• World J Orthop · Jan 2014

    Insights into Avicenna's knowledge of the science of orthopedics.

    • Behnam Dalfardi, Hassan Yarmohammadi, and Mohammad Kalantari Meibodi.
    • Behnam Dalfardi, Hassan Yarmohammadi, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran.
    • World J Orthop. 2014 Jan 18; 5 (1): 67-8.

    AbstractThe art of orthopedics traces its history back to ancient civilizations like those of the Egyptians. The evolution of this branch of medicine is indebted to investigations of many scientists, including Greek, Roman and Persian scholars. The Persian physician Avicenna (980-1037 AD) is one such scientist who investigated different aspects of orthopedics. It is possible to analyze Avicenna's knowledge of orthopedics and his contributions to this branch of medicine by an examination of his epic encyclopedia of medicine, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine).

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