Al zahrawi biography
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Frontiers | Science News
Frontiers for Young Minds takes you on a dive down into the depths of the historical scientific archives and introduces you to scientists you may have not heard about, but you should! This time, we tell you the story of Abu al-Qasim Khalaf bin Abbas Al-Zahrawi, known as Al-Zahrawi.
By Noor Fellah
A Star Is Born
Al-Zahrawi (known as Albucasis in Latin) was born near Cordoba, Andalusia (nowadays Spain) in 936 AD. He was fortunate in that he lived during the heydays of Islamic culture and civilization in Andalusia – where arts, science, commerce, and medical sciences flourished. He was a contemporary of Andalusian chemists such as Ibn al-Wafid, al-Majriti and Artephius. From early age, he showed interest in the medical sciences, and his desire to learn took him to study in Cordoba, the illuminating heart of European intellect at that time. He excelled his peers as a student, and became known as a revolutionary physician (doctor). In recognition of his skills, he was appointed as the court physician to the Caliph Al-Hakam II – giving him access to the most advanced medical knowledge of the time.
In his early days as a physician, Al-Zahrawi noticed his contemporaries’ primitive approach to surgical sciences, and decided to devote his entire lif
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Medical Pioneers: Abu Al Qasim Al Zahrawi
PIONEER OF Current SURGERY
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Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi the Great Surgeon
by Ibrahim Shaikh Published on: 22nd December 2001
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Al-Andalus - Al-Zahrawi - Andalusia - Featured - Healthcare - Ibrahim Shaikh - Medicine - People - Surgery -Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE), also known in the West as Albucasis, was an Andalusian physician. He is considered as the greatest surgeon in the Islamic medical tradition. His comprehensive medical texts, combining Middle Eastern and Greco-Roman classical teachings, shaped European surgical procedures up until the Renaissance. His greatest contribution to history is Kitab al-Tasrif, a thirty-volume collection of medical practice, of which large portions were translated into Latin and in other European languages.
by Dr. Ibrahim Shaikh*
Table of contents
1. Al-Zahrawi
2. Selected articles on Al-Zahrawi
3. General References
4. Notes
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Note of the editor
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1. Al-Zahrawi