TY - JOUR
T1 - What did Avicenna (Ibn Sina, 980-1037 A.D.) look like?
AU - Erolin, Caroline
AU - Shoja, Mohammadali M.
AU - Loukas, Marious
AU - Shokouhi, Ghaffar
AU - Rashidi, Mohammada Reza
AU - Khalili, Majid
AU - Tubbs, R. Shane
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - We present a reconstruction of Avicenna's face from the only photograph of his skull available today. The photograph is more than 50 years old, and was obtained during the exhumation of Avicenna's tomb in Hamadan for relocation. The reconstruction procedure was performed by the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee, UK. This is probably the first scholarly attempt to reconstruct Avicenna's face. Historians and clinicians who are interested in the history of medicine may find the current craniofacial analysis of Avicenna and the final output interesting and worth recording. The life, achievements and contributions of Avicenna to medical sciences and the influence of his "Canon" on Renaissance medicine are discussed.
AB - We present a reconstruction of Avicenna's face from the only photograph of his skull available today. The photograph is more than 50 years old, and was obtained during the exhumation of Avicenna's tomb in Hamadan for relocation. The reconstruction procedure was performed by the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee, UK. This is probably the first scholarly attempt to reconstruct Avicenna's face. Historians and clinicians who are interested in the history of medicine may find the current craniofacial analysis of Avicenna and the final output interesting and worth recording. The life, achievements and contributions of Avicenna to medical sciences and the influence of his "Canon" on Renaissance medicine are discussed.
KW - Anatomy
KW - Face
KW - History
KW - Medicine
KW - Skull
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.178
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.178
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23084546
AN - SCOPUS:84883282035
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 167
SP - 1660
EP - 1663
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
IS - 5
ER -