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The work of the famous Arab doctor, Albucasis, is not well known to head and neck surgeons. However, the thirtieth time of his treatise on medicine is essentially a surgical textbook and includes many. Facts concerning otorhinolaryngology. Albucasis's complete work is an exhaustive compilation of late tenth century medical knowhow which ensured the link between ancient medicine, essentially of Greek origin, and modern western medicine. The important work of Jewish and Arab physicians in the early and late Middle Ages was necessary for the transmission of knowledge from the ancient near last to the modern western world. Among Albucasis's descriptions of surgical techniques, tonsillectomy and trachestomy are particularly interesting. In order to accurately formulate indications for surgery, Albucasis endeavors to present the signs and symptoms of pathological conditions requiring surgical treatment. Finally, Albucasis reveals himself to be a humanist, as well as a physician and surgeon.