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unusual facts about Zahrawi


Al-Hakam II

The famous physician, scientist, and surgeon Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) was also active in Al-Hakam's court during his reign.


Father of modern surgery

Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (born in Córdoba, Spain; 936-1013), also called Abulcasis, wrote Al-Tasrif (The Method of Medicine), a 30-part medical encyclopedia in Arabic.

Nathan ben Eliezer ha-Me'ati

Many anonymous translations are attributed to Me'ati, among them: (1) Razi's treatise on bleeding, "Ma'amar be-Haḳḳazah"; (2) Zahrawi's Kitab al-Taṣrif (Hebrew title, "Ẓeruf"); (3) Ibn Zuhr's "Kitab al-Aghdhiyah" (Hebrew title, "Sefer ha-Ṃezonot"); (4) an anonymous work on the causes of eclipses entitled "Ma'amar 'al Sibbot Liḳḳut ha-Me'orot."


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