Ibn Zuhr ابن زهر

Ibn Zuhr is known as the pioneer of neurology and neuropharmacology. He performed the first experimental tracheotomy on a goat. He is thought to have made the earliest description of bezoar stones as medicinal items.

Full Name: Abū Marwān ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr .

Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك بن زهر

Other Names: Avenzoar.

Born: 1094 AD.

Died: 1162 AD.

Origin: Peñaflor, Almoravid empire, now Province of Seville, Spain.

Famous for: Physician Surgeon and Poet.

Contributions: 

Ibn Zuhr performed the first experimental tracheotomy on a goat.

He is thought to have made the earliest description of bezoar stones as medicinal items.

His major work, Al-Taysīr fil-Mudāwāt wal-Tadbīr (“Book of Simplification Concerning Therapeutics and Diet”).

Articles

https://smj.org.sa/content/smj/26/9/1333.full.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Zuhr

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ibn-zuhrabu-marwan-abd-al-malik-ibn-abil-ala-latinabhomjeron-or-avenzoar

Books attributed to Ibn Zuhr