Muhammad ibn Aslam al-Ghafiqi
Muhammad ibn Aslam al-Ghāfiqī (Arabic: محمد بن أسلم الغافقي) (died 1165) was an Andalusian Arab oculist and author of The Right Guide to Ophthalmology (Kitāb al-Murshid fi’ l-kuḥl).[1]
Work
[edit]The Right Guide to Ophthalmology shows that the physicians of the time had a complex understanding of the conditions of the eye and eyelids, which they treated with many different surgical procedures, ointments, and chemical medicines.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Sarnelli, Tomasso (1965). "al-G̲h̲āfiḳī". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume II: C–G. Leiden: E. J. Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2442. OCLC 495469475.
- ^ "Becker Medical Library - Muslim Medicine". Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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