Methods of classifying the atmospheric circulation into pressure patterns or types are reviewed. These classifications are divided into three main categories according to the system of classification used by climatologists. The advantages and limitations of each classification approach are discussed. The Kirchhofer classification scheme shows more advantages than the others, whilst the subjective schemes showed considerable limitations and difficulties in their formulation and in the evaluation of their climatic patterns. The multistage classification could have considerable utility and application in the future.

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Presented at the Spring Convention of IMA. Orlando. F1orida~MB rch 17, 1984 L~la.mic Ml:.-dicine outlined. These are: Being excellent and superior. having faith and Divine ethics. being oricntW. heir'''' c'-':,-ehensive. being universal. and ll:lst, hut not 1. ',i, being scientific.' 2 We have the fea-",,;ily .>".l.cLl:S which show m that Islamic Medicine is not 001.. fe~lble but also badly needed as a snperior alternative to the existing brands of the healing arts, J • We also have the vast Muslim resourCt':'>, intellectual a'i well as material, waiting to be pooled and utilized. Adding to this the existing, reasonably well-developed organizational structures and networks of l:ommunication at national and international levels, it appear!i that we are in a position to start the actual construction work. At this level, let us~ee what a comprcheMivc healtJ) care .system should entai.l. It should have three basic components. It should have facilities for education and training with available. properly prepared curricula and teachers. It should have facilities for rendering heaJth care services be they preventive, dill!1:"OSUC or therapeutic, And it should have an ongoing research program covering all aspects of research be it clinical

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Medicine was defined by M lIslim physicians $uch as AI-Razi (841-926 A.D.) and Ibn Sina (Aviccnna, 980-1036 A.D.) as the art concerned with the preservation of good health, combating of disease, and restoration of health to the sick. For several centuries. the world has witnessed and benefited from the great advances made by Muslim physicians in the area of health sciences. These advances were not just based on technical ~kill or intellectual superiority. They were equally well founded on a clear lInderstanding of the role of the Muslim phy~ieian as derived from Islamic teachings and philosophy. For thousands of years. ethics have been recognized as an essential requirement in the making of a physician. Allhough