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Surgical firsts in Arabic medical literature
1Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Studies in History of Medicine and Science
|January 1, 1986
Abstract:
The contributions to surgery made by physicians writing in Arabic are enumerated and documented. The contributors include the following: Masarjuwayh, al-Razi, Ibn Sina, al-Zahrawi, Ibn Zuhr, al-Shirazi and Ibn al-Dhahabi. Excerpts from the works of most of these authors are given in English translation with references, short biographical notes and a discussion of each contribution.
