Majusi A FAMOUS Persian physician. Born in Ahwaz, he flourished under the Buwayhid Sultan Adhud Al-Dawla. He died in 994. He is considered one of the three greatest physicians of the Eastern Caliphate of his time. Among his important books is a medical encyclopedia called “The Complete Book of the Medical Art,” known also as Al-Kitab Al-Maliki, which was translated into Latin as Liber Regalis. Another title given to the work is the Lber Pantegni in a version rendred by Constantin the African. Al-Maliki is divided into 20 discourses, of which the first half deals with theory and the other with the practice of medicine. Some examples of topics covered are dietetics and materia medica, a rudimentary conception of the capillary system, interesting clinical observations, and proof of the motions of the womb during parturition (e.g. the child does not come out; it is pushed out).
