TY - JOUR
T1 - Rhazes’ (865–925 CE) contribution to surgery in Liber Almansoris
AU - Ince, Fuat
AU - Mahlooji, Kamran
AU - Keskinbora, Kadircan H.
AU - Zargaran, Arman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Royal Belgian Society for Surgery.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: Surgery has deep historical roots. Rhazes (865–925 CE), a Persian physician, made a significant contribution to the development of medical sciences in the medieval era. Liber Almansoris is one of his significant works on medicine. This book is a medical textbook for medical students. It covers every aspect of the medical sciences. This article discusses Rhazes’ contribution to surgery, based on Liber Almansoris. Method: This study examines Rhazes’ contribution to surgery, based on his book, Liber Almansoris. Results: Rhazes’s Liber Almansoris contains a chapter (seventh chapter) on orthopedics, which includes surgical approaches. This chapter also describes surgical procedures for traumas and skull fractures. In other chapters, he also recommends surgical options for treating certain complications when discussing different treatment methods. Discussion: Although Rhazes mentioned surgical procedures as a medical treatment method, he did not include a separate chapter on surgery. This strategy can be found in his other medical works, such as Liber Continens or Al-Hawi. It appears that Rhazes adheres to the Galenic (Greek) perspective on surgery. In this context, surgery is not an independent major but a method that a physician can employ as needed. It differs from an alternative approach in that era that adheres to ancient Persian perspectives, which identified surgery as a major like other medical sciences disciplines.
AB - Background: Surgery has deep historical roots. Rhazes (865–925 CE), a Persian physician, made a significant contribution to the development of medical sciences in the medieval era. Liber Almansoris is one of his significant works on medicine. This book is a medical textbook for medical students. It covers every aspect of the medical sciences. This article discusses Rhazes’ contribution to surgery, based on Liber Almansoris. Method: This study examines Rhazes’ contribution to surgery, based on his book, Liber Almansoris. Results: Rhazes’s Liber Almansoris contains a chapter (seventh chapter) on orthopedics, which includes surgical approaches. This chapter also describes surgical procedures for traumas and skull fractures. In other chapters, he also recommends surgical options for treating certain complications when discussing different treatment methods. Discussion: Although Rhazes mentioned surgical procedures as a medical treatment method, he did not include a separate chapter on surgery. This strategy can be found in his other medical works, such as Liber Continens or Al-Hawi. It appears that Rhazes adheres to the Galenic (Greek) perspective on surgery. In this context, surgery is not an independent major but a method that a physician can employ as needed. It differs from an alternative approach in that era that adheres to ancient Persian perspectives, which identified surgery as a major like other medical sciences disciplines.
KW - history of medicine
KW - medieval era
KW - Persian medicine
KW - Surgery
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U2 - 10.1080/00015458.2022.2161035
DO - 10.1080/00015458.2022.2161035
M3 - Article
C2 - 36533898
AN - SCOPUS:85145299619
SN - 0001-5458
VL - 123
SP - 212
EP - 217
JO - Acta Chirurgica Belgica
JF - Acta Chirurgica Belgica
IS - 2
ER -