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University of Medicine and
Pharmacy Tirgu Mures
Radu Neagoe MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Second Department of Surgery
Historical moments in
surgery
Neolithic era
Old civilizations:
Bust of Pythagora in
Rome
The
rubor,
Islamic medicine
The Islamic Golden Age- 8th to 15th
Centuries
establishment of hospitals, paid for by the
charitable donations (Zakat tax)
The father of islamic medicine
Al
Islamic medicine
Avicenna (Abu-Ali-Ibn-Sina, 9801037), the great polymath
The canon = a core text for physicians
across the islamic world and Europe
(translated in many languages)/ a
detailed guide for diagnosing and
treating ailments
Al Kindi (800-870), the documenter of
Islamic medicine
-influenced by Galen
Medical Formulary = many preparations
drawn from plant, animal and mineral
sources
De humanis
corpori fabrica
(Basel 1543)
Leonardos anatomy
drawings.
As regards Surgery..
Theodor Billroth (1881, Wien)
gastrectomy
Langenbuch (1882) cholecystectomy
Synmonds (1883) - appendectomy
Knowledge of anatomy
Discovery of anesthesia
Intraoperative hemostasis
Concept of asepsis
understanding of shock
knowledge of blood group & blood transfusion
understanding of blood clotting
development of antibiotics & analgesics
development of imagistic techniques
electrically powered surgical instruments,
surgical stapling
medical lasers
hypothermia, transplantation of organs
minimally invasive surgery
Dacia
a full case of surgical instruments (Graditea
Mucelului)
Scyntia Minor Greek doctors
Modern era:
71 years
history
...we are who we are thanks to the School that shaped us Th.
Burghele