Muslim Pharmacy

Another renowned name behind the development of the Muslim pharmacy is Abul al Qausim as Zahhrawi who si also known as Abulcasis in the western world. The world famous physician, surgeon and scientist of Arabian as well as Andalusian origin apart from being considerd as the father of modern surgery was the first one to prepare medicine bybthe processes of distillation as well as sublimation. His book on liver servitoris is a very important book in this regards in which he gave some recipes to the readers to prepare the simple thichs, compounding which the physicains and chemists can produce the complex drugs which were in use at that time.

According to many hiostorians Sabur Ibn Sahl was the first physician in the world who started writig a book on pharmacy in which he has described a variety of drugs as well as th dosage and remedies of different ailments. Al Biruni the word famous Persian Muslim polymath also penned one of the most famous Islamic work on pharmacology which is named Kitabal-Saydalah or th book of drugs. In this book he has given the details about the properties of different drugs. In this book he has also gave an idea about the role of pharmacy as well as the functions and duties of the pharmacists.

Ibn Sina in his book gave a list of more than 700 preparation of drugs, the properties of these drugs. The mode of action and the indication of the drugs were also there. In the cannon of medicine Ibn Sina actually devoted an entire volume to the simple drugs that are easy to prepare at home. The works of Al-madrini of Baghdad an cairo are also of importance. These works as well as the works by Ibn al Wafid were printed in Latin language for more than 50 times. This proves that the modern western pharmacy has been greatly influenced by the Muslim pharmacy. The works of th pioneers behind the Muslim pharmacy often often translated inb different western languages. Many of the ioneers like Al Muwaffaq ha contributed to Muslim pharmacy. In the 10th century he in his book The Foundation of the True properties of Remedies described the use of rsenous oxide as well as silicic acid. He also distinguished between sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate. He in his book also mentioned about the poisonous feature of copper compounds. He has also mentioned the distillation of sea watter before drinking it.

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