'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi
'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (
Biography
He was born in
The Complete Art of Medicine
Al-Majusi is best known for his
The Maliki is divided into 20 discourses, of which the first ten deal with theory and the second ten with the practice of medicine. Some examples of topics covered are dietetics and materia medica, a rudimentary conception of the capillary system, interesting clinical observations, and proof of the motions of the womb during parturition (for example, the child does not come out, but is pushed out).
In Europe a partial
Medical ethics and research methodology
The work emphasized the need for a healthy relationship between doctors and patients, and the importance of
Neuroscience and psychology
Neuroscience and psychology were discussed in The Complete Art of Medicine. He described the
Psychophysiology and psychosomatic medicine
Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi was a pioneer in psychophysiology and psychosomatic medicine. He described how the physiological and psychological aspects of a patient can have an effect on one another in his Complete Book of the Medical Art. He found a correlation between patients who were physically and mentally healthy and those who were physically and mentally unhealthy, and concluded that "joy and contentment can bring a better living status to many who would otherwise be sick and miserable due to unnecessary sadness, fear, worry and anxiety."[4]
See also
- List of Iranian scientists
- Islamic medicine
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6.
The greatest of these figures, who ushered in the golden age of Islamic medicine and who are discussed separately by E. G. Browne in his Arabian Medicine, are four Persian physicians: 'All b. Rabban al-Tabarl, Muhammad b. Zakariyya' al-Razl, 'All b. al-'Abbas al-Majusi and Ibn Sina.
- ISBN 978-1-138-05670-1.
He was a Zoroastrian, or at least came from a family of Zoroastrians, and was Persian by birth.
- ^ Richter-Bernburg, L. "ʿALĪ B. ʿABBĀS MAJŪSĪ". ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ Nurdeen Deuraseh and Mansor Abu Talib (2005), "Mental health in Islamic medical tradition", The International Medical Journal 4 (2), p. 76-79.
Sources
- Lutz Richter-Bernburg, "‘Ali b. ‘Abbas Majusi", in Encyclopædia Iranica, ed. Ehsan Yarshater, 6+ vols. (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul and Costa Mesa: Mazda, 1983 to present), vol. 1, pp. 837–8 [1]
- Manfred Ullmann, Die Medizin im Islam, Handbuch der Orientalistik, Abteilung I, Erg?nzungsband vi, Abschnitt 1 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), pp. 140–146
- Fuat Sezgin, Medizin-Pharmazie-Zoologie-Tierheilkunde bis ca 430 H., Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums, Band 3 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), pp. 320–322
- Manfred Ullmann, Islamic Medicine (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1978, reprinted 1997), pp. 55–85.
- Wustenfeld: Geschichte der arabischen Aerzte (59, 1840).
- ISBN 81-87570-19-9
- Charles S. F. Burnett, Danielle Jacquart (eds.), Constantine the African and ʻAlī Ibn Al-ʻAbbās Al-Magūsī: The Pantegni and Related Texts. Leiden: Brill, 1995. ISBN 90-04-10014-8
- Shoja MM, Tubbs RS. The history of anatomy in Persia. J Anat 2007; 210:359–378.
External links
Hamarneh, Sami (2008) [1970-80]. "Al-Majūsī, Abu'l-Ḥasan 'Alī Ibn 'Abbās". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com.