Medieval Arabic surgeon Ibn al Quff’s account on surgical pain relief
in or to make surgical management possible. Hich indicated one rare occasion to such description in Arabic medical texts. Methods of administration of these drugs were inhalation, ingestion and by rectal suppositories. The drugs used in anesthetic sponges inc…
WHO WAS IBN AL QUFF?
Ibn al Quff was born in 630 AH/1232 CE and died in Damascus in 685 AH/1286 CE. He indicated that anesthetics can be given by inhalation and he described the drugs used in anesth…