Abstract
Al-Razi is considered the first who described what is called now Baker’s cyst, which is attributed to the English surgeon William Baker (1839-1896) who described it in 1877. He mentioned to the necessity of removing the patella (patellectomy) in the cases of comminuted fracture of the patella, which is attributed to Brooke who described it in 1937, and is called Brooke method. Avicenna drew attention to the necessity of not splinting the fracture immediately, advising postponing it beyond the fifth day. Today, this is called the Theory of Delayed Splintage; now Professor George Perkins is considered the pioneer of this theory. The aim of this paper is to shed lights on some of Arab and Muslim physician's achievements or contributions, and still some of them attributed to some Western physicians.
Al-Razi is considered the first who described what is called now Baker’s cyst, which is attributed to the English surgeon William Baker (1839-1896) who described it in 1877. He mentioned to the necessity of removing the patella (patellectomy) in the cases of comminuted fracture of the patella, which is attributed to Brooke who described it in 1937, and is called Brooke method. Avicenna drew attention to the necessity of not splinting the fracture immediately, advising postponing it beyond the fifth day. Today, this is called the Theory of Delayed Splintage; now Professor George Perkins is considered the pioneer of this theory. The aim of this paper is to shed lights on some of Arab and Muslim physician's achievements or contributions, and still some of them attributed to some Western physicians.