Abu ul-Ala Shirazi
Abu ul-Ala Shirazi | |
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Died | 1001 |
Nationality | Persia |
Fields | medicine |
Known for | treatment of malaria |
Abu ul-Ala Shirazi (died 1001) lived around the 10th century at the Court of Amir Azud ul-Duleh Bueieh. 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 (England) 16 (4): 186–7. doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007054. ISSN 0967-7720. PMID 18952984.
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