Who is the father of modern medicine?

Avicenna is regarded as the father of modern medicine and one of the greatest thinkers and medical scholars in history. His Canon of Medicine (1020) and Book of Treatment (1 1 century) maintained the standard textbooks for Muslims and Europeans until17th century.

Avicenna's contributions include introducing systematic experiments and measurements, discovering infectious diseases transmitted through contact, introducing isolation to limit the spread of diseases transmitted through contact, and introducing drugs into experiments and clinical experiments;

It is the first time to introduce bacteria and viruses, distinguish mediastinum from pleurisy, the characteristics that tuberculosis can be transmitted by contact, and the diseases transmitted by water and soil. It is the first time to describe skin diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual abnormalities, neuropathy, ice compress to treat fever, and distinguish medicine from pharmacology.

Extended data

Hippocrates' juvenile experience;

Hippocrates was born in a family of doctors on Kos Island in Asia Minor. His father Heraclitus is descended from Asclepius, and his mother Finaletti is the daughter of a noble family. In ancient Greece, the profession of doctors was handed down from generation to generation, so Hippocrates studied medicine with his father since childhood.

After several years, independent medical practice is no longer a problem. He has been able to treat his father with more than 260 prescriptions. After his parents died, he traveled and practiced medicine in order to enrich his medical knowledge and learn from others.

Hippocrates invited many local famous doctors as his teachers. Among many patients he met, he met many famous philosophers. The unique views of these philosophers deeply inspired Hippocrates and provided philosophical help for him to put forward the theory of four body fluids.

Baidu encyclopedia-medical history