Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar)

ابْن زُهر

Pioneer of experimental surgery and clinical medicine

Born: 1094 CE, Seville

Died: 1162 CE, Seville

Era: Medieval

Field: Medicine

Origin: Seville, Al-Andalus

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Ala ibn Zuhr was a 12th-century Andalusian physician who pioneered experimental medicine and surgery. He was the first to describe parasite-caused scabies, pericarditis, and mediastinal tumours, and introduced experimental testing of treatments on animals.