Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Korgialenio-Benakio Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.
World Neurosurg. 2021 Aug;152:71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.024. Epub 2021 Jun 13.
The link between ancient Greek medicine and the Arabic translation period in the 9th century cannot be understood without studying the contributions of Syriac scholars. With their mastery of Greek and the related Semitic languages of Syriac and Arabic, they initiated a scientific translation process with methods that prevail to this day. In this paper, we reviewed Hunayn Ibn Isshaq's Ten Treatises on the Eye to elucidate the original contributions of the Syriac physicians to the field of neurologic surgery. We analyzed the oldest known diagram of orbital anatomy along with Hunayn's genuine ideas on the optic nerve anatomy and pathology, optic chiasm, afferent pupillary reflex, and papilledema and venous congestion. We also reviewed the neurosurgical elements found in the Syriac Book of Medicines including the thought process in localizing neurologic deficits based on clinical experience and anatomic dissections and the earliest recorded description of brachial plexus pathology.
如果不研究叙利亚学者的贡献，就无法理解古希腊医学与 9 世纪阿拉伯翻译时期之间的联系。他们精通希腊语以及叙利亚语和阿拉伯语等相关闪米特语，开创了一种至今仍占主导地位的科学翻译方法。在本文中，我们回顾了 Hunayn Ibn Isshaq 的《十论眼科学》，以阐明叙利亚裔医生对神经外科学领域的原始贡献。我们分析了已知最早的眼眶解剖图，以及 Hunayn 关于视神经解剖和病理学、视交叉、传入性瞳孔反射和视盘水肿和静脉充血的真实观点。我们还回顾了《叙利亚医学书》中发现的神经外科学元素，包括根据临床经验和解剖学分析定位神经缺陷的思维过程，以及最早记录的臂丛神经病理学描述。
