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Al-Razi (Rhazes)
854 – 925Distinguished smallpox from measles and pioneered clinical case records.
Iran·Medicine · Chemistry
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
980 – 1037Wrote the medical textbook that trained Europe's doctors until 1650.
Uzbekistan·Medicine · Philosophy · AstronomyFull profile
Avicenna's student Al-Juzjani
980 – 1070Preserved and completed Ibn Sina's corpus.
Afghanistan·Medicine · History