Ibn Zuhr

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Ibn Zuhr was a prominent 12th-century Andalusian physician and surgeon whose clinical innovations and medical writings significantly advanced Islamic and European medicine.

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instanceOf Andalusian scholar
Muslim physician
medical writer
physician
surgeon
birthPlace Al-Andalus
linked to: Andalusia

Seville
countryOfCitizenship Al-Andalus
linked to: Andalusia
culture Andalusian
deathPlace Seville
ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
father Abu al-Ala Zuhr
linked to: Abu al-Ala
fieldOfWork cardiology
clinical medicine
dermatology
gastroenterology
medicine
otolaryngology
parasitology
pharmacology
pulmonology
surgery
influenced Andalusian physicians
European medieval medicine
Ibn Rushd
linked to: Averroes
influencedBy Galen
Hippocrates
earlier Islamic physicians
knownFor accurate clinical descriptions of diseases
advancing Islamic medicine
clinical innovations in medicine
dietary and regimen-based therapies
experimental approach to treatment
influencing European medicine
surgical practice
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
memberOf Banu Zuhr medical family
movement Islamic Golden Age
name Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Ala Ibn Zuhr
linked to: Ibn Zuhr

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Ibn Zuhr
notableAchievement contributed to the transmission of medical knowledge from the Islamic world to Europe
performed experimental tracheotomy on animals
provided one of the earliest clear clinical descriptions of scabies mites
systematically separated observation from theory in clinical practice
wrote comprehensive manuals on diagnosis and treatment
notableIdea advocacy of simple drugs over complex compounds
detailed clinical description of esophageal and gastric diseases
detailed clinical description of intestinal worms
detailed clinical description of mediastinal abscess
detailed clinical description of otitis media
detailed clinical description of pericarditis
detailed clinical description of pleurisy
detailed clinical description of skin diseases
early description of scabies as a parasitic disease
emphasis on clinical observation and experimentation in medicine
systematic clinical descriptions of diseases
therapeutic use of tracheotomy in animals
use of animal experimentation for surgical procedures
notableWork Al-Iqtisad
Al-Taysir
Book of Foods
Book of Foods and Diets
linked to: Book of Foods

Book of Moderation
Book of Simplification
Kitab al-Aghdhiya
linked to: Kitab al-Saydalah

Kitab al-Iqtisad fi Islah al-Anfus wa-l-Ajsad
Kitab al-Jami fi al-Adwiya wa-l-Aghdhiya
Kitab al-Taysir fi al-Mudawat wa-l-Tadbir
occupation court physician
medical researcher
physician
surgeon
partOf Andalusian medical tradition
relative Ibn Rushd
linked to: Averroes
religion Islam
timePeriod 12th century

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Islamic medicine keyFigure Ibn Zuhr
Ibn Zuhr name Ibn Zuhr
Ibn Zuhr name Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Ala Ibn Zuhr
linked to: Ibn Zuhr