source was written for religious rather than for medical reasons. Use the source to help you do this, use of evidence should make this point clearer.

Say what the source DOES tell us about Oriental medicine. You can INFER from the source that the Muslims writing it had knowledge of the spread of disease and some elements of public health.

Say that the source DOES NOT refer to ALL types of Oriental medicine. The Question asks how useful it is for ORIENTAL medicine. Islamic medicine isn't really oriental medicine at all, although some books place Arabian developments alongside Oriental (Chinese developments). Point out that the source doesn't say anything about Chinese or Indian developments.

Identify the limitations of the sources description of Islamic medical practices. The source is INSTRUCTIONAL. It doesn't go into any detail about day to day medical practices not does it say what the medical reasons, if any, there are for these rules. Nor does the source say whether or not people followed these rules!

Oriental and Islamic medicine - other pages in this section:

Oriental medicine: background, Disease, anatomy and surgery, Islamic medicine, Chinese medicine, Source based activities

	Amazon Buyer Review: This book is based on Greek medicine as understood and some what improved by Avicenna. Gain insight in to the holsitic energetics of health and disease by reading this book. Understand the role within the body of the Four Elements Earth, Water Air and Fire and the Four Humours Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile and Black Bile. Review by Abdul Kareem

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Recommended Resources

Medicinethroughtime.co.uk - new site. Including Blog and use of twitter for free text / IM revision tips.

SchoolsHistory.org.uk highly recommends these sites:

Schoolhistory.co.uk - fantastic range of interactive games, revision materials and links.
ActiveHistory.co.uk - outstanding use of ICT to engage pupils.
Thinkinghistory.co.uk - a brilliant range of learning activities from Ian Dawson
JohnDClare.net - simply the best for Modern World GCSE students
History.org.uk - resources and CPD materials from the Historical Association.
Historyboxes.com - make your lessons 'real' with artefacts and living history provided by experts
Schoolshistory.com - same author as this site, just put together in a slightly different way!