A classical wooden vaginal speculum mentioned in old medical manuscripts

Kadioğlu S., Ögenler O., Uzel İ.

Archives of Iranian Medicine, cilt.20, sa.3, ss.193-195, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • 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.