Abstract
During the Middle Ages, Muslims influenced significantly in the health sciences, initiating a process of clumping of existing knowledge and the inclusion of new contributions. The aim of this article is to contextualize the conception of madness and care realised in medieval Islamic culture and to analize the structure and organization of the Maristan of Granada, main health sanitary institution of al-Andalus and founded in 1367 by the emir Muhammad V. In order to get as much relevant data available to provide details of the enriched Arab-Islamic society of the Middle Ages vision, various historical documents and other literature sources they were examined. The findings of this review show the importance of Bimaristan of Granada as a promoter of health quality care to psychiatric patients in the Iberian Peninsula, including dietary-based therapies, hydrotherapy, massage, bloodletting and drug prescriptions. Decent and honorable treatment of the psychiatric patients would be imitated by some Christian psychiatric institutions in the peninsula since the 15th century.
Highlights
During the Middle Ages, Muslims influenced significantly in the health sciences, initiating a process of clumping of existing knowledge and the inclusion of new contributions
Los hallazgos obtenidos de este examen resaltan la importancia del bimaristán de Granada como promotor del cuidado asistencial de calidad al paciente psiquiátrico en la Península Ibérica, incluyendo terapias basadas en la dietética, la hidroterapia, los masajes, las sangrías y la prescripción farmacológica
Gimeno (1908) informó del trato honorable y digno al enfermo mental de la sociedad islámica, siendo tomada esta actitud por los cristianos en la construcción y organización de asilos para dementes en Europa a partir del siglo XV
Summary
Alfonso Fernández Vázquez, Rubén Mañá Ares2 1Graduado Universitario en Enfermería por la Universidad de Salamanca. 2Graduado Universitario en Historia por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Cómo citar este artículo en edición digital: Fernández Vázquez, A. y Mañá Ares, R. (2016). Alfonso Fernández Vázquez, Rubén Mañá Ares2 1Graduado Universitario en Enfermería por la Universidad de Salamanca. El legado islámico en los cuidados psiquiátricos. Cultura de los Cuidados (Edición digital), 20( 45).
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