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 Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi ⓘ
Abulcasis ⓘ
birthDate c. 936 ⓘ
birthPlace Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia

al-Zahra ⓘ
near Córdoba ⓘ
citizenship Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ
deathDate c. 1013 ⓘ
deathPlace Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia

Córdoba ⓘ
employer Umayyad court of Córdoba ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
field dentistry ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
obstetrics ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
surgery ⓘ
fullName 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 Kitab al-Tasrif used as a standard surgical text in Europe for centuries ⓘ
linked to: Al-Tasrif
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 Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia
religion Islam ⓘ
specialization orthopedic procedures ⓘ
surgical pathology ⓘ
trauma surgery ⓘ
urological surgery ⓘ
title father of modern surgery ⓘ
father of operative surgery ⓘ
workLocation Córdoba ⓘ
workTranslatedInto Latin ⓘ

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Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) ⓘ
Islamic medicine → keyFigure → Al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Al-Zahrawi → fullName → Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī ⓘ
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Al-Zahrawi → alsoKnownAs → Abulcasis ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
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Al-Zahrawi → alsoKnownAs → Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Al-Tasrif → author → Al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Al-Tasrif → author → Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Ibn Zuhr → influenced → Andalusian physicians ⓘ
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al-Zahra → notablePerson → Al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Kitab al-Tasrif → author → Al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Kitab al-Tasrif → author → Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif → author → Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif → author → Al-Zahrawi ⓘ
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Guy de Chauliac → influencedBy → Albucasis ⓘ
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