A Classical Wooden Vaginal Speculum Mentioned in Old Medical Manuscripts.
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چکیده
The subject of this paper is the story of an ancient medical instrument. This instrument is a wooden vaginal speculum used in classical and Islamic medicine. Its drawings can be found in Abulcasis al-Zahrawi's and Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu's illustrated books of surgery.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of Iranian medicine
دوره 20 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017