7 articles in this issue
Ante Škrobonja,Arman Zargaran
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Mohammad Bukhetan Alharbi
We review abscess management by Ibn al-Quff in the 12 century, described in his book al Omdaa (Arabic version). He explained in detail how an abscess presents, access for drainage, the proper preparation by the surgeon and patient for a procedure, and tec... see more
Golnoush Sadat Mahmoudi Nezhad,Behnam Dalfardi,Alireza Mehdizadeh,Sara Khademolhosseini
Abu l-?asan Ali ibn al-‘Abbas al-Majusi Ahvazi (? 930-994 AD), best known as Haly Abbas in the West, was a 10th century Persian physician whose lifetime coincided with the flourishing of medical science in the Near East, the Islamic Medicine Golden Age, a... see more
Seyyed Mahiar Shariatpanahi
Knowledge of Surgery is one of the milestones in Islamic civilization. The purpose of this study was to find principles and proven techniques used by Muslim surgeons, third to twelfth century AH. The present study, enjoying a historical approach, used a d... see more
Ahmad Fazlinejad
In the world history, from ancient times up to now, the plague has been followed by heavy casualties on human societies and social order. One of the deadliest plagues is the Great Plague of the middle ages, or so-called Black Death. This plague, in the ei... see more
Ali Asghar Mirzaee,Somayeh Mohammadi
The Iranian-Islamic sources have testified to the importance of Gundishapour as the largest scientific center, having a medical school and one of the largest hospitals of ancient world in which renown physicians and the scholars of age, from various natio... see more
Konstantinos Markatos,Gregory Tsoucalas,Markos Sgantzos,Konstantina Arkoudi
The purpose of this study is to summarize the treatment options for scoliosis and spine deformities from Antiquity through Medieval Times up to the Renaissance. Furthermore, it is to present the contribution of “the Father of Modern Surgery”, Ambroise Par... see more