Abulcasis (936-1013),Islamic Spanish physician,in the hospital at Cordoba,Spain. He is attending to a patient,while an assistant carries a box of medicines. Abulcasis is a Latinised form. His full Arabic name is Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi. Abulcasis,who was court physician to the Andalusian caliph Al-Hakam II,is one of the most famous Islamic surgeons. He is considered the Father of Surgery. He wrote Al-Tasrif,a 30-volume collection of medical books covering subjects such as surgery,orthopaedics,ophthalmology,pharmacology and nutrition. Engraving from the 1883 edition of Vies des Savants Illustres |