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Rhazes

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Rha·zes (räzz) or Ra·zi (räz) 865?-925?
Persian physician whose medical writings were a major influence during the Middle Ages.


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Rhazes, as he was known in the West, back in the 10th Century wrote about the role that psychosomatic medicine or self-suggestion, plays in healing.
The great Arab and Persian philosophers and scientists--al Kindi, (800AD), Rhazes, (865AD) and Avicenna (980AD)--all wrote books on perfumery and distillation techniques, demonstrating for the first time in history how to mass produce perfume.
The first documented mention of coffee comes in the 10th century, from an Arabian doctor Rhazes.
 
 
 
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