Abu ul-Ala Shirazi explained
Abu ul-Ala Shirazi |
Death Date: | 1001 |
Nationality: | Persia |
Field: | medicine |
Known For: | treatment of malaria |
Abu ul-Ala Shirazi (died 1001) lived around the 10th century at the court of the Buyid emir 'Adud al-Dawla. He found that arsenic could cure malaria.
References
- Mahmoudian. Masoud. Rahimi-Moghaddam Parvaneh. Nov 2008. The life and work of Abu ul-Ala Shirazi (d. 1001): a Persian pioneer in the treatment of malaria, in the style of Rhazes (865-925). Journal of Medical Biography. 16. 4. 186–7. England. 0967-7720. 18952984. 10.1258/jmb.2007.007054 . 29266993.