The Middle East was one of the first places to make a major impact in medicine. The Muslim's were the first to devlope hospitals and more advanced forms of medicine. The pharmacists made medicine from plants, herbs, animals, and minerals. Doctors would use animals such as pigs to learn the body and what hapens when you do something to a part of the body. From this the Muslims devloped surgery. The medical milestones that the ancient Muslims made helped the advanced medical technology we have today.