University of the Witwatersrand, School of Anatomical Sciences, 2193 Johannesburg, South Africa; College of Medicine, Ajman University, United Arab Emirates.
University of the Witwatersrand, School of Anatomical Sciences, 2193 Johannesburg, South Africa.
Morphologie. 2020 Sep;104(346):196-201. doi: 10.1016/j.morpho.2019.12.002. Epub 2020 Jan 22.
Avicenna (also known as Ibn Sina 980-1037 AD) was the most influential Persian physician and scholar in the medieval times (9-12 century AD). Avicenna contributed to various fields of medicine, astronomy and metaphysics during his time. In the field of basic medical sciences, Avicenna systematically described the anatomy and pathology of various organs of the human body and devised surgical interventions towards the treatment of disorders associated with them. Avicenna compiled his famous book the Canon of Medicine which went on to become a reference textbook of medicine in the region and the West. Although neither formal human cadaveric dissection nor surgical training was recorded during his time, the anatomical and surgical information presented in the Canon of Medicine is comparable to modern literature. In the current vignette, we present an analysis of the basic structural anatomy and functional aspects of the genitourinary and reproductive systems and some reproductive concepts presented in the Canon of Medicine textbook and compare their relevance in modern medical literature. We found Avicenna's information on these systems to be congruent to modern anatomy and physiology literature. The only differences are attributed to the differences in the experimental approaches with Avicenna's information being derived in an era with less technological advances especially on the histology of organs. However, Avicenna's information in this treaty can be regarded as pioneering in the fields of urology and gynaecology.
阿维森纳（也被称为 Ibn Sina，公元 980-1037 年）是中世纪（公元 9-12 世纪）最有影响力的波斯医生和学者。阿维森纳在医学、天文学和形而上学等多个领域做出了贡献。在基础医学领域，阿维森纳系统地描述了人体各个器官的解剖结构和病理学，并设计了针对与这些器官相关疾病的手术干预措施。阿维森纳编纂了他著名的《医典》，该书成为该地区和西方的医学参考教科书。尽管在他那个时代没有正式的人体尸体解剖或外科培训记录，但《医典》中呈现的解剖学和外科信息与现代文献相当。在本小节中，我们分析了《医典》教科书所呈现的泌尿生殖和生殖系统的基本结构解剖和功能方面以及一些生殖概念，并比较了它们在现代医学文献中的相关性。我们发现阿维森纳关于这些系统的信息与现代解剖学和生理学文献相符。唯一的区别归因于实验方法的差异，因为阿维森纳的信息是在一个技术进步较少的时代获得的，尤其是在器官组织学方面。然而，《医典》中的这条信息可以被认为是在泌尿科和妇科领域的开创性信息。
