Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes) · Science
Al-Razi built medicine on the bedside: case histories gathered in the hospitals of Baghdad and Rayy, tested experience written down in his casebooks, and a working humility about how uncertain the art really is.
You learned that al-Razi ran hospitals (bimaristans) in Baghdad and Rayy, kept detailed case histories and casebooks of ‘tested experience’ (tajriba), followed patients over time to check his predictions, and held that the art as written in books falls short of the knowledge of an experienced physician. Ex…
Leads to Hippocrates.
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