Abu al-Qasim

Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi  (), vanlegvis kjend som Al-Zahrawi eller i Vesten tradisjonelt som Abulcasis, var ein lækjar frå Córdoba i Spania. Han vart sett på som den største kirurgen i mellomalderen,Meri, Josef W. (2005). Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. s. 783."The greatest surgeon of the medieval ages was Abu'l-Qasim az Zahrawi (d. 1010), a most important representative of the Andalusian school."
Weinberg, Steven (2015). To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science. Penguin Books Limited."al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) was born in 936 near Cَrdoba, the metropolis of Andalusia, and worked there until his death in 1013. He was the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages, and highly influential in Christian Europe."
Gerli, E. Michael (2017). Routledge Revivals: Medieval Iberia (2003): An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 12."Book 30, on surgery, was translated in the twelfth century by Gerard of Cremona (Liber Alsahravi de cirurgia) and it established the reputation of Abulcasis as the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages." og er omtalt som opphavsmannen til moderne kirurgi.Krebs, Robert E. (2004). Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 95." Al-Zahrawi (930 or 963-1013 C.e.), also known as Abu-Al Quasim Khalaf ibn'Abbas al-Zahrawi, was a court physician. He was known for his practice of surgery as well as medicine. Sometimes referred to as the "father of surgery,""Estreicher, Stefan K. (2006). Wine: From Neolithic Times to the 21st Century. Algora Publishing. s. 46. "Al-Zahrawi (936-1013), better known as Albucasis, writes a 30-volume medical encyclopedia and designs modern-looking surgical instruments. Many consider him the father of surgery."

mini|venstre|Måleri av Albucasis (al-Zahwari) med ein pasient.
mini|Illustrasjon av Albucasis frå ein kopi av Tacuinum Sanitatis
Tekstane hans danna grunnlaget for kirurgiske prosedyrar heilt fram til renessansen. Det største bidraget hans til legevitskapen er det medisinske oppslagsverket Kitab al-Tasrif på tretti band.

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