A classical wooden vaginal speculum mentioned in old medical manuscripts


Kadioğlu S., Ögenler O., Uzel İ.

Archives of Iranian Medicine, vol.20, no.3, pp.193-195, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Journal Name: Archives of Iranian Medicine
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.193-195
  • Keywords: History of gynecology and obstetrics, History of medical instruments, History of medicine
  • İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The subject of this paper is the story of an ancient medical instrument. This instrument is a wooden vaginal speculum used in classical and Islamic medicine. Its drawings can be found in Abulcasis al-Zahrawi’s and Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu’s illustrated books of surgery.