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How an eye physician who translated classical Greek medicine into Arabic helped form Western medical thought
Infrastructure lens: A medieval ophthalmologist who translated Greek works by Galen, Hippocrates, and Plato into Arabic played a pivotal role in shaping Western medical scholarship, according to a study published in the journal Cogent Arts a
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| Fact | Value |
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| Primary source | Phys.org |
| Source count | 1 |
| First published | 2026-04-07T01:30:01.000Z |