From anesthetic sponge to nonsinking skull perforator, unitary work neurosurgery in the ancient Arabic and Islamic world

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 587-594

  Najjar, Jalal ^a  

^a Alameen Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Ancient neurosurgery; Arabic; History; Islamic

Indexed keywords

ARAB; AUTHOR; CADAVER; CAUTERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRISTIAN; CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGYPT; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREECE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IRAN; JEW; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGES; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERFORATOR FLAP; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SCIENTIST; SKULL FRACTURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL SPONGE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; THORACIC SPINE; TURKEY (BIRD); ANESTHESIA; ASIA; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICES; HISTORY; ISLAM; LANGUAGE; NEUROANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANESTHESIA; ARAB WORLD; ARABIA; CADAVER; CRANIOTOMY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ISLAM; LANGUAGE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77957160255     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.01.029     Document Type: Review

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