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Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE), Icon of Medieval Surgery
Sina Zarrintan1, R Shane Tubbs2, Farima Najjarian3
1Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Shohada-Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract:
Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 common era [CE]), also known in the West as Albucasis, was a great Arab physician and surgeon of the late 10th and early 11th centuries CE. He is best known for his surgical knowledge and expertise. His greatest contribution to medicine is the Kitab al-Tasrif, which includes thirty treatises on medical sciences. His early and great contributions to the field of surgery were seminal. For his endeavors in this field, a number of surgeons and scholars have dubbed him the "Father of Operative Surgery".