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A Historical Glance at the Arabo-Islamic Surgical Instruments During the Ages

Authors: Gregory Tsoucalas, Markos Sgantzos

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 6/2017

Abstract

Arabo-Islamic physicians demonstrated exceptional skill and innovation in surgery, by having used the instruments introduced by ancient Greeks and Greco-Roman surgeons. In many cases they have manufactured their own innovative designs promoting further the success of the difficult surgical operations of their era. The surgical instruments and the surgeon’s boxes, used to regularise the plethora of the metallic items, were decorated with fine designs, in order to depict the Arab civilisation. For the first time surgery became a separate medical art, while Arabo-Islamic medicine re-introduced ancient Greek and Byzantine surgery to the world.

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Title: A Historical Glance at the Arabo-Islamic Surgical Instruments During the Ages
Authors: Gregory Tsoucalas
Markos Sgantzos
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-017-3910-1

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