Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)

الزَّهْرَاوِي

The father of modern surgery

Born: 936 CE, Córdoba

Died: 1013 CE, Córdoba

Era: Medieval

Field: Medicine, Surgery

Origin: Córdoba, Al-Andalus

Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi was a 10th-century Andalusian physician and surgeon. His 30-volume medical encyclopedia Al-Tasrif introduced hundreds of surgical instruments he invented himself and described surgical techniques used in Europe for 500 years.