Who is considered the “father of modern surgery”? Name three things he did to earn this title.
Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-‘Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari (Al-Zahrawi) is called the “father of modern surgery” because he created many surgical tools, including the scalpel; he used catgut to make internal stitches in patients; and he wrote a medical book that was translated into Latin so that European doctors could use it.
Born in Medina Azahara, Al Andalus (near present-day Córdoba, Spain) and Pioneer of surgery author of medical encyclopedia Kitab al-Tasrif
