The Divine Viscera: Medicine and Religion in the Islamic Golden Age Medicine, as we know it, was born of centuries of development. In the traditional story of Western history, Ancient Greeks began that development with figures such as Hippocrates and Galen, and, inspired by Classical knowledge, the European Renaissance carried on the process of furthering scientific knowledge. However, during the Middle to High Middle Ages, Greek thought had largely diminished, and medicine in the Western civilizations spiraled down into superstition. During this era, the Islamic Empire carried the torch of medical knowledge.
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