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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 the 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 & international
level. This is to be achieved through organization and
teamwork and this is how the idea to form 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.
An executive council has also been set up and the
founding members are: Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Prof.
Asloob Ahmad Ansari, Prof. Mukhtar Uddin Ahmad, Prof.
Iqbal Ahmad Ansari, Prof. S. M. R. Ansari, Dr. Khaliq
Anjum, Prof. A. K. Jafri, Dr. Khalid Siddiqui, Prof.
Jameel Ahmad, Prof. Nafees Baig, Dr. E. H. Quraishi,
Dr. Masood Hasan, Mr. Mir Hafeez Ali, Dr. A. Latif and
Dr. Syed Ziaur Rahman.
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 anyone who has an
interest in or would like to contribute by studying
the History of Medieval 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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