University of Basra discusses a master’s thesis on diseases and epidemics and methods of treating them in early Islam and the Umayyad state

I discussed a master’s thesis at the College of Education for Girls at the University of Basra entitled “Diseases and epidemics and methods of treating them in early Islam and the Umayyad state” by researcher Maryam Riyad Abdel Reda.

The study was divided into three chapters, preceded by an introduction and a preface in which the history of diseases and epidemics and methods of treating them among pre-Islamic Arabs and other ancient civilizations was explained, given that the majority of treatments in Islamic society are taken from ancient countries and peoples such as the Persians and Romans.

The first chapter dealt with the study of general diseases such as fever, colds, coughs, and headaches, and methods of treating them.

The second chapter dealt with the study of special diseases such as epilepsy, tuberculosis, infertility, alopecia, and others, and methods of treating them.

The third chapter focused on studying the deadly epidemics that destroy human societies, such as the plague epidemic, the leprosy epidemic, and the scabies epidemic, and methods of treating them.

The study concluded that Arab Muslims diagnosed various diseases to which members of the Islamic community were exposed at that time, and how they came up with medical prescriptions to treat those diseases.