00:00Modern operating rooms still use tools created 1,000 years ago.
00:05In medieval Córdoba, physician Al-Zarawi revolutionized the medical world.
00:10He invented over 200 distinct surgical instruments with detailed sketches.
00:15He discovered that animal cat gut dissolves naturally inside human flesh.
00:20European universities taught his surgical encyclopedia for 500 years.
00:26Did you know medieval doctors shaped modern emergency medicine today?
00:30For more information, visit www.fema.org
