Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes) · Science

Medicine for the Poor and the Duty of Hope

Al-Razi wrote medicine for those who could not afford a physician (<em>Man la Yahduruhu al-Tabib</em>), left the vast <em>Hawi</em> as a gift to all who came after, and taught that the physician&rsquo;s duty includes giving the patient hope - medicine as a public good and a moral calling.

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You learned that al-Razi wrote Man la Yahduruhu al-Tabib (&lsquo;For One Who Has No Physician&rsquo;) to make medicine available to the poor, that his Hawi became a monumental compendium serving physicians for centuries, and that his medical ethics stressed the physician&rsquo;s duty to serve all people and to sustain…

Leads to Ibn Sina (Avicenna).

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