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How many paragraph do we have?
We have 4 paragraphs.
How many lines do we have?
We have 50 lines.
What is the title?
The Progress of Arab Medicine.
Progress, what is the meaning of this word?
It means that things get better; things improved; changed.
Long ago, before Islam, people's health in Arabia was generally poor. The quality of drinking water was not good and it was scarce. The supply of food was irregular. Diseases spread quickly in the hot climate and in the dusty winds. Some of the most common were malaria, smallpox, leprosy and eye diseases like trachoma and glaucoma. Some of them were carried by flies and mosquitoes. Local remedies were given to those who were hospitals. In these conditions, a lot of
new-born babies
Give names of any diseases? Describe them?
Malaria
: a serious disease which makes you very hot.
Smallpox Leprosy
: a serious disease with large spots that stay afterwards.
: a serious skin disease in which a person can lose fingers, toes, and other parts of the body.
Trachoma and glaucoma
: two disease of the eyes.
Long ago, before Islam, people's health in Arabia was generally poor. The quality of drinking water was not good and it was scarce. The supply of food was irregular. Diseases spread quickly in the hot climate and in the dusty winds. Some of the most common were malaria, smallpox, leprosy and eye diseases like trachoma and glaucoma. Some of them were carried by flies and mosquitoes. Local remedies were given to those who were ill, but the remedies often did not
work
. There were no hospitals. In these conditions, a lot of
new-born
babies did not survive. Many adults did not live long, either.
How these diseases are spread?
By flies ( smallpox , leprosy , trachoma , glaucoma ) And by mosquitoes ( malaria ).
New Words
Work
Succeed.
new-born
Born very recently; very young and is only a few weeks old.
baby
Younger than a child.
As their civilization expanded, the Arabs learned from the old Greek, Persian, Byzantine and Indian
culture scientifically
.
. Information and ideas and Ibn Sina worked with these ideas
concerning
health and medicine were translated into Arabic. For the first time, such knowledge was available in a single language. Arab doctors like Ar-Razi Which cultures that Arabs learned from?
The Arabs learned from the old Greek, Persian, Byzantine and Indian culture.
Give names of some great Arab doctors of the past?
Ar-Razi and Ibn Sina.
Culture
Similar to civilization, but connected more with the ideas of a civilization.
concernin g
About.
scientifically
Working as a science; using the methods of science.
They observed people's illness. They experimented with new medicine in order to hospitals.
cure
people. They kept records of the quantities they used and their effects. They recorded their successes and failures. Their methods are still used today. Also, like today, some of their work was done in Why did Arabs doctors experiment with new medicine?
In order to cure people.
What did they record?
They recorded their successes and failures.
cure
To cure people is to make them better when they are sick.
The first hospitals were early Arab caliphs. Like hospitals today, they were
institutions
hundreds of that were
miles established run privately
in the time of the or by the government. Their aims were to improve health, cure diseases and expand medical knowledge. They attracted students from away because of their
lectures
and
first-class
libraries. They
achieved
the highest standards, especially in Baghdad, Alexandria and Damascus.
Give some of Arab cities?
Baghdad, Alexandria and Damascus.
How were hospitals run?
They were run privately or by the government.
Why did the institutions attract students from hundreds of miles away?
Because of their lectures and first-class libraries.
establish
Started; built.
institution
Example of institutions are hospitals, ministries, schools, universities.
run
To operate.
Privately
Adverb from adjective private. Some hospital were operated by the government, others by private people.
mile
The measurement of distance. 1 mile=1.61 kilometers.
lecture
A kind of lesson, usually at a university.
First-class
The very best quality.
Arab medical
achievement
passed to Europe around the seventeenth century. They were developed further in the West. In the twentieth century, the latest development have been imported into the Arab world. Once again, Arab medicine and health care are among the best.
When did the Arab medical achievement pass to Europe?
Arab medical achievement passed to Europe around the seventeenth century.
achievement
Something that a person has achieved.