ON THE FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE SPINE IN RHAZES’ <i>KITĀB AL-ḤĀWĪ / LIBER CONTINENS*</i>
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Frontiers of Spinal Surgery
P: 205-214
July 2017

ON THE FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE SPINE IN RHAZES’ KITĀB AL-ḤĀWĪ / LIBER CONTINENS*

J Turk Spinal Surg 2017;28(3):205-214
1. Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
2. Department of Arabic Language, Collage of Foreign Languages, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
3. Sub-Department of Latin Language and Literature, Department of Ancient Languages and Literature, Faculty of Languages, History and Literature,Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
4. Neurosurgical Clinics, Ankara Numune Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
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Received Date: 18.02.2017
Accepted Date: 24.04.2017
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ABSTRACT

Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Zakariyyā al-Rāzī was one of the most scientific figures during the era called Golden Age of civilization and medicine in Islamic world. He was a scientist who made important contributions to both Eastern and Western medieval scientific world with his works. Evaluation of the sections on spinal fractures and dislocations in Rhazes’ al-Ḥāwī fī al-Ṭibb, which was a huge work formed by his pupils after his death using his notes recorded by Rhazes when he was alive, is aim of this study.

The sections regarding the spinal fractures and dislocations were determined in the 13th part of al-Ḥāwī fī al-Ṭibb in Arabic and 15th part of Liber Continens in Latin, which contain subjects on fractures, dislocations, injuries and their treatments and medicines, and translated from Arabic and Latin into English. Results were presented and what these findings mean in the history of medicine was discussed in the article.

Keywords:
Al-Hawi fi al-Tibb, Al-Razi, Liber Continens, Rhazes, spinal dislocations, spinal fractures