A classical wooden vaginal speculum mentioned in old medical manuscripts
Archives of Iranian Medicine, cilt.20, sa.3, ss.193-195, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Dergi Adı: Archives of Iranian Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.193-195
- Anahtar Kelimeler: History of gynecology and obstetrics, History of medical instruments, History of medicine
- İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.