al-Zahrawi
c. 936–1013 CEأبو القاسم الزهراويFather of modern surgery
- Field
- Medicine
- City
- Córdoba
A court physician in Córdoba, his encyclopaedia al-Tasrif described surgical procedures and illustrated some 200 surgical instruments.
Translated into Latin, it was used in European medical schools for centuries.
Prepared from standard sources; pending scholar review.