Department of History of Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of History of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Religion, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Acta Chir Belg. 2022 Dec;122(6):446-450. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2022.2117458. Epub 2022 Sep 1.
The surgical removal of tonsils has been performed from as long as three thousand years ago, as mentioned in Hindu literature. The role medieval physicians like Albucasis played in the history of tonsillectomy is very important. This article aims to show the contributions Albucasis made to this procedure.
The present library-documentary research relied on the third chapter of the book , Albucasis' surgical text, as the main information source.
Albucasis discussed the conditions necessary for tonsillectomy, he introduced three surgical tools for this operation, and he also described the surgical method. Albucasis succeeded in inventing and discovering new tools and methods for tonsillectomy.
The comparison of the tonsil surgery introduced by Albucasis and those of earlier and later surgeons reveals Albucasis' superiority in both operation performance and equipment used. Some of his methods are comparable with approaches to operations used in the 20th century.
印度教文献中提到,早在三千年前,人们就已经开始进行扁桃体切除术。中世纪的医生,如阿尔布卡西斯,在扁桃体切除术的历史中扮演了非常重要的角色。本文旨在展示阿尔布卡西斯对此手术的贡献。
本图书馆文献研究主要依据《阿尔布卡西斯外科文本》的第三章,作为主要信息来源。
阿尔布卡西斯讨论了进行扁桃体切除术所需的条件,他介绍了三种用于此手术的外科工具,还描述了手术方法。阿尔布卡西斯成功发明并发现了用于扁桃体切除术的新工具和新方法。
将阿尔布卡西斯所介绍的扁桃体手术与更早和更晚的外科医生的手术进行比较,显示了阿尔布卡西斯在手术操作和所使用设备方面的优越性。他的一些方法与 20 世纪的手术方法相当。