A Persian Doctor's Cure Meant Breaking Every Medical Rule
Medieval Islamic World

A Persian Doctor's Cure Meant Breaking Every Medical Rule

A Persian doctor's radical cure would revolutionize surgery—if he could convince patients to let him break every medical rule they'd ever known.

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10th CenturyIslamic Golden AgeCordobaMedical RevolutionSurgeryScientific MethodCultural ExchangeAbu al-Qasim al-ZahrawiAl-AndalusMedieval MedicineTechnology Transfer

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