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History of Clinical Research - IPPCR Video and Handout Archive

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Iranian Medicine: Al Rhazi <strong>and</strong> Ibn Sina<br />

Al Rhazi (865-925):<br />

•Discovered use <strong>of</strong> alcohol as antiseptic<br />

•Contributions to medicine, alchemy, <strong>and</strong><br />

philosophy<br />

•1 st treatise on pediatrics<br />

•recorded in over 184 books <strong>and</strong> articles<br />

Ibn Sina - Avicenna (973-1037):<br />

• Leader in pharmacy, philosophy, medicine <strong>and</strong><br />

pharmacology<br />

• Wrote the Canon <strong>of</strong> Medicine, main European<br />

medical textbook <strong>of</strong> 14 th –16 th c.<br />

• Text contains 1 st known treatise on clinical<br />

trials – provided foundation for systematic<br />

approach to drug testing

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