An Introduction to the Study on the Discussions about Surgical Instruments in Written text of Medical Sciences in Islamic Era

Physicians often used pharmaceutical plants and other non-surgical therapies in Islamic era. This is the reason that texts related to surgical instruments can be seen in medical history of Islamic era compared to other written texts of the same era. This descriptive-analytic study which is based on the review of literature, is an introduction to become familiar with surgical instruments in Islamic era throught which background and the trace of writing this subject and surgery in Islamic era were conducted. This study shows that written texts related to surgery and its instruments in medical sciences in Islamic era have a special status compared to its other fields and it had some ups and downs in different eras. Furthermore, the author of the present article concludes that surgery, as a branch of medical sciences in Islamic era helped these sciences to develop in different aspects and this is obvious in studying text of medical sciences on surgical instruments.