Birthdate: 0936 AD
Birthplace: Córdoba, Spain
Died: 1013 AD
Al-Zahrawi, also known as Albucasis or Abulcasis, was a renowned physician, surgeon, and chemist from al-Andalus. His principal work, Kitab al-Tasrif, is a comprehensive encyclopedia of medical practices that included groundbreaking contributions to surgical procedures and instruments. He pioneered the use of catgut for internal stitches and developed surgical devices for procedures like Caesarean sections and cataract surgeries, leaving a lasting impact on medicine and surgery. Al-Zahrawi’s work was widely influential and remained a standard textbook in Europe for five centuries.
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