Medieval Islam:

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Medieval Islam
The first significant achievement was in the discovery of pharmacies which was known as the saydallas that started at the same time as health centers forming a vital health care system for Islam. The Saydallas concentrated so much on experimentation by incorporating medicinal things that worked well for the patients. Meanwhile, at the same time, the western dispensers believed in the use of various substances such as herbs for treatment. As time went by, great medicine inventors from Muslim origin like Aviccena and Al Razi came up with materials that could heal in their pharmacies. Besides, the government took care of the pharmacies to ensure efficiency in the type of medications offered. As a result, pharmacies were all over Islam countries as Al-Nifa discovered the process of dosage using calculations.
The next achievement was in translations, where medical books and texts were translated from the native Greek, Syrian and Pahlavi languages to Arabic preventing the extinction of the documents. Islamic doctors added extra bits of knowledge in the translated texts. The second aspect was in hospitals and doctor training that involved setting up various hospitals in places such as Damascus and Cairo. The hospitals managed to acquire medical equipment such as alcohol that was used to clean up wounds. By 1000, Muslim doctors were able to use opium as a pain reliever as opposed to Christian doctors.
The other notable achievement was the discovery of how blood circulates and the anatomy.

The Arabic medical practitioner called Ibn Al-Nafis had identified the structure of the heart from the two valves to the fact that the heart is rich in capillaries. Furthermore, he realized that dissection of the body is the only way to study anatomy. Moreover, he studied the structure of the brain. The discovery of infectious disease was another milestone in the achievement made by Avicenna the Islamic doctor. He came up with types of infection that quickly spread like leprosy and recommended the cure.
Additionally, Arabic doctor Al Zahrawi came up with the aspect of surgery in Cordoba. Besides he discovered over 200 medical surgical equipment including forceps and scalpel (Majeed, Azeem, 2005). The base under which operation was found was by the Arab doctor in the 10th century. Al Zahrawi worked as a doctor for Caliph Al Hakam II, and in the process, he wrote a textbook about surgical procedures.
Work Cited
Majeed, Azeem. “How Islam changed medicine.” (2005): 1486-1487.