Abul Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahrawi was born in 936 C.E. in Zahra in the neighborhood of Cordova. He became one of the most renowned surgeons and physicians of the Muslim era.
He is best known for his early and original breakthroughs in surgery as well as for his famous medical encyclopedia called Al-Tasrif, which is composed of thirty volumes. Three volumes on surgery specially focus on cauterization, removal of stone from the bladder, dissection of animals, midwifery, styptics and surgery of eye, ear and throat. He perfected several delicate operations, including the removal of dead fetus and amputation.
Al Zahrawi was the inventor of several surgical instruments and specialized in curing disease by cauterization.
Al Zahrawi was also an expert in dentistry, and his book contains sketches of various instruments used thereof. He discussed the problem of deformed teeth and developed the technique of preparing artificial teeth and of replacement of defective teeth by these. In Medicine, he was the first to describe in detail the unusual disease, hemophilia
He is best known for his early and original breakthroughs in surgery as well as for his famous medical encyclopedia called Al-Tasrif, which is composed of thirty volumes. Three volumes on surgery specially focus on cauterization, removal of stone from the bladder, dissection of animals, midwifery, styptics and surgery of eye, ear and throat. He perfected several delicate operations, including the removal of dead fetus and amputation.
Al Zahrawi was the inventor of several surgical instruments and specialized in curing disease by cauterization.
Al Zahrawi was also an expert in dentistry, and his book contains sketches of various instruments used thereof. He discussed the problem of deformed teeth and developed the technique of preparing artificial teeth and of replacement of defective teeth by these. In Medicine, he was the first to describe in detail the unusual disease, hemophilia
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