Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran Archives of Iranian Medicine 1029-2977 20 3 2017 03 01 A Classical Wooden Vaginal Speculum Mentioned in Old Medical Manuscripts 0 0 EN Selim Kadıoğlu Oya Ögenler İlter Uzel Journal Article The subject of this paper is the story of an ancient medical instrument. This instrument is a wooden vaginal speculum used in classical and Islamic medicine. Its drawings can be found in Abulcasis al-Zahrawi’s and Şerefeddin Sabuncuoğlu’s illustrated books of surgery.