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Al-Zahrāwī

Also found as Zahrawi · Abulcasis

Al-Zahrawi was a surgeon in southern Spain, also known in Europe as Abulcasis.

An artist’s impression of al-Zahrawi on a 1964 Syrian stamp.
An artist’s impression of al-Zahrawi on a 1964 Syrian stamp. From 1001 Inventions, printed page 158.
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Al-Zahrawi was a surgeon in southern Spain, also known in Europe as Abulcasis.

His medical encyclopedia was called Al-Tasrif and included a section on surgery.

The surgery section described more than 200 surgical instruments.

Al-Zahrawi illustrated instruments with clear sketches and explained how and when each was used.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

13 reading locations

Printed p. 14 PDF p. 17Reading page

“…Romanesque and Gothic movements. [page 199) Surgical Instruments AI-Zahrawi (936-1013) Cutting-edge surgeon AI-Zahrawi introduced more than 200 surgical tools that revolutionized medical science. These instruments would not look out of place in today's…”

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Printed p. 26 PDF p. 29Reading page

“…Hospital in Souq Yehia in Baghdad. 936 Surgeon Al-Zahrawi (Albucasis) is born in Cordoba. He renned the science of surge ry, invented dozens of surgical instruments, and wrote the nrst illustrated surgical book.…”

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Printed p. 30 PDF p. 33Reading page

“…An Ottoman surgeon, he continued the work of Al-Zahrawi and Ibn al-Quff by writing an independent surgical textbook. The Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun 13 83 Chemist Maryam al-Zanatiyeh dies in Qarawiyin, Tunisia. 1332…”

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Printed p. 31 PDF p. 34Reading page

“…............. 1543 Venice publishes a translation of Al-Tasrifby Al-Zahrawi. Basel and Oxford follow suit . � Nicolaus Copernicus ' publishes De Revolutionibus, drawing on the work of Nasir al·Din al-Tusi and Ibn al-Shatir.…”

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Printed p. 50 PDF p. 53Reading page

“…great lengths with their appearance. One expert was Al-Zahrawi, a famous physician and surgeon about whom you can read more in the Hospital chapter. He included in his medical book called Al-TasriF, a…”

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Printed p. 158 PDF p. 161Reading page

“…cutting-edge surgeon called Abu! Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahrawi, a man known in the West as Abulcasis. He would have already written Al-Tasrif, his medical encyclopedia, in which he included a treatise called…”

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Printed p. 159 PDF p. 162Reading page

“…was the subject of many pages of study. Al-Zahrawi devised an instrument al-mish'ab (the drill) for crushing these_ He said, "Take a steel rod with a triangular sharp end . . tie a…”

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Printed p. 162 PDF p. 165Reading page

“…Cordoba at the height of the Islamic period. Al-Zahrawi, or Abulcasis, observed, thought, practiced, and responded to each of his patients with skill and ingen uity. So much so that he was recognized…”

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Printed p. 165 PDF p. 168Reading page

“…bleedi ng, and formation of any urinary fistula. Al-Zahrawi also said every piece should be {(Sur geons must be ver y car eful when they take the knif e! Unde rneat h their…”

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Printed p. 182 PDF p. 185Reading page

“…basis of medical formulary. Other influential scholars included Al-Zahrawi of Spain, who in the tenth centur y pioneered the preparation of medicines by sublimation and distillation, which meant a whole range of new…”

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Printed p. 185 PDF p. 188Reading page

“…in 1395. Then there was the work of Al-Zahrawi, an outstanding physician in Cordoba, southern Spain, around the year 1000. The surgical part of his 30-volume medical work Al-Tasrif was translated into Latin…”

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Printed p. 305 PDF p. 308Reference feature

“…the development of the 'ud, or lute. • Al-Zahrawi FULL NAME: Abu! Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahrawi, known in the West as Abulcasis BORN: 936 in Medinat al-Zahra, near Cordoba, Spain DIED: 1013…”

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Printed p. 317 PDF p. 320Biographical entry

“…al-Hamawi (1179-1229); Arab biographer, historian, and geogr apher. Al-Zahrawi, Abu! Qas im Khalaf ibn al-Abbas, known in the West as Abulcasis (936-1013); Cordoba, Spain; physician and surgeon . Al-Zarqali, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn…”

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The medical and surgical encyclopedia Kitāb al-Taṣrīf and descriptions of surgical practices and instruments.

This summary comes from the collected Islamic Scientific Heritage posts. It has not been independently verified in full. A book name match alone does not confirm every claim in a post.

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