Quiz · Science and Healing
Free Care in Medieval Cairo: Inside the Hospital of Qalawun, 1284
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Watch or rewatch the film: Free Care in Medieval Cairo: Inside the Hospital of Qalawun, 1284Question 1 of 2Why was the sultan’s chief physician told to stay in Cairo instead of following the army?
His letter of appointment told him to let students gather and to train physicians, eye doctors, surgeons and bonesetters, so tomorrow there would be twice as many.
Source: EP36 claim T14-46 (Northrup 2013, citing Ibn al-Furat); narrated at 07:18 of 11:07 (65%)
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The answer: To teach students and train more doctors
His letter of appointment told him to let students gather and to train physicians, eye doctors, surgeons and bonesetters, so tomorrow there would be twice as many.
Source: EP36 claim T14-46 (Northrup 2013, citing Ibn al-Furat); narrated at 07:18 of 11:07 (65%)
Question 2 of 2The physician Ibn al-Nafis died in 1288. What did he leave to the new hospital?
Ibn al-Nafis, who argued that blood passes through the lungs, taught at Qalawun’s college and left his house and library to the hospital.
Source: EP36 claim T14-55 (Northrup 2013; the bequest is solid, where he taught law is the open point); narrated at 08:59 of 11:07 (80%)
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The answer: His house and his library
Ibn al-Nafis, who argued that blood passes through the lungs, taught at Qalawun’s college and left his house and library to the hospital.
Source: EP36 claim T14-55 (Northrup 2013; the bequest is solid, where he taught law is the open point); narrated at 08:59 of 11:07 (80%)
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