Long before European medical schools taught obstetrics as a specialty, Muslim physicians in the Islamic Golden Age were performing cesarean sections, describing uterine contractions, inventing surgical instruments, and establishing the world’s first comprehensive approach to childbirth. Their knowledge, shockingly, remained the standard of care for over 800 years. Introduction: The “Dark Ages” That Weren’t Dark … Continue reading Early Islamic Physicians Revolutionized Obstetrics 1,000 Years Before Modern Medicine