"Chirugia"

Miniatures from a facsimile of "Chirugia," a 14th C. Latin translation of a textbook on surgery by Arab physician Abu al-Qasim Khalaf Ibn Abbas al-Zahrawi. Court physician to Western Umayyad Caliph al-Hakam II (961-976 CE), Al-Zahrawi combined Greek classical and late classical medical science, for long stretches during the Middle Ages lost in countries of the former western Roman empire, with knowledge gained from his own medical practice, into an encyclopedic work. Translated to Latin by Gerard of Cremona (1114-1187 CE), Al-Zahrawi's "Chirugia" became a handbook of longstanding influence in the Latin world.

This series illustrates the technique of cauterization.