Hindu Medicine c7.176

c7.176

Under the patronage of Khalif Almansur in the 7th century A. D. the compilations of Caraka and Suśruta were translated into Arabic; Caraka’s name occurs in the Latin translations of Avicenna, Rhazes, and Serapion. In addition, some sixteen other works on Hindu medicine were known to the Arabs at the time of the Muslim historian, Fihrist (800 A. D.).