RT Book, Section
A1 Camick, Christina J.
A1 Nazzal, Munier
A2 Nazzal, Munier
A2 Blebea, John
A2 Osman, Mohamed F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1200676059
T1 Wound Healing for the Vascular Specialist
T2 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management
YR 2024
FD 2024
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462715
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200676059
RD 2024/10/13
AB The  practice  of  wound  healing  dates  back  many  millennia,  with  the  earliest  accounts  from  the  Sumerians  in  2000  B.C.  Their  practice  consisted  of  both  a  spiritual  component  with  incantations  and  a  physical  component  with  application  of  a  poultice-like  material  to  the  wound.  The  Egyptians  can  be  credited  with  differentiating  infected  and  diseased  wounds  from  noninfected  wounds.  In  the  Edwin  Smith  Surgical  Papyrus,  a  copy  of  a  document  dated  to  1650  B.C.,  there  are  descriptions  of  over  48  types  of  wounds.  The  Ebers  Papyrus  (1550  B.C.)  describes  concoctions  containing  honey  for  antibacterial  purposes,  lint  for  absorbance  of  moisture,  and  grease  to  provide  a  barrier  in  the  treatment  of  wounds.  The  Egyptians  recognized  properties  within  these  substances  that  are  still  fundamental  in  modern  wound  management.  Building  on  this  knowledge,  the  Greeks  classified  wounds  as  acute  or  chronic.  Galen  of  Pergamum  (120–201  A.D.),  who  was  appointed  as  physician  to  the  Roman  gladiators,  was  one  of  most  famous  Greek  physicians  who  emphasized  the  importance  of  maintaining  moisture  within  the  wound  environment  to  ensure  adequate  healing.