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'Ibn Zuhr ' Arabic 'أبو مروان عبدالملك إبن زهر '، ('Avenzoar, Abumeron, ibn-Zohr', or 'Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik ibn Zuhr') (1091–1161) was an Arab physician. He was the teacher of Averroes.
He was a surgeon, and did the first parenteral nutrition of humans with a silver needle. He was born and died in Seville, and studied at the University of Córdoba. Ibn Zuhr is credited with discovering the cause of scabies.
He wrote a book entitled ''The Method of Preparing Medicines and Diet''.

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★ List of Arab scientists and scholars.

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★ Islam Online

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★ The History Channel on Ibn Zuhr