The valuable contributions of Al-Razi (Rhazes) in the history of pharmacy during the middle ages
Al Razi was a Hakim, an alchemist and a philosopher. In medicine, his contribution was so significant that it can only be compared to that of Ibn Sina. Some of his works in medicine e.g. Kitab al- Mansoori, Al-Hawi, Kitab al-Mulooki and Kitab al-Judari wa al- Hasabah earned everlasting fame.
Al-Razi was the first in Islam to write a book based on home medical (remedial) advisor entitled Man la Yahduruhu Teb for the general public.
In his book Mnafi' al-Aghthiyyah, al-Razi followed a pattern that had been introduced earlier by Galen but in it, al-Razi attempted to correct several errors made by Galen himself. The development of professional pharmacy, as a separate entity from medicine, started in Islam under the patronage of the early' Abbasiyyah caliphs in Baghdad. This first clear-cut separation of the two professions, and the recognition of the independent, academically oriented status of professional pharmacy materialized in the Abbasiyyah capital (Baghdad) and Al Razi was one of the few pharmacists who added very valuable contributions to medicine and pharmacy while most of Europe was still living in the dark ages
Al Razi was a Hakim, an alchemist and a philosopher. In medicine, his contribution was so significant that it can only be compared to that of Ibn Sina. Some of his works in medicine e.g. Kitab al- Mansoori, Al-Hawi, Kitab al-Mulooki and Kitab al-Judari wa al- Hasabah earned everlasting fame.
Al-Razi was the first in Islam to write a book based on home medical (remedial) advisor entitled Man la Yahduruhu Teb for the general public.
In his book Mnafi' al-Aghthiyyah, al-Razi followed a pattern that had been introduced earlier by Galen but in it, al-Razi attempted to correct several errors made by Galen himself. The development of professional pharmacy, as a separate entity from medicine, started in Islam under the patronage of the early' Abbasiyyah caliphs in Baghdad. This first clear-cut separation of the two professions, and the recognition of the independent, academically oriented status of professional pharmacy materialized in the Abbasiyyah capital (Baghdad) and Al Razi was one of the few pharmacists who added very valuable contributions to medicine and pharmacy while most of Europe was still living in the dark ages