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Abul Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahrawi, also known as just al-Zahrawi is a man from Cordoba, Muslim Spain. His exact birth year isn’t exactly known, but scholars assume he was born around the year 936 AD. He was born during the time when science, art, and medical science started flourishing, also known as the golden ages in Spain, though in some other European countries were known as the dark ages. He was considered the father of surgery because of his many findings and observations, his specialty was in surgery, specifically, he was a cutting-edge surgeon. He’s influenced the medical world and had an impact on science itself. Al-Zahrawi was a man known from the West (western literature) and in the West he was commonly known as “Albucasis,”

He wrote many encyclopedias sharing the knowledge of surgical tools and instruments. In his encyclopedia, ‘kitab al-tasrif,’ he introduces us to a collection of more than 200 surgical tools that are still used in the modern world today. Each instrument includes a sketch and information on using that instrument. Al-Zahrawi's sketches show scalpels, sharp and blunt hooks, scrapers, and saws. Although surgery was dangerous and painful, suitable tools that he had developed would have helped treat patients suffering from bone diseases, tumors, bladder stones, and wounds, as well as assisting in childbirth. One of his inventions includes a scraper tool that he wrote about that is used in the nose when treating fistula. His encyclopedia is used as a manual for medical students because of how well and important the information is. In his writing, he also provided the first written description of hemophilia, hereditary disease, pregnancy, etc…  Although the surgical tools that are used today have progressed and have become more advanced, they’ve all evolved from Al-Zahrawi's inventions.

In terms of women's health, in one of his chapters in the encyclopedia (Chapter 61,) he shares techniques on how to remove urinary bladder stones in women. He also made advances in gynecology and obstetrics. Specifically, he had made findings into childbirth, fertility, and many other aspects of women's health.

His writings would not only include the 200 surgical tools that he had developed but also include drug remedies and surgical techniques. One of his most important and influential innovations was the use of catgut for stitching patients after surgery. This is still done in modern times by surgeons.

Al-Zahrawi has many ideas along with this one that still bear an important and strong resemblance to the way modern medicine works. Although surgery was one of the riskiest and most painful operations in the world, especially in the past, Al-zahrawi, aware of this, still displayed a sensible reluctance to conduct the surgery. He also made sure to make the patients not feel uncomfortable during the surgery. Due to Al-Zahrawi’s many accomplishments and discoveries, the medical world exists and keeps on advancing, without Al-zahrawi we wouldn’t have any knowledge on many of these surgical tools, drug remedies, surgery techniques,  the use of catgut in surgery, advances in women's health, and so much more.