Abul- Hasan al-Tabari: A Review of his Views and Works

Abul-Hasan al-Tabari was a 10 th century Persian physician born in Tabaristan. He was a creative and innovative physician who avoided emulating treatments without investigating and examining them. Tabari was an encyclopedist and had a holistic view to medicine. Investiga- tion of the YLHZVRIWKLVJUHDW�3HUVLDQVFKRODULQGLFDWHGWKDWKLVVFLHQWLo Fand moral characteristics contain: paying adequate attention to phi- losophy and medical ethics, citing other scholars' works, attention to the necessity of clinical and hospital training, emphasizing indigenous WKHUDS\�DQGVFLHQWLoFand responsible treatment with medical faults and discovery of Sarcoptes scabiei. Tabari has written valuable articles on different medical sciences; however, he is especially famous for authoring the al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiya (Hippocratic Treatments) - an important medical encyclopedia. Several of Al-Tabari's succeeding scholars and physician have referred to the al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiya in their medical articles. The aim of this study is further introduction of this great physician and assessment of his theories and key works.