Medicine
The surgeon of Córdoba drew his instruments
Al-Zahrawi’s great medical work ends with surgery, and with drawings of the tools a surgeon should own.
Writer, medicine
Layla Haddad
Layla trained as a surgeon before turning to the history of medicine. She writes in English and Arabic.
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Why the Canon of Medicine was taught for six centuries
Ibn Sina’s Canon was clear, complete and well ordered. Universities kept teaching it long after his death.