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al-Zahrawi medical equipment

Parque de las Ciencias Andalucía-Granada

Parque de las Ciencias Andalucía-Granada
Granada, Spain

These instruments (cautery, saw, forceps and scissors) have been reproduced following the models described in the al-Zahrawi manuscript. The cautery was used to convert tissues into eschars. The saw for sawing bones. The forceps for extraction of the molars and scissors for circumcision.

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  • Title: al-Zahrawi medical equipment
  • Type: Medical instruments
  • Medium: Metal
Parque de las Ciencias Andalucía-Granada

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