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The Father of Modern Surgery

By Michael Webster

The Father of Modern Surgery

By Michael Webster

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For five centuries, his work was the definitive text for every surgeon in the Western world. Yet, the name of Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi has been largely forgotten.Born into the intellectual zenith of 10th-century al-Andalus, al-Zahrawi served as the Royal Physician in the magnificent Caliphate of Córdoba. He inherited a medical landscape where surgery was a base craft practiced by barbers and bone-setters, deemed beneath the learned physician. He left a world where it was a systematic, rational, and ethical medical discipline.Trace the phenomenal journey of his work as it traveled from Córdoba to Toledo, becoming the mandatory textbook that revived and shaped the surgical curriculum across Europe for half a millennium. This is the story of a forgotten genius who gave surgery its identity, its methodology, and its conscience-the undisputed Architect of Modern Surgery. Approx.166 pages, 26700 word count
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
166
Release Date:
2025-11-28
Publication Date:
2025-11-28
Publisher:
Michael Webster
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798232601799
Weight:
218 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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