Cancer Treatment Methodology in Islamic Medical Texts (3rd to 6th Century AH)
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 11 No. 39 (1398),
16 Bahman 2020
,
Page 31-43
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v11i39.28103
Abstract
Background and Aim: Muslim doctors have studied a lot about patients' knowledge and ways of treating them and presented new and new ways to Islamic civilization. Cancer is one of the most important illnesses that Muslim doctors have studied in a specialized way and presented a variety of ways to treat it. These doctors have also described cancer types.
Materials and Methods: Using a review, library and referring to the first sources in Islamic medicine, methods for treating cancer were extracted and evaluated.
Findings: The most important ways of treating the condition presented by Muslim physicians are: 1. Congestion (drug suppository); 2. Vomiting (emptying of the body of toxins); 3. Avoid spreading and keeping Diseases of the same size; 4. Types of surgery including: Perfection (complete splitting of the main vessels to remove a certain amount of blood from the depths of the body to drain the toxins); 5. Cutting and killing (hotting). In this paper, various methods for treating cancer are investigated by research and examination in Islamic medicine.
Conclusion: Muslim doctors had made some progress in identifying and treating cancer. Therapeutic procedures were applied in accordance with the conditions of the patient by Muslim doctors.
Please cite this article as: Mohammadzadeh Mazinan E, Rouhi AR. Cancer Treatment Methodology in Islamic Medical Texts (3rd to 6th Century AH). Med Hist J 2019; 11(39): 31-43.
- Cancer, Medical Effects, Treatment, Surgery, Congestion, Vomiting
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