Al-Akhawayni and the Early Descriptions of Meningitis

作者:Dalfardi Behnam; Yarmohammadi Hassan*; Sedighi Mahsa; Zargaran Arman
来源:Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 2014, 23(2): 120-126.
DOI:10.1080/0964704X.2013.859956

摘要

Abubakr Rabi-ibn Ahmad Akhawayni Bukhari, also known as Al-Akhawayni, was a Persian physician who lived in the Near East during an age in which medical knowledge blossomed in the Islamic world. This era, the Islamic Golden Age, extended from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. During his lifetime as a physician, Al-Akhawayni was famous for his expertise in medicine, including disorders that would be considered neurological today. In his extant book Hidayat al-Muta`allemin fi al-Tibb [A Scholar%26apos;s Guide to Medicine], he provided an early description of what is probably meningitis. He illustrated the membranes surrounding the brain tissue in detail and described manifestations resulting from their inflammation.

  • 出版日期2014-4-3