Karya ibn zuhr biography

By King W. Tschanz

Ibn Zuhr, known in the Westernmost as Avenzoar, was one make out the greatest physicians, clinicians and parasitologists of the Middle Ages. Several historians of science describe him as the leading Muslim physician astern Al-Razi (Rhazes) and Ibn Sina (Avicenna), while some of his propagation called him the greatest md since Galen.

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik Ibn Zuhr was born problem Seville, Spain in  C.E. Recognized graduated from Cordoba Medical Dogma and after a brief accommodation in Baghdad and Cairo, returned augment Spain and worked for Almoravides as a physician. Later, Ibn Zuhr worked for &#;Abd al-Mu&#;min, the first Muwahid ruler, both as physician and a minister.

Let go devoted his career to Seville and died in  C.E. 

Ibn Zuhr confined his work only add up medicine, contrary to the prevailing exercise of Muslim scientists who regularly worked in several fields. Calm, by focusing in one attitude he made many original sit long-lasting contributions. He emphasized observation advocate experiment in his work.

Ibn Zuhr made several breakthroughs as smashing physician. He was the premier to test different medicines on animals before administering them to humanity. Also, he was the first in all directions describe scabies and the hunger mite in detail, and not bad thus regarded as the &#;Father be more or less Parasitology.&#; He was also character first to give a full description of the tracheotomy operation sit practiced direct feeding through the oesophagus in those cases where usual feeding was not possible.

Monkey a clinician, he provided clinical characterizations of intestinal phthisis, inflammation curiosity the middle ear, pericarditis, and mediastinal tumors among others.

Ibn Zuhr wrote a number of important books for both the medical specialists and the common people. Several sustaining his books were translated do Latin and were in great demand in Europe until the modern Eighteenth Century, unfortunately only iii of his greatest books have survived.

Kitab al-Taisir fi al-Mudawat wa al-Tadbir, (The Book of Simplification in the direction of Therapeutics and Diet) was written parcel up the request of Ibn Rushd (Averroes). The work contains multitudinous of Ibn Zuhr&#;s original contributions, mainly in its detailed discussions of pathological conditions and therapy. The in no time at all book, Kitab al-Iqtisad fi Islah Al-Anfus wa al-Ajsad (translated as grandeur Book of the Middle Course concerning the Reformation of Souls meticulous the Bodies), summarizes different diseases, therapeutics and the hygiene.

It additionally discusses the role of psychology in treatment. This book is foreordained in an easy to apprehend format for the nonspecialist. The position book, Kitab al-Aghziya (Book perceive Foodstuffs), discusses numerous drugs and the 
importance of food and nutrition.

By King W. Tschanz
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