Medicine

Anatomy

	Insights into Neurologic Localization by Al-Razi (Rhazes), a Medieval Islamic Physician
	By: FSTC Limited, Thu 20 January, 2011
	Dr Nizar Souayah, MD; and Dr Jeffrey I. Greenstein, MD Al-Razi (Rhazes) (born in 864 CE) wrote over 200 scientific treatises, many of which had a major impact on European medicine. His best known manuscript is Liber Continens, a medical encyclopedia in which he described his contributions to neurology, focusing on his description of cranial and spinal cord nerves and his clinical case reports, which illustrate his use of neuroanatomy to localize lesions. In this article, Dr Nizar Souayah and Dr Jeffrey I. Greenstein focus on Al-Razi's description of the cranial and spinal nerves and his relevant clinical case reports, which illustrate his understanding of neuroanatomy and the application of his knowledge to clinical practice.
	Anatomy of the Horse in the 15th Century
	By: Rania Elsayed, Fri 05 June, 2009
	Rania Elsayed The famous image we find in an Arabic manuscript depicting the "al-faras al-mastuh" (a horse lying on its back) is a clear representative of the degree of progress attained in the Islamic tradition of veterinary science in general and in hippiatry, in particular. The following article by Rania Elsayed, a scholar from Cairo, presents a reproduction of this image taken from the original manuscript and the English translation of the portions of the Arabic text, those being like captions presenting the comments of the original author on the different parts of the anatomy of the horse.
	Bone Fractures in Ibn Sina's Medicine
	By: Abdul Nasser Kaadan MD, PhD, Thu 29 September, 2005
	Ibn Sina, or Avicenna as he is known in the west, was a well-known Islamic philosopher and physician. Here we look at his accomplishments and contributions to knowledge of bone fractures.