Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi was known in the Latin as Ali Abbas. As his name, Majusi, means ‘Magus’ it is believed that he came from a Persian Zoroastrian family.
He dedicated his work to Prince Adud ad-Dawla and it is assumed that he worked in the hospital as a physician. He is one of the three greatest physicians of the Eastern Caliphate.
His only work, Kitab kamil as-sina a attibiya (The Perfect Book of Medical Art also called al-Kitab al-Maliki.
The book is more systematic and concise than Razi’s Hawi but more practical than Avicenna Qanun.
The book is written in two parts with twenty chapters on medicine, the first half on theory and the second half on the practice.
The book also contains neuroscience and psychology. Ali Abbas al-Majusi described the neuroanatomy, neurobiology and neurophysiology of the brain.
He too discussed various mental disorders, including sleeping sickness, memory loss,hypochondriasis, coma, hot and cold meningitis, vertigo epilepsy, love sickness, and hemiplegia.
Biography of Ali Abbas al-Majusi (925-994)
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