A classical wooden vaginal speculum mentioned in old medical manuscripts
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.