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With the rise of Islam in Al-Andalus (present-day Andalusia, Spain) in the VIII centuries, medicine and surgery became closely unified through the work of physicians such as Abulcasis and Maimonides. Abulcasis (936–1013), often regarded as the father of modern surgery, authored a thirty-volume medical encyclopedia that introduced significant advances in anatomy, surgical instruments, and operative techniques, shaping European medicine for centuries. His writings, translated into Latin in Toledo by the School of Translators, circulated widely across the medieval world. Maimonides (1135–1204), a Jewish physician from Córdoba who later settled in Egypt, produced influential treatises on health, disease prevention, and internal medicine. Together, their legacies exemplify the fusion of Muslim and Jewish intellectual contributions that profoundly influenced both medieval and modern medical thought.

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Muslim-Jewish Medicine in Al-Andalus: Abulcasis and Maimonides: The Andalusian Physicians Who Integrate Surgery into Medicine in the 10–12th Century

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    2026年

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  • Carlos Pera Madrazo

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With the rise of Islam in Al-Andalus (present-day Andalusia, Spain) in the VIII centuries, medicine and surgery became closely unified through the work of physicians such as Abulcasis and Maimonides. Abulcasis (936–1013), often regarded as the father of modern surgery, authored a thirty-volume medical encyclopedia that introduced significant advances in anatomy, surgical instruments, and operative techniques, shaping European medicine for centuries. His writings, translated into Latin in Toledo by the School of Translators, circulated widely across the medieval world. Maimonides (1135–1204), a Jewish physician from Córdoba who later settled in Egypt, produced influential treatises on health, disease prevention, and internal medicine. Together, their legacies exemplify the fusion of Muslim and Jewish intellectual contributions that profoundly influenced both medieval and modern medical thought.