Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi

What he did?

• He was an Andalusian physician.
• He was considered to be the greatest surgeon in the Islamic medical traditions.

Important Invention

• His greatest contribution to history was the Kitab al-Tasrif.
• It was thirty volume collection of medical practice.

Created an Encyclopedia

• Al-Tasrif was an illustrated encyclopedic. Of medicine and surgery in 1500 Pages.

What the book contains....

• the earliest pictures of surgical instruments in history.
• at least 200 of the pictures are illustrated and described.
• His last book (book 30) was his most famous book and had the greatest influence.

Different aspects of surgery...

• Formed it into different branches; ophthalmology, diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.
• Also surgery of the neck and head, to general surgeries.
• Military medicine, urology, and orthopedic surgery.

The Surgery Section...

• He divided the surgery section into three parts; 1. on cauterization (56 sections) 2. on surgery (97 sections) 3. on orthopedics (35 sections).

In conclusion..

• He was know as the greatest surgeons of medieval Islam, but also are very good educationist and psychiatrist.

Works Cited..

• http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/abu-al-qasim-al-zahrawi-great-surgeon