Al Razi Research Paper
AL-RAZI, OR RHAZES
Medieval Persian Physician and Alchemist “If everyone could just take advantage of their talents, the world is the promised paradise that everyone wants” Razi.
Scientists and alchemists with progress in the field of medicine and pharmacy have played significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. From time immemorial, they have been able to pave the path of development of human knowledge. Mohammad Zakariya Razi, physician, philosopher and Persian alchemist, including the scientist with academic credentials and his experience, surpassed the physicians of his time.
Although Baghdad was only 50 years old in the 9th century, it was at the peak of its political power; a powerhouse of learning and the leading …show more content…
Al-Razi, or Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn-Zakariya al-Razi, known simply as Rhazes in the Latin West, was born in the Persian city of Rey around 854, and died there around 925 – 935. In fact, “Al-Razi” means that he was from the city of Rey, which is a Persian city on the famous Silk Road, not far from present day Tehran. He is generally regarded as being one of the greatest Muslim physicians and medical philosophers of the medieval era, on a par with Avicenna himself. Like Avicenna, who came a century later, Al-Razi was not just a physician, but also a philosopher and polymath, distinguishing himself in many fields besides medicine, such as music and alchemy. Like Avicenna, Al-Razi’s medical works and treatises were highly sought after, and translated into Latin for the benefit of European physicians and medical scholars …show more content…
Al-Rāzi himself was obliged to refute Ya'kub ibn Isaac al-Kindi (AD 800—67), who wrote that humankind is unable to achieve those things which are peculiarly the preserve of Nature; Abu 'Alial—Husain ibn Sina (AD 980—1037), known in the West as Avicenna, flatly denied that either transmutation or manufacture of gold were at all possible.
Apparently Razi’s contemporaries believed that he had obtained the secret of turning iron and copper into gold. Razi’s interest in alchemy and his strong belief in the possibility of transmutation of lesser metals to silver and gold were attested half a century after his death by Ibn an-Nadim’s book The Philosophers Stone (Lapis Philosophorum in Latin). Nadim attributed a series of twelve books to Razi, plus an additional seven, including his refutation to al-Kindi’s denial of the validity of alchemy. Al-Razi was the first physician in history who described in details the symptoms and signs of smallpox and measles based on clinical examination, and he was the first who distinguished between these two diseases by putting what is called now the differential diagnosis. This was very clear in his book: “The Book on Smallpox and Measles” .
Razi in the last days of life continued to treat patients, and had been blind due to continuous work
Medieval Persian Physician and Alchemist “If everyone could just take advantage of their talents, the world is the promised paradise that everyone wants” Razi.
Scientists and alchemists with progress in the field of medicine and pharmacy have played significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. From time immemorial, they have been able to pave the path of development of human knowledge. Mohammad Zakariya Razi, physician, philosopher and Persian alchemist, including the scientist with academic credentials and his experience, surpassed the physicians of his time.
Although Baghdad was only 50 years old in the 9th century, it was at the peak of its political power; a powerhouse of learning and the leading …show more content…
Al-Razi, or Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn-Zakariya al-Razi, known simply as Rhazes in the Latin West, was born in the Persian city of Rey around 854, and died there around 925 – 935. In fact, “Al-Razi” means that he was from the city of Rey, which is a Persian city on the famous Silk Road, not far from present day Tehran. He is generally regarded as being one of the greatest Muslim physicians and medical philosophers of the medieval era, on a par with Avicenna himself. Like Avicenna, who came a century later, Al-Razi was not just a physician, but also a philosopher and polymath, distinguishing himself in many fields besides medicine, such as music and alchemy. Like Avicenna, Al-Razi’s medical works and treatises were highly sought after, and translated into Latin for the benefit of European physicians and medical scholars …show more content…
Al-Rāzi himself was obliged to refute Ya'kub ibn Isaac al-Kindi (AD 800—67), who wrote that humankind is unable to achieve those things which are peculiarly the preserve of Nature; Abu 'Alial—Husain ibn Sina (AD 980—1037), known in the West as Avicenna, flatly denied that either transmutation or manufacture of gold were at all possible.
Apparently Razi’s contemporaries believed that he had obtained the secret of turning iron and copper into gold. Razi’s interest in alchemy and his strong belief in the possibility of transmutation of lesser metals to silver and gold were attested half a century after his death by Ibn an-Nadim’s book The Philosophers Stone (Lapis Philosophorum in Latin). Nadim attributed a series of twelve books to Razi, plus an additional seven, including his refutation to al-Kindi’s denial of the validity of alchemy. Al-Razi was the first physician in history who described in details the symptoms and signs of smallpox and measles based on clinical examination, and he was the first who distinguished between these two diseases by putting what is called now the differential diagnosis. This was very clear in his book: “The Book on Smallpox and Measles” .
Razi in the last days of life continued to treat patients, and had been blind due to continuous work