Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)

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Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) was a pioneering 10th–11th century Andalusian physician and surgeon, often regarded as the father of modern surgery for his influential medical encyclopedia and innovative surgical techniques.

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instanceOf Andalusian physician
Andalusian surgeon
Muslim scholar
medical innovator
medieval physician
physician
pioneer of surgery
polymath
surgeon
writer
alsoKnownAs Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
surface form: Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi

Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
surface form: Abulcasis
birthDate c. 936
birthPlace Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus

al-Zahra
near Córdoba
citizenship Caliphate of Córdoba
deathDate c. 1013
deathPlace Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus

Cordoba (historical)
surface form: Córdoba
employer Alcázar of the Umayyads
surface form: Umayyad court of Córdoba
era Islamic Golden Age
field dentistry
medicine
obstetrics
pharmacology
surgery
fullName Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī
influenced Guy de Chauliac
Latin medical tradition
medieval European surgeons
influencedBy Galen
Hippocrates
earlier Islamic physicians
knownFor Kitab al-Tasrif
detailed illustrations of surgical instruments
influence on European surgery
pioneering surgical techniques
systematic classification of surgical operations
languageOfWork Arabic
legacy Al-Tasrif
surface form: Kitab al-Tasrif used as a standard surgical text in Europe for centuries
majorContribution advances in obstetric and gynecological surgery
description of dental extraction and replacement techniques
development of techniques for cauterization
early description of ligature for blood-vessel control
early description of lithotomy for bladder stones
standardization of surgical instruments
use of catgut for internal sutures
notableWork 30-volume medical encyclopedia
Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif
occupation court physician
region Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus
religion Islam
specialization orthopedic procedures
surgical pathology
trauma surgery
urological surgery
title father of modern surgery
father of operative surgery
workLocation Cordoba (historical)
surface form: Córdoba
workTranslatedInto Latin

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Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
Islamic medicine keyFigure Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
this entity surface form: Al-Zahrawi
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) fullName Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Al-Zahrawi
this entity surface form: Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) alsoKnownAs Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
subject surface form: Al-Zahrawi
this entity surface form: Abulcasis
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) alsoKnownAs Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
subject surface form: Al-Zahrawi
this entity surface form: Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi
Al-Tasrif author Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
this entity surface form: Al-Zahrawi
Al-Tasrif author Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
this entity surface form: Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi
Ibn Zuhr influenced Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
this entity surface form: Andalusian physicians