I am writing my articles to tell the world about the inventions and researches made by the Muslim scientists. Islam is the only religion that made the education compulsory 1400 years ago. Researches made by Muslims have a great contribution in the world of science. I am now discussing a very famous Muslim scientist here. He laid the foundation of modern medical science. It was that time when the Muslims were ruling Andalusia (France).
He is Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) 936 - 1013 and the father of modern surgery and the pioneer of neurosurgery, craniotomy and dental surgery. He was born in the city of al-Zahra and belonged to an Ansari Arab tribe. He migrated from Hejaz and settled in Spain. He spent a long part of his life in Crdoba and also studied in the same city. He practiced surgery until his death in 1013.
Abu al-Qasim was the court physician of caliph Al-Hakam. He devoted his entire life for the promotion and advancement of surgery. He wrote a book named
kitab Al-Tasrif. Kitab AL-Tasreef is the best contribution made abu Al-Zahravi. This book was later translated into many languages. Kitab Al-Tasreef was the basic source of European knowledge and was used as reference for doctors.
Al-Zahravi wrote this book in a very simple language and illustrated it with the images of surgical instruments. He also described the method of Kocher for the treatment of dislocated shoulder. Abu AL-Qasim described how to ligature blood vessels 600 years before Ambroise Par. This was the first recorded book to document several dental devices and explain the hereditary nature of hemophilia. Zahravi is the only scientist who described the migraine surgery procedure for the first time.
He introduced more than 200 surgical instruments. These instruments were used in many kinds of surgeries. European changed the name of Abu Al-Qasim to abulkaiser or abulcasus, and removed him from the history and used his name as a European scientist. But the researches showed that this was a
Muslim who brought such revolutions in surgery. There are twenty-six surgical instruments that Abu Al-Qasim introduced.
