Year: 2025 | Month: February | Volume: 12 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 138-142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20250217
Zakariya Razi (Rhazes) - The Physician of 9th AD
Azizur Rahman1, Humera Zaki2, Shabina Khatoon3, Farukh Hasan4
1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mahiyatul Amraz, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
2,3PG Scholar, Dept. of Mahiyatul Amraz, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
4Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mahiyatul Amraz, Markaz Unani Medical College and Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala.
Corresponding Author: Humera Zaki
ABSTRACT
During the 9th to 13th century AD, medical science was especially developed by Iranian and Arab physicians. Zakariya Razi (865–925 AD) was a prominent physician in the 9th AD, flourished medicine with his cogent ideas and literature. He introduced a new pattern of treatment and diagnostic tools to medical science when the world was unaware. He has written many pages in various fields of medical science like Kitāb al-ḥāwī fī l-ṭibb (The Comprehensive Book on Medicine), Kitab ul Murshid (The Guide), etc. His writings were considered as an ultimate reference in the world for a long time. Now a day, it is a need for time to explore and generalize his writings for research purposes and health assurance to mankind. In this manuscript, it is trying to gather his valuable works and contributions.
Keywords: Rhazes, philosophy, the guide, Razi, History of unani medicine
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