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Islamic figures in the medical profession
Medical professionalism calls for general ethics that are already in the lifestyle of a Muslim individual . Therefore , there is no doubt that Muslim physicians pioneered the medical field through the European dark ages with professional conduction .
When they first started their historical medical revolutions , they began with translating many of the Greek manuscripts . The Islamic physicians dealt with these translations with great respect and integrity . As they blossomed into their discoveries ,experiments and observations ; practitioners of the Islamic world clearly stated for their manuscripts' readers what information was taken from other scholars and what was their own . Evidently , they never claimed other's work as their own .
The constitution of Al-Mansuri Hospital , built in Cairo by al-Mansur Qalawun in the 13th century , says : it's duty is to give care to ill , poor , men and women until they recover . It is at the service of powerful and week , the poor and the rich , of the subject and the prince , of the citizen and the brigand , without demand for any form of payment , but only for the sake of God , the provider . This statement reflects the equality in the medical services Muslim physicians were offering .
In 1385 , Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu ; a surgeon , medical tutor and miniature artist ; was born . This 15th century Ottoman physician lived in Amasya Turkey and worked in its hospital for fourteen years .When he reached his eighties ,Sabuncuoglu revealed his masterpiece (cerrahiyetul-haniya) , which means 'Imperial Surgery' . This was the first illustrated surgical textbook in that era . He had studied Al-Zahrawi's book (Al-Tasrif) and interpreted it into his book's explanations and drawings .
The importance of Cerrah Iyyatul-Haniye is due to the colored illustrations of surgical procedures, incisional techniques and instruments that are drawn by Sabuncuoglu himself. In his book, he includes drawings demonstrating removal of foreign bodies from the esophagus by special instruments of his own design , treatment of severe rib fractures ,ophthalmology and more.
This book shows the first contribution of female surgeons to medicine . Subuncuoglu has drawn female 'Tabibe' practicing on their own in Anatolia . He shows them managing dead fetuses with foetal hydrocephalus and macrocephalus .
His script is in old Turkish , which with , he discusses more than forty illnesses . He has written about hydrocephalus , sciatica surgery , neurotic disorders ; such as epilepsy , tremor and migraine headache ;and their recommended treatments . Cerrahiyyetul-Haniye has a section on psychiatry with various conditions mentioned , like melancholy and forgetfulness . Consequently , Amasya hospital ;which Sabuncuoglu worked at ;evolved from a general hospital into a psychiatric one .
Cerrehiyetul-Haniye opened the door for a new path of medical education and teaching . Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu passed away, in 1468 , after pioneering the field of medical art with his surgical atlas.
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