Additionally, he has been described as the father of pediatrics, and a pioneer of obstetrics and ophthalmology. Edward Granville Browne considers him as 'probably the greatest and most original of all the Muslim physicians, and one of the most prolific as an author'. Some volumes of his work Al-Mansuri, namely 'On Surgery' and 'A General Book on Therapy', became part of the medical curriculum in Western universities. Through translation, his medical works and ideas became known among medieval European practitioners and profoundly influenced medical education in the Latin West. He was the first to clinically distinguish between smallpox and measles, and suggest sound treatment for the former.

As a teacher of medicine, he attracted students of all backgrounds and interests and was said to be compassionate and devoted to the service of his patients, whether rich or poor. An early proponent of experimental medicine, he became a successful doctor, and served as chief physician of Baghdad and Ray hospitals. Ī comprehensive thinker, al-Razi made fundamental and enduring contributions to various fields, which he recorded in over 200 manuscripts, and is particularly remembered for numerous advances in medicine through his observations and discoveries. He is widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of medicine, and also wrote on logic, astronomy and grammar. 864 or 865–925 or 935 CE, often known as (al-)Razi or by his Latin name Rhazes, was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age. The first to write up limited or extensive notes on diseases such as smallpox and chickenpox, a pioneer in ophthalmology, author of the first book on pediatrics, making leading contributions in inorganic and organic chemistry, also the author of several philosophical works.Ībū Bakr al-Rāzī (full name: أبو بکر محمد بن زکریاء الرازي, Abū Bakr Muḥammad bin Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī), c.

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