994),
the author of the encyclopedic medical work, _al_-_Malak[=i]_;[2] and
Ibn S[=i]n[=a] (Avicenna, 980-1037), the author of the famous
_al-Q[=a]n[=u]n f[=i] al-[T.]ibb_, a codification of the whole of
medical knowledge. Because of the widespread dissemination of this Latin
version in medieval Europe beginning with the latter part of the 12th
century, al-Zahr[=a]w[=i] attained more prestige in the West than he did
in Arabic Spain, his native country, or in any other part of the Islamic
world.[3]

[Illustration: Figure 2.--The myrtle-leaf shape recommended
for paper on which medicine is to be placed for cauterizing
eyelid. _Top_, from original Arabic manuscript (TA1/4b. MS.
91), courtesy UniversitA