Albucasis: Founder of Catgut

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Title: Albucasis: Founder of Catgut
Published by: Acta Medica Anatolia
Release Date: 2014
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The famous Muslim medical scholar who was raised in Al‐Andalus, Albucasis, was born in El‐Zahra near the province of Córdoba and lived between 930‐1013 AD. Although he is known as Albucasis, Abu'l‐Qasim or Al‐Zahrawi in the West, his real name was Abu al‐Qasim Khalaf Ibn Al‐Abbas Al‐Zahrawi. He is regarded as the father of Muslim surgeons. In Europe and Anatolia, Al‐Zahrawi had a large influence on the renaissance movement that took shape on Muslim scholars and their wisdom. He also studied theology and the time's science fields. The 30 chapter treatise which made Al‐Zahrawi famous was Kitab al‐Tasrif. The most important part of the treatise Chapter 30 was about surgery and became a primary source for doctors for centuries in Europe.