Department of Neurosurgery, Alameen Hospital, Homs, Syria.
World Neurosurg. 2010 May;73(5):587-94. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.01.029.
During the Middle Ages, the work of Middle Eastern physicians such as Avicenna, Albucasis, and Rhazes was of paramount importance in guarding the knowledge that had been accumulated throughout history, particularly the contributions of Greek and Roman scholars, and it is well known that the Arabic versions of all of the works by Hippocrates and Galen by Islamic and Arabic scholars are the only copies that have survived until now. In addition to preserving this wealth of knowledge, these Middle Eastern scholars made significant contributions of their own to both medicine and neurosurgery. Many points regarding ancient Arabic and Islamic science need to be discussed and clarified, such as cadaver dissections, anatomic studies, neurosurgical practice and instruments, Arabic translations of Hippocratic and other works, and the influence of the Islamic civilization on Western civilization, especially the Renaissance.
在中世纪，中东医生如阿维森纳、阿尔布卡西斯和拉齐斯的著作在保护历史上积累的知识方面至关重要，特别是希腊和罗马学者的贡献，众所周知，希波克拉底和盖伦的所有著作的阿拉伯文版本都是迄今为止唯一幸存的版本。除了保存这些知识财富外，这些中东学者自己在医学和神经外科学方面也做出了重要贡献。许多关于古代阿拉伯和伊斯兰科学的问题需要讨论和澄清，例如尸体解剖、解剖研究、神经外科技巧和器械、希波克拉底和其他著作的阿拉伯文翻译，以及伊斯兰文明对西方文明，特别是文艺复兴的影响。
