Abu Mansur Muwaffaq
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Abū Manṣūr Muwaffaq Harawī (
He flourished in
Samanid prince Mansur I
, who ruled from 961 to 976.
He was apparently the first to think of compiling a treatise on Persia and India to obtain the necessary information.
Abu Mansur distinguished between
plaster of Paris
, and its surgical use.
The book, al-Abniya
Between 968 and 977 C.E., Muwaffaq compiled his Book of the Remedies (Kitab al-Abniya 'an Haqa'iq al-Adwiya, کتاب الابنیه عن حقائق الادویه),physiological action.[citation needed] Muwaffaq was a consummate scholar, and cited Arab, Greek, Syrian and Ayurvedic authorities.[3]
The oldest copy of this book that we have is from 1055, which was transcribed by Asadi Tusi, a famous poet, and is in the Austrian National Library.[4]
See also
- List of Iranian scientists
References
- ^ Karamarti & Rezaee 2008.
- PMID 22701323.
- ^ PMID 22556459.
- ^ Fatimi 1981, p. 33
Works cited
- Karamarti, Younes; Rezaee, Maryam (2008). "Abū Manṣūr Muwaffaq Harawī". In .
Further reading
- Fonahn, A., Zuar Quellenkunde Persian medicine, Leipzig, 1910
- C. Elgood. In: A medical history of Persia from the earliest times to the year 1932 AD 1932, Cambridge University Press, London (1951), p. V.
- Muvaffak A, Gurhan I, Gunduz U, Hasirci N., J Drug Target. 2005 Apr;13(3):151-9.
- Muvaffak A, Hasirci N. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2003;534:309-25.
- Sarton, G., Introduction to the History of Science, Baltimore,1927
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