Pregledni rad

ANOREKTALNE BOLESTI U AVICENINU “KANONU MEDICINE”

Seyed Hamdollah Mosavat ; Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Leila Ghahramani ; Colorectal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Ehsan Rahmanian Haghighi ; Department of General Surgery, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
Mahsa Rostami Chaijan ; Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Mohammad Hashem Hashempur ; Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
Mojtaba Heydari ; Department of Traditional Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Sažetak

Although the development of modern medicine has helped us detect and treat diseases better than in the past, especially in the field of surgery; the history of medicine may be a trigger that can help us use neglected aspects of prior knowledge for the advancement of modern-day science. Since historical papers that have specifically focused on anorectal diseases are rare, but those that exist contain brief discussions in this field, the current study aims to present a detailed review of Avicenna’s approach to anorectal diseases. Therefore, we reviewed On the Diseases of the Anus, the 17th chapter of the third volume of the Canon of Medicine written by Avicenna, and compared his views on the classification and diagnosis of, and the approach to anorectal diseases with that of modern proctology. Avicenna discussed in detail about anorectal diseases such as hemorrhoid, fissure, perianal abscess and fistula, rectal prolapse, fecal incontinence, and pruritus ani. In addition, we introduce herbs which Avicenna used to treat these diseases. Our findings show that Avicenna’s views on the classification and diagnosis of, and the approach to anorectal diseases have few fundamental differences with modern medicine. In addition, the pharmacological effects of some of the herbs that were recommended by Avicenna, and are used in current medicine are proven. Thus the Medieval knowledge can be further scientifically investigated to develop new therapeutic
options for anorectal diseases.

Ključne riječi

Anus diseases; Avicenna; Canon of Medicine; History of Medicine; Proctology; Rectal diseases; Traditional Persian Medicine

Hrčak ID:

153009

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/153009

Datum izdavanja:

31.12.2015.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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