Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-‘Abbas al-Zahrawi al-Ansari was a famous Muslim Physician, Surgeon and Chemist. Widely regarded as the father of modern-day surgery, he was born in Cordoba in 936 AD and died in 1013. Popularly known as Al-Zahrawi, the Andalusian is known to have made countless critical contributions to the field of medical sciences, especially in Surgery. The chapter on Surgery from his famous Kitab Al Tasrif (Encyclopaedia of Medical Practices) became the medical standard for the field in Europe for almost 500 years. He invented over 200 surgical tools which ended up saving millions of lives. Regarded as a pioneer for the use of catgut for internal stiches in surgeries, Al-Zahrawi casts a large shadow to this day as the methodology is still used by modern day surgeons. He was also the first Physician to identify the root cause of paralysis. Another significant contribution concerns the early use of Lithotripsy, whereby, he was able to crush stones inside a bladder without the need of surgical incision. Al-Zahrawi is also known to have described the tracheotomy operation and is rumoured to have performed one during an emergency. His ingenuity and expertise in this case saved a slave girl from certain death. As one of history’s more obscure phenoms, many modern experts stand on the shoulders of Al Zahrawi, who described the way to ligature blood vessels almost 600 years before Ambroise Pare