Surgical Instruments

True or False: Al-Zahrawi's Full name is Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari

• True

• False

Where is Al-Zahrawi from?

• Iran

• Spain

• Syria

• Iraq

In what city did he study in?

• Madrid

• Granada

• Seville

• Cordoba

True or False: The name of his encyclopedia is Al-mush’ab

• True

• False

How many volumes were included?

• 20

• 40

• 30

• 50

What did his encyclopedia include?

• his immense collection of over 200 surgical instruments.

• Illustrations of the instruments

• Introduced various new medical procedures

• All are correct

Which tool was used to treat a fistula in the nose?

• Scraper (Majrad) tool

• Al-mush’ab

• Al-Tasrif

What kind of material is the rough head in the scraper made out of?

• steel

• Indian iron

• copper

• wood

Which tool was used to crush urethral stones?

• Al-mush’ab

• Scraper (Majrad) tool

• Al-Tasrif

What was the name of the physician who improved Al-mush’ab

in the 12th century?

• Al-Zahrawi

• Ibn Zuhr

• Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

• Ibn Al-Haytham