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Insights into Avicenna’s knowledge of the science of orthopedics
Behnam Dalfardi, Hassan Yarmohammadi, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran
Behnam Dalfardi, Hassan Yarmohammadi, Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran
Mohammad Kalantari Meibodi, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran
Author contributions: Dalfardi B, Yarmohammadi H and Kalantari Meibodi M contributed to this work; Dalfardi B, Yarmohammadi H and Kalantari Meibodi M designed the study; Dalfardi B and Yarmohammadi H reviewed the Canon of Avicenna; Kalantari Meibodi M compared Avicenna’s statements to modern medicine; Dalfardi B, Yarmohammadi H and Kalantari Meibodi M wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Hassan Yarmohammadi, MD, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Neshat Street, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran. yarmohammadihassan@yahoo.com
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Received: September 8, 2013
Revised: October 17, 2013
Accepted: November 15, 2013
Published online: January 18, 2014
Processing time: 134 Days and 6.3 Hours
Revised: October 17, 2013
Accepted: November 15, 2013
Published online: January 18, 2014
Processing time: 134 Days and 6.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: The Persian scientist Avicenna investigated facets of orthopedics such as bone fractures and dislocations and ways of diagnosing and managing them. He contributed cutting-edge ideas relative to his era; among them, an early description of compartment syndrome and distinguishing between nerves and tendons.