al-Zahrawi
Physician
Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari, popularly known as al-Zahrawi, Latinised as Albucasis or Abulcasis, was a physician, surgeon and chemist from al-Andalus. He is considered one of the greatest surgeons of the Middle Ages. Wikipedia
Died: 1013 (age 77 years), Córdoba, Spain
Known for: Pioneer of surgery; author of medical encyclopedia Kitab al-Tasrif
Full name: Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-‘Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari
Era: Islamic Golden Age
Influenced: Abu Muhammad bin Hazm, Guy de Chauliac, Jacques Daléchamps
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