death_place death_date influenced birth_place era major_works influences birth_date article_title name region
seville 1162 averroes chauliac , maimonides , pietro d'abano , guy de seville medieval islamic civilization '' kitab al-taisir fi al-mudawat wa al-tadbir '' abu galen al - ` ala ' -lrb- father -rrb- 1094 ibn zuhr
 ibn zuhr ar avenzoar al-andalus
ibn zuhr

ibn zuhr -lrb- ; 1094 -- 1162 -rrb- , traditionally known by his latinized name of avenzoar , was a muslim arab physician and surgeon .
he was born at seville in medieval andalusia -lrb- present-day spain -rrb- , was a contemporary of averroes and maimonides , and was the most well-regarded physician of his era .
he was particularly known for his emphasis on a more rational , empiric basis of medicine .
his major work , `` al-taysīr fil-mudāwāt wal-tadbīr '' -lrb- `` book of simplification concerning therapeutics and diet '' -rrb- , was translated into latin and hebrew and was influential to the progress of surgery .
he also improved surgical and medical knowledge by keying out several diseases and their treatments .
ibn zuhr performed the first experimental tracheotomy on a goat .
he is thought to have made the earliest description of bezoar stones as medicinal items .
