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Ibnsina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences
Abu Ali Ibn Sina is a well-known personality among the physicians of
Unani medicine and scientists of physical sciences since medieval times.
To commemorate and to institutionalize an academy named after him,
Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences, was founded on March 1, 2000.
The Academy has been registered under Indian Trusts Act, 1882 on August 14,
2000. Mr. M. Hamid Ansari, Vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh formally inaugurated it, on April 20, 2001. Department of AYUSH,
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India gave accreditation
to the academy in 2004.
The Academy is now a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit
organization with multiple aims and objectives.
The Idea of the Formation of the Academy
There is a consensus amongst researchers of the history of medicine &
sciences that early Arab, Muslim physicians and scientists had played
a very important role in the development of natural and medical sciences
during the renaissance of Islamic civilization, which spanned over eight centuries.
This was achieved through translating earlier medical and scientific sources
and developing then known sciences in the light of their clinical and scientific expertise.
Despite the above fact, it is well-known that the full potential of the
Islamic medical and scientific particularly, heritage has not been investigated
exhaustively to-date its basic role and importance in the development of modern
medicine and its effect on the European Renaissance. Most of the manuscripts
of Islamic medicine are lying unutilized on the shelves of private and some public
libraries around the world and only few have been studied comprehensively.
In the light of this, a number of physicians, scientists, scholars and historians
are called for reviving this heritage on a national level. This is to be achieved
through organization and teamwork. And this is how the idea to found the Ibn Sina
Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences (IAMMS) emerged.
The first meeting of the Academy was held on March 5, 2000
in Aligarh (India) and was chaired by Professor (Hakim) Syed Zillur
Rahman, president of IAMMS. A number of physicians and historians attended this meeting.
The second meeting of the Academy was held on April 8, 2001 in Aligarh,
when the By-Laws were discussed and approved. It was also decided that Aligarh would be the permanent
location of the Academy and it would operate as a normal registered trust as well.
Membership of the society is open to everyone who has an interest in or would
like to contribute by studying the History of Islamic Medicine and Sciences.
The Academy looks forward to receiving support and help from all scholars
and researchers in India and all over the world.
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