Did Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) Postulate Before Vesalius That Liquid Collects in Ventricles in the Hydrocephalus?
| Autor: | Kemal Tuzcu, Önder İlgili, Çağatay Aşkit, Ahmet Aciduman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Arabic
Clinical state History of medicine Cerebral Ventricles Specimen Handling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physicians Medical Illustration medicine Humans History 15th Century business.industry medicine.disease language.human_language History Medieval Hydrocephalus Medicine Arabic History 16th Century 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis English version language Surgery Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Classics |
| Zdroj: | World neurosurgery. 123 |
| ISSN: | 1878-8769 |
| Popis: | Objective This study aimed to present and evaluate the part of Avenzoar's Liber Teisir that pertains to hydrocephalus. Avenzoar was an Andalusian physician prominent in the history of medicine because of the broadness of his observations and original methods. His most important work is recognized to be the Al-Taysīr fī al-Mudāwāt wa al-Tadbīr (On Preventive Regimen and Treatment), and its Latin version, Alteisir scilicet regiminis et medelae, which was in use for centuries in Europe. Methods The Arabic (Rabat, Morocco, in 1991) and Latin (Venice, Italy, in 1530) versions of Avenzoar's work were perused, relevant sections were separately translated into English, and both translations were then compared. An English version was prepared and is given in our results. Results The location of liquid collection was described as the anterior ventricles of the brain and around the brain. Conclusions Avenzoar might have noted one of the earliest records on the clinical state called idiopathic adult hydrocephalus and postulated liquid collection in the ventricles of the brain in hydrocephalus before Vesalius. |
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