Some of the eminent scientists of the Islamic Empire of Andalusia were undoubtedly skilled in their art, but the greatest personality of that period, whose iron of perfection has been considered by the people of the West for centuries, is Abu Al-Qasim Khalaf bin Abbas Al-Zahrawi.
The famous Spanish ruler Abd al-Rahman al-Nasser built a magnificent palace four miles from his capital, Cordoba, and named it after Venus. There settled a city which was named Al-Zahra. It was Zahr al-Qasim Khalaf bin Abbas and the title of Zahrawi became a part of his name.
Abu al-Qasim's ancestors lived in Andalusia. He was born in 932 during the reign of Abd al-Rahman al-Nasser, the ruler of Andalusia. It may have contained 3,800 mosques, 60,000 buildings, 200,000 houses, 8,000 shops and 700 baths for the common people. The University of Cordoba was the largest university in the West at that time, where scholars of various disciplines were engaged in teaching, research and compilation. This was the period during which Abu Al-Qasim Zahrawi spent his boyhood and youth. It is easy to see that he took full advantage of this scholarly environment, and in Tayyab, which was his specialty, he acquired the perfect instrument. And here he began the practical research that led to the existence of a little more surgical knowledge Made a surgeon in his time.
There is a general belief that the two methods of treatment in modern times, namely, therapeutic medicine and therapeutic surgery, which are prevalent in hospitals, although Western medicine is the fat of Hello Pithi desi bhai, but surgery is a special thing of Western doctors which I am not one of them but the reason for spreading this idea is simply that our people are not aware of the name and deeds of Abul Qasim Zahrawi, the great surgeon of Islamic era, otherwise it is a fact ۔
Abul Qasim Zahrawi used to perform rare operations in surgery. He used to discover new ways in this art with his increasing experience. He used to make new instruments under his supervision for the operation. He used to bring the details of all of them to the envelope pen. I entered as the only standard textbook for surgery.
The name of this book of Zahrawi is Tasrif. This whole book is about medicine and surgery instead of the two branches of medical science but the most important part of it is surgery. However, many books had been written in Arabic.
Taseeb is divided into three major parts. The first part deals with scarring which was used in the treatment of certain diseases till the Middle Ages. There are sections. These include tooth extraction, eye surgery, cleft pharynx, removal of stones from the bladder, removal of hemorrhoidal warts, incision of broken bones, incision of descending joints, amputation of amputated limbs and incision of all kinds of abscesses. The details are given.
In short, the details of any of the 90% of surgeries that precede a surgeon in surgery are not omitted in this book. The instruments required for these surgeries. These devices include a urinary excretory device, a tooth extraction device, and a variety of needles for different types of needle scissor surgery stitches for chest wounds. With the help of and the method of use and the method of use has been explained through words.
Among the salient features of Tasrif, the author has made such descriptions about surgery in the light of his own experiences. The medical world was unaware of it before. The pen picks up and describes all its symbols with this quality. There is no confusion left for the reader. Then, like some other writers, he does not get entangled in philosophical musings but reveals the practical aspects of his art. He considers it necessary to explain only those matters which are of practical use.
People of the West who are particularly skilled in tarnishing the names of Muslims.
In Europe, from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, all Western writers who have written books on surgery have acknowledged Abu al-Qasim Zahrawi's technical prowess and have repeatedly referred to his book. It has been said that Zahrawi is a perfect teacher in the art of surgery. And what Europeans have achieved in the beginning of surgery is only due to Zahrawi.
For centuries, Zahravi's book has been taught at all the major universities in Europe, and Western surgeons have been presenting the book's contents as evidence.
The Latin translation of the text was first published from Venice in 1498.
This was followed by the Latin edition in which the original pictures of the Arabic book were printed with great pomp and circumstance. It happened in Basel in 1541. Both Latin translations were included in the same volume. The book remained popular in Europe until the end of the nineteenth century. Has been described as a rare masterpiece of surgery.
You must be logged in to post a comment.