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Rhazes

Medicine · Medicine

Rey, Iran

1 H-Index
1 Citations
101 Total Impact

Overview

Rhazes is a medicine specialist at Muqtadari Hospital. Based in Rey.

For Patients

  • Pioneered the Clinical differentiation of smallpox and measles, a technique still used by doctors worldwide
  • Research was cited 1 times by other doctors and scientists
  • Based at Muqtadari Hospital in Rey, Iran

Biography

Rhazes (Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi) was a Persian physician who was the first to distinguish smallpox from measles, and his medical encyclopedia Al-Hawi was used as a standard text in European medical schools for centuries.

Affiliations & Institutions

Research Impact

2 Publications
1 Total Citations

Published In

Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Natural ScienceAnuário do Instituto de Geociências

Areas of Expertise

Pioneering Techniques

Clinical differentiation of smallpox and measles

Medical Specialties

Legacy Timeline

The life and contributions of Rhazes

910

Distinguished smallpox from measles

Published the first clinical differentiation between these two diseases

925

Al-Hawi encyclopedia

Compiled the comprehensive medical encyclopedia that became a standard reference in Europe

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