Abulcasis, Az-Zahrawi

Abu Al-Qasim (912 # 160;? - 1013) - Arabic physician. One of the greatest surgeons at the turn of t he millennium I and II. Used the knowledge passed, inter alia, in the work of the Byzantine physician Paul of Aegina [1], translat ed by Hunayn bin Ishak. Is the inventor of a number of operational methods. As one of the first tried to cut the thyroid gland. Described haemophilia. He is the author of the first, richly illustrated, Handbook of medicine - Kitab al-Tasrif which three books have been devoted to medicine, operational and contain descriptions and illustrations of over 200 surgical instruments.