Medical representations, therapeutic and surgical instruments in pre-Islamic poetry

Abstract

The pre-Islamic poetic system represented more than just a linguistic vessel or a tool for documenting facts and events. Within its metaphorical structure, it carried intellectual and psychological patterns that embodied the ancient man’s awareness of his body, his relationships, and his internal and external conflicts. Among these prominent patterns, the scientific and medical features are manifested, as images of disease and medicine are intertwined within it.His survival instinct helped him in this, asMan’s attachment to life and the abundance of conflicts have led him to love life and defend his existence in it, not only through wars and confronting tyrants, but also through fighting diseases and searching for their causes and treatments.