Abu ul-Ala Shirazi
Abu ul-Ala Shirazi | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1001 |
| Nationality | Persia |
| Known for | treatment of malaria |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | medicine |
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
[edit]- Mahmoudian, Masoud; Rahimi-Moghaddam Parvaneh (November 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). England: 186–7. doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007054. ISSN 0967-7720. PMID 18952984. S2CID 29266993.