Paul of Aegina's surgical instruments: a complete surgical instrumentarium in the seventh century AD.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Although current progress in surgical instruments is oriented towards stapler devices, minimally invasive instrumentation and advanced cautery tools, it definitely seems intriguing to determine what instruments were used in antiquity and to appraise their use. Most adequate information can be retrieved from manuscripts of early medical authors, of whom Paul of Aegina (AD 625-690), also being a most important surgeon, is the most recent. The aim of this study is to present surgical instruments used in his practice. METHODS:Surgical instruments mentioned in the original Greek text of his monumental work named Epitome of Medicine were sought using computer software. Further, similar research was performed on other significant manuscripts of earlier Greek medical writers to determine whether some of the instruments were exclusively mentioned by Paul of Aegina. RESULTS:In total, 121 different surgical instruments were identified and described in detail in the Epitome of Medicine. Thirty-three instruments (27%) were exclusively reported by Paul of Aegina. CONCLUSIONS:In antiquity a large number of surgical instruments were already being used. Paul of Aegina described in detail a large variety of fine, as well as a substantial number of, original surgical instruments, which he himself used in a wide spectrum of surgical operations.

journal_name

ANZ J Surg

journal_title

ANZ journal of surgery

authors

Papadakis M,de Bree E,Trompoukis C,Manios A

doi

10.1111/ans.13027

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-07-01 00:00:00

pages

779-785

issue

7-8

eissn

1445-1433

issn

1445-2197

journal_volume

88

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