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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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi 3
Al-Razi 3
al-Razi 3

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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
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
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
hasName Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
influenced Ibn Sina
linked to: Avicenna

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
large medical encyclopedia Al-Hawi
linked to: 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
linked to: Al-Hawi

Al-Tibb al-Ruhani
De variolis et morbillis
Kitab al-Hawi
linked to: Al-Hawi

Kitab al-Jadari wa al-Hasbah
Kitab al-Mansuri fi al-tibb
linked to: Kitab al-Mansuri

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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Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Islamic philosophy majorFigure Al-Razi
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Islamic medicine keyFigure Al-Razi
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Al-Razi hasName Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
subject linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Al-Razi hasLatinName Rhazes
subject linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Persian medicine hasKeyFigure Rhazes (Al-Razi)
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Ibn al-Baytar influencedBy al-Razi
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Al-Hawi author al-Razi
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Al-Hawi author Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Al-Hawi associatedPerson al-Razi
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Kitab al-Mansuri author Al-Razi
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Kitab al-Mansuri author Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)