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Pioneers of a scientific approach to medicine

As in many other fields of science, Muslim physicians developed pioneering scientific approaches to the practice of medicine. These included the introduction of experimental approaches, evidence-based medicine, clinical trials and postmortem autopsies.  While the works of Galen, Hippocrates, Indian physicians and Greek scholars initially informed Islamic medicine, this body of knowledge was quickly transformed and substantially expanded by the research and experience of the great Muslim physicians and polymaths.