The influence of Arabic medicine on surgery in the Low Countries1. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Van Hee, Robrecht
• Is Part Of: Acta chirurgica belgica. Volume 120:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 61
• Page End: 75
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: History of surgery -- Yperman -- Fijens -- Arabic influence -- Low Countries; Surgery -- Periodicals; General Surgery; Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Surgery; Chirurgie (geneeskunde); Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.005
• DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2019.1579525
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0001-5458

Abstract

Abstract: The influence of Arab Medicine on Western science has recently been challenged. Using the example of two Flemish surgeons, Jan Yperman in the early 14th and Thomas Fijens in the late 16th century, this article argues that Arab physicians and surgeons have imposed a long lasting influence on the surgical practitioners in the Low Countries.