Trauma Monthly

Trauma Monthly

Ibn Sina’s (Avicenna) Contributions in the Treatment of Traumatic Injuries

Authors
Mohammad Ghannaee Arani
Esmaiel Fakharian
Abolfazl Ardjmand
Hashem Mohammadian
Mahdi Mohammadzadeh
Fahimeh Sarbandi
10.5812/traumamon.4695
Abstract
Modern medicine owes much to the endeavours and contributions made by the ancients that are unfortunately anonymous or even neglected intentionally today. This study was done to give attention to "the ancient golden times", as the author believes it deserves the nomination, to give credit to the manner our ancient physicians and masters practiced medicine and managed traumas in particular in a way that remains still unrivalled. Undoubtedly such masters as Galen of Pergamon, Hippocrates, Paul of Aegina and Avicenna paved the road for the so-called modern medicine and trauma surgery. Focus of this study is on Ibn Sina or Avicenna as the westerners call him and his methods in handling traumas of any kind and with any severity in the eleventh century based on the teachings handed down to him from the ancients; but he was not a mere imitator. What made him Avicenna was his genius talent in arranging the puzzles in such a way that was not even imagined by the others.
Keywords
Avicenna
Wounds and Injuries
Medicine
Trauma Monthly
Volume 17, Issue 2
January and February 2012
Pages 301-304