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. 2005 Oct;14(8):810-2.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-005-0889-3. Epub 2005 Apr 26.

First detailed description of axial traction techniques by Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu in the 15th century

Gulsah Bademci, Funda Batay, Hakan Sabuncuoglu

First detailed description of axial traction techniques by Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu in the 15th century

Gulsah Bademci et al. Eur Spine J. 2005 Oct.
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Fig. 1
Illustration showing the axial traction system for replacement of dislocated vertebrae. Reprinted with permission of the Turkish Historical Society from Uzel I [23]
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Fig. 2
The Hippocratic ladder for the reduction of spinal curvatures. From the Apollonius of Kitium on the Hippocratic treatise ‘on joints’. Bibliotheca Medica Laurenziana Florence (9th–10th century AD) [15]
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