Al-Razi (Rhazes)

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Al-Razi (Rhazes) was a pioneering Persian polymath and physician renowned for his influential works in medicine, chemistry, and philosophy during the early Islamic world.

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Al-Razi 2
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi 1

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instanceOf Islamic Golden Age scholar
Persian scholar
alchemist
chemist
hospital physician
medical writer
philosopher
physician
polymath
rationalist theologian
birthPlace Ray, Iran
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
contributedTo development of hospital medicine in the Islamic world
early clinical differentiation of infectious diseases
integration of philosophy and medicine
systematization of medical knowledge
era 10th century
9th century
Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Persians
fieldOfWork clinical medicine
ethics in medicine
experimental medicine
metaphysics
ophthalmology
pediatrics
pharmacology
toxicology
hasLatinName Rasis
Rhazes NERFINISHED
hasName Al-Razi (Rhazes) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
influenced Ibn Sina NERFINISHED
Latin scholastic physicians
medieval European medicine
influencedBy Galen
Greek philosophy
Hippocrates
knownFor critical approach to Galenic medicine
distinguishing smallpox from measles clinically
early clinical pharmacology
ethical writings on the physician–patient relationship
hospital-based medical practice
Al-Hawi
surface form: large medical encyclopedia Al-Hawi

systematic clinical observation in medicine
use of case histories in medicine
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Persian
mainInterest alchemy
chemistry
ethics
medicine
philosophy
notableWork Al-Hawi al-Kabir NERFINISHED
Kitab al-Tibb al-Nabawi (Prophetic medicine works)
surface form: Al-Tibb al-Ruhani

De variolis et morbillis
Al-Hawi
surface form: Kitab al-Hawi

Kitab al-Jadari wa al-Hasbah
Kitab al-Mansuri
surface form: Kitab al-Mansuri fi al-tibb

Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar
Liber Continens
Liber ad Almansorem
Spiritual Medicine
occupation chief physician at the hospital of Baghdad
physician at the hospital of Ray
philosophicalView critical attitude toward authority in science
emphasis on reason in religion and ethics
religion Islam
usedMethod comparative case analysis
empirical clinical observation
experimental testing of remedies

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this entity surface form: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
Islamic medicine keyFigure Al-Razi (Rhazes)
this entity surface form: Al-Razi
Islamic philosophy majorFigure Al-Razi (Rhazes)
this entity surface form: Al-Razi
Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Al-Razi (Rhazes)