Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise

"Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise" by Sami Khalaf Hamarneh, is a meticulous examination of a 10th-century surgical text from Arabic Spain, spotlighting the groundbreaking contributions of physician Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī and his detailed efforts. The book unpacks al-Tasrīf, a key surgical guide, by looking at its diagrams of tools and medicines. It also looks at how this work impacted later medical texts. Hamarneh draws attention to these pictures as key teaching tools for new surgeons that highlight al-Zahrāwī’s innovative surgical methods, the use of burning to stop bleeding, and the important role of drugs in surgery, further solidifying al-Zahrāwī as a major player in both Islamic and Western medicine.