AL-ZAHRAWII

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 Abu Al-Qasim Khalaf ibn Al-Abbas Al-Zahrawii HISTORY

Al-Ansharii usually called Al-Zahrawii or El-
Zahrawii.
 Also known in the West as Albucasis. CONTRIBUTION

 Founder of modern surgical and medical

instruments.
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Al-Zahrawi is a surgeon, philosopher, and scientist. INSTRUMENTS
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 He was born in 936 CE.

 He was born in the city of Azzahra, northwest of HISTORY
Cordoba, Andalusia.

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 He lived most of his life in Cordova. HISTORY

 It is also where he studied, taught and practiced
medicine and surgery until shortly before his death
in about 1013, two years after the sacking of
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Azahara.
 In the time of Al-Zahrawi, historically it was called
the "10th Century World Gem". Because at that time
was the center of knowledge, culture, as well as a SURGICAL
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symbol of the triumph of Islam in Europe. Precisely
under the name of the Caliphate of the Umayyad
Dynasty.
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 His outstanding contribution to medicine is his HISTORY

encyclopaedic work Al-Tasrif li-man 'ajaza 'an al-
ta'lif. It is an illustrated encyclopaedia of medicine
and surgery in 1500 pages from 30 volumes. The
book is used as a holy book for the doctors of the CONTRIBUTION
world.
 He was the first physician to identify the
hereditary nature of hemophilia. SURGICAL
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 He was the first physician to describe an abdominal
pregnancy.
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 Catgut
 Scalpel HISTORY
 Surgical spoon
 Retractor
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 Hook
 Surgical rod
 Specula SURGICAL
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 Plaster
 Forceps
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 Aulia Mahardika bidari HISTORY

 Karina Aulia Firdasya [096]
 Karina Eka Novianti
 Raihan Askiyah [060] CONTRIBUTION

 Virginia Kurnia [075]

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