title: Views on ocular cancer in Arabo-Islamic medicine and the leading influence of the ancient Greek medicine.
abstract: In the ophthalmological treatises of the medieval Arabo-Islamic physicians such as al-Mawsili (9th-10th century), al-Kahhal (ca. 940-1010), Haly Abbas (10th century) and al Sadili (14th century) we may find references about ocular cancer, focusing on eyelid tumors and cancerous ulcers of the cornea. These references are similar to the analogous ones of ancient Greek physicians as these are preserved in the medical texts of the most famous Byzantine doctors, indicating the influence of ancient Greek medicine in the Arabo-Islamic one.
authors.affiliation: Department of History of Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laios
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karamanou
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatziioannou
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nikolopoulos
authors.forename: Marilita M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Moschos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D018643:Arab World / Q000266:history*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D006115:Greece; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000266:history*