. Bulletin. Science. 9«r amdinKJo mt'lini rfii* ouo|^ c^(mt$ apmoy ^ « fojmaoifinje;? %its9^a» ir>.pfun<1o(iniKi3f(ra*paimit «fk in larcrc dos in loco oai e9 drdter medificia»TO9aiRi f:â iii»iiSi^^fci^i4iis^^^;:^oii5^wi<i«^^â ^;s)SV5i»^5£^ Figure 19.âCupping. Top, from original Arabic manuscript (Tiib. MS. 91), courtesy Universitatsbibliothek Tubingen. Bottom, from Argellata 1531, courtesy National Library of Medicine. professions. It elaborates upon the application of various forms of bandages and plasters in a variety of operations. Al-Zahrawi's detailed description re- lat
. Bulletin. Science. 9«r amdinKJo mt'lini rfii* ouo|^ c^(mt$ apmoy ^ « fojmaoifinje;? %its9^a» ir>.pfun<1o(iniKi3f(ra*paimit «fk in larcrc dos in loco oai e9 drdter medificia»TO9aiRi f:â iii»iiSi^^fci^i4iis^^^;:^oii5^wi<i«^^â ^;s)SV5i»^5£^ Figure 19.âCupping. Top, from original Arabic manuscript (Tiib. MS. 91), courtesy Universitatsbibliothek Tubingen. Bottom, from Argellata 1531, courtesy National Library of Medicine. professions. It elaborates upon the application of various forms of bandages and plasters in a variety of operations. Al-Zahrawi's detailed description re- lating to fractures of bones is a fine anatomical document of historical interest. He illustrates and describes special methods for tying injured or broken bones, and he suggests that bandages made of soft linen be less and less tight as distance increases from the injured place (chapter 1). For the protection of areas adjacent to the injured part against contact with edges of splints he advocates padding with soft gauze and carded wool. In some cases, to guard against swelling, he preferred a delay of one or more u_^. <j;*ij' 'âJâ! Lr*! ixxX^ *. Figure 20.âSplint "in the sliape of a spoon without a ; Top, from original Arabic manuscript (Tiib. MS. 91), courtesy Uni- versitatsbibliotliek Tiibingen. Bottom, from Channing, Albucasis. days in applying bandages over splints. Al-Zahrawi also devised and depicted many kinds and shapes of splints for use in simple and compound fractures of the head, shoulders, arms, fingers, etc. (see fig. 20). For example, in discussing the reduction of the humerus, he recommends a splint consisting of a smooth, thin stick bent in the shape of a bow with two strings, each attached to one end of the stick (fig. 21). The injured bone is then placed in the middle of the bent splint for reduction while the patient is seated on a chair. Tying is applied only when there is no "hot" swelling (chapter 11). One
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