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Behnam Dalfardi1, Hassan Yarmohammadi1, Mohammad Kalantari Meibodi1.
Abstract
The 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).Entities:
Keywords: Avicenna; Bone fractures; Canon; History of medicine; Persia
Year: 2014 PMID: 24649417 PMCID: PMC3952698 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v5.i1.67
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Orthop ISSN: 2218-5836