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  Al-Razi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Razi's own alchemical experiments suggested other qualities of matter, such as "oiliness" and "sulphurousness", or inflammability and salinity, which were not readily explained by the traditional fire, water, earth, and air division of elements.
Razi's interest in alchemy and his strong belief in the possibility of transmutation of lesser metals to silver and gold was attested half a century after his death by Ibn an-Nadim's book (The Philosophers Stone-Lapis Philosophorum in Latin).
Razi is known to have been a free-thinking Islamic philosopher, since he was well-trained in ancient Greek sciences although his approach to chemistry was rather naturalistic.Moreover he was well versed in the theory of music, as so many other Islamic scientists of that time.
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 Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, known as Al-Razi, as Ar-Razi, as Ibn Zakaria (Zakariya) or (in Latin) as Rhazes and Rasis, (864*-930 AD) was an Iranian* polymath who contributed much to the fields of medicine and chemistry.
Razi is known to have discovered allergic asthma, and was the first person to have ever written an article on allergy and immunology.
Razi's interest in alchemy and his strong belief in the possibility of transmutation of lesser metals to silver and gold was confirmed half a century after his death by Ibn an-Nadim[?] (The Philosophers Stone).
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 Health Science: Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, known as Al-Razi, as Ar-Razi, as Ibn Zakaria (Zakariya) or (in Latin) as Rhazes and Rasis, (8641-930 AD) was an Iranian2 polymath who contributed much to the fields of medicine and chemistry.
Razi was placed in-charge of the first Royal Hospital at Ray, from where he soon moved to a similar position in Baghdad where he remained the head of its famous Muqtadari Hospital and observed clinical cases.
Razi, in the cases of both time and matter, knew well how he differed from Aristotle and also fully accepted and intended the consequences inherent in his anti-Peripatetic positions." (Paul E. Walker) Although it is quite evident that most of his thoughts derived from Islam, this is demonstrated clearly in his writing of The Metaphysics.
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 Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi - Wikipedia
Razi is also the first to distinguish between smallpox and measles.
The exact nature of his ocular disease is uncertain, though it is said that he refused to be operated on because his caregivers could not answer his questions concerning the anatomy of the eye.
Razi is known to be a free-thinking Islamic philosopher, since he was well-trained in the Greek sciences.
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 MOHAMMAD IBN ZAKARIYA AL
He was first placed in-charge of the first Royal Hospital at Ray, from where he soon moved to a similar position in Baghdad where he remained the head of its famous Muqtadari Hospital for a long time.
Razi was a Hakim; an alchemist and a philosopher.
His al-Judari wal Hasabah was the first treatise on smallpox and chicken-pox, and is largely based on Razi's original contribution.
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 Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi - Wikipedia
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (* um 864 in Raj, im heutigen Iran; † 930 in Bagdad, Irak) war ein bedeutender persischer Arzt, Naturwissenschaftler, Philosoph und Schriftsteller.
Er ist auch als Al-Razi, Ar-Razi, Ibn Zakaria (Zakariya) oder - latinisiert - als Rhazes oder Rasis bekannt.
Neben Abu Ali al-Hussein Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina (latinisiert: Avicenna) gilt er als der bedeutendste Arzt vermutlich nicht nur des orientalischen Mittelalters.
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Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, known as Al-Razi, as Ar-Razi, as Ibn Zakaria (Zakariya) or (in Latin) as Rhazes and Rasis, (864
Razis greatest work is the Continens Liber or al-Hawi, The Comprehensive Book, which terminated his practice of medicine.
Knowledge of the seven alchemical procedures and techniques such as sublimation and condensation of mercury, precipitation of sulphur and arsenic calcination of minerals (gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron), salts, glass, talc, shellss, and waxing.
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As chief physician of the Baghdad hospital Razi formulated the first known description of smallpox:
Here is a list of Razi's known books on alchemy, mostly in Persian:
Razi believed that a competent physician must also be a philosopher well versed in the fundamental questions regarding existence:
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 Islamic History and Culture - Personalities in Islam specifically Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (864-930 C.E.) was born at Ray, Iran.
Initially, he was interested in music but later on he learnt medicine, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry and philosophy from a student of Hunayn Ibn Ishaq, who was well versed in the ancient Greek, Persian and Indian systems of medicine and other subjects.
His al-Judari wal Hasabah was the first treatise on smallpox and chicken-pox, and is largely based on Razi's original contribution: It was translated into various European languages.
www.islamic-paths.org /Home/English/History/Personalities/Content/Razi.htm   (795 words)

  
 Philosophers : Razi
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (864-930 A.D.) was born at Ray, Iran.
Initially, he was interested in music but later on he learned medicine, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry and philosophy from a student of Hunayn Ibn Ishaq, who was well versed in the ancient Greek, Persian and Indian systems of medicine and other subjects.
He also wrote on physics, mathe- matics, astronomy and optics, but these writings could not be preserved.
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 Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi : Rhazes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi : Rhazes
Although he has been regarded to as Razi in the current text, his actual Latin name was Rhazes.
It uses material from the wikipedia article Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi : Rhazes.
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Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, o famoso Razes, Latin Rhazes
Inicialmente mais interessado em música, interessou-se por medicina, matemática, astronomia, química e filosofia, especialmente a partir de seu contato com as traduções para o árabe do médico Hunayn Ibn Ishaq (813-877), um profundo conhecedor da arte da medicina dos antigos gregos e dos ensinamentos dos persas e hindus.
Morreu em sua cidade natal e sua contribuição influenciou extremamente o desenvolvimento da ciência em geral, e da medicina, em particular, e foi tão significativa que pode ser somente comparada à de Ibn Sina, o Avicena (980-1037).
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 Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi : Razi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi : Razi
Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi : Razi
It uses material from the wikipedia article Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi : Razi.
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