Contributions of

Muslim Scientists in
Medicines
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FAREEHA SAEED (1453/BSEE/FET/F10)

Ibn Zakariya Al-Razi

(Rhazes) 864 - 930 CE
Ray, Iran

One of the Greatest Physicians of all times

Kitab_fi'l-Judari

Name
Name
(Arabic) (Latin)

Al- Razi

Razes

Life
Span

841-926

Specialty
City /
and
Country
contributio
ns
Internal medicines,
Epidemiology,
Ophthalmology,
Chemistry, physics,
philosophy

Kharasan /
Bagdad

Major Books Written by

him
Kitab
al- Mansoori

Al-Hawi 22 Volumes (The Comprehensive Book) A Medical

Encyclopedia
Translated in Latin and printed 40 times between 1498-1866. It
was translated in English in 1848

Kitab al-Mulooki and Kitab al-Judari wa al Hasabah

Jami-fi-al-Tib

Maqalah fi al- Hasat fi Kuli wa al-Mathana

Kitab al-Qalb

Kitab al-Mafasil

Kitab-al- Ilaj al-Ghoraba

200 outstanding scientific contributions; 100 deal

with Medicine and 21 concern Alchemy. He also
wrote on Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and
Optics

His Achievements &

First to draw clear comparisons between smallpox and
Contributions
chickenpox

The first to use opium for anesthesia

Pioneer of Neurosurgery & Ophthalmology

Author of the 1st book of Pediatric

The largest Medical Encyclopedia composed by then

Distinguished between Inorganic and Organic

Chemistry

His Achievements &

Contributions

The first to produce Sulfuric Acid together with some other acids

Prepared Alcohol by fermenting sweet products

Introduced concepts of space & time as constituting a

continuum

Greatly influenced development of Science, in general, &

Medicine, in particular

Designed about twenty instruments used in chemical

investigations

His Achievements &

Contributions
Al-Hawi formed landmarks for description of

mental illness in 10th century and provided

definitions, symptoms and treatments regarding
mental health.
Razi was director of unique psychiatric ward in
Bagdad.

Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya Al-Razi

(Rhazes), The Greatest Physician of Islam
and the Medieval Ages
George Sarton

In May 1970 World Health Organization

recognized Al-Razis work on small pox
and measels (Al-Judari-Wal-Hasbah)

In 1930, thousand years of Al-Razi was

celebrated in Paris, France

His picture hangs in the Hall of the Faculty

of Medicine in the University of Paris

Picture of Al-Razi, Stained Glass

Window
Cambridge University Medical School,
LONDON