Sahih al-Bukhari 3342 — the opening of the chest

صحيح البخاري 3342 — شق الصدر

A report in Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 3342 (Prophets), that mentions the opening of the chest. The Medicine Browser lists it with the texts on prophetic medicine, medicine, anatomy, surgery, drugs and treatment.

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«… أَبُو ذَرٍّ ـ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " فُرِجَ سَقْفُ بَيْتِي وَأَنَا بِمَكَّةَ، فَنَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ، فَفَرَجَ صَدْرِي، ثُمَّ غَسَلَهُ بِمَاءِ زَمْزَمَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِطَسْتٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُمْتَلِئٍ حِكْمَةً وَإِيمَانًا فَأَفْرَغَهَا فِي صَدْرِي، ثُمَّ أَطْبَقَهُ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَعَرَجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ لِخَازِنِ السَّمَاءِ افْتَحْ. قَالَ مَنْ هَذَا …»

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Surgery, the work of the hand (al-jiraha)

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Venesection, or bloodletting (al-fasd)· Setting fractures and dislocations (al-jabr wal-kasr)· Anatomy· Medical treatment (al-mu'alaja)· Treating the wounded in the Prophet's time (mudawat al-jarha)· Sunan Abi Dawud 2531 — the treatment of wounds; women treating the wounded· Sunan Abi Dawud 254 — surgery, circumcision and splints· Sunan Abi Dawud 2727 — the treatment of wounds; women treating the wounded

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  • Sahih al-Bukhari
  • hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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Venesection, or bloodletting (al-fasd)

For Ibn Sina venesection is a general evacuation that relieves a plethora of the humours, one of the manual modes of treatment. The fourth fann of Book I gives it its own chapter, covering who may be bled and who should be spared, narrow and wide incisions, the six veins of the arm, and the danger of the artery lying under the basilic vein. The Canon treats cupping and leeches in the chapters that follow, so for Ibn Sina bloodletting is a different procedure from cupping.