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Ibn Zuhr Arabic أبو مروان عبدالملك إبن زهر ، (Avenzoar, Abumeron, ibn-Zohr, or Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik ibn Zuhr) (1091–1161) was an Arab Muslim physician. He was the teacher of Averroes.

He was a surgeon, and did the first parenteral nutrition of humans with a silver needle. He was born and died in Seville, and studied at the University of Córdoba. Ibn Zuhr is credited with discovering the cause of scabies.

Medicine

Ibn Zuhr was the first physician known to have made postmortem dissections. He proved that the skin disease scabies was caused by a parasite, which contradicted the theory of humorism supported by Hippocrates and Galen. The removal of the parasite from the patient's body did not involve purging, bleeding, or any other traditional treatments associated with the four humours.[1]

He also performed the first parenteral nutrition of humans with a silver needle, and wrote a book entitled The Method of Preparing Medicines and Diet.

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al-‘Arabiyyah in written Arabic (Kufic script):  
Pronunciation: /alˌʕa.raˈbij.ja/
Spoken in: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman,
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Islamic medicine or Arabic medicine refers to medicine developed in the medieval Islamic civilisation and written in Arabic.

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Islamic medicine was a genre of medical writing originally intended as an alternative to the Greek-based medical system.
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Ibn-Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد), known as Averroes (1126 – December 10, 1198), was an Andalusian-Arab philosopher, physician, and polymath: a master of philosophy, Islamic law, astronomy, geography, mathematics, medicine, physics,
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In pharmacology and toxicology, a route of administration is the path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is brought into contact with the body.[1]
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Seville / Sevilla

The Alamillo Bridge spans the Guadalquivir river.

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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), is one of the oldest universities in South America, and is the second oldest in Argentina[1]. It is located in Córdoba, the capital of Córdoba Province.
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Scabies
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ICD-10 B 86.
ICD-9 133.0

DiseasesDB 11841

Scabies is a transmissible ectoparasite skin infection characterized by superficial burrows, intense pruritus (itching) and secondary infection.
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autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy, or obduction, is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present.
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Dissection is usually the process of disassembling and observing something to determine its internal structure and as an aid to discerning the function and relationships of its components. It may refer also to some spontaneous natural process of disassembly as in aortic dissection.
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This is a list of diseases of the skin.
  • Acne
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Scabies
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ICD-10 B 86.
ICD-9 133.0

DiseasesDB 11841

Scabies is a transmissible ectoparasite skin infection characterized by superficial burrows, intense pruritus (itching) and secondary infection.
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Parasitism is one version of symbiosis ("living together"), a phenomenon in which two organisms which are phylogenetically unrelated co-exist over a prolonged period of time, usually the lifetime of one of the individuals.
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Humorism, or humoralism, was a theory of the makeup and workings of the human body adopted by ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers. From Hippocrates onward, the humor theory was the most commonly-held view of the human body among European physicians until the
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Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC) - Greek: Ἱπποκράτης
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Galen (Greek: Γαληνός, Galēnos; Latin: Claudius Galenus; AD 129[1] –ca. 200 or 216) of Pergamum was a prominent ancient Greek physician, whose theories dominated Western medical science for over a
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Bulimia nervosa
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ICD-10 F50.2
ICD-9 307.51

Bulimia nervosa, commonly known as bulimia , is an eating disorder and psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by
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Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhage (American English) or haemorrhage (British English) is the loss of blood from the circulatory system.[1] Bleeding can occur internally, where blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body or externally, either
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In pharmacology and toxicology, a route of administration is the path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is brought into contact with the body.[1]
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