A Review of Rabies Treatment Methods in Ancient Iran

Rabies is a fatal viral disease affecting warm-blooded mammals (bats, carnivores, and ruminants) even humans. The virus usually transmitted between humans or other animals through the bite of infected animals. However, there are unusual ways to share virus, such as organ transplants. has been known in ancient world since about 2300 BC. Dogs were commonly leading carriers disease. There strange methods that sometimes mixed with superstition thought treat prevent rabies effectively. In Iran, was endemic. Scientists Avicenna (Ibn Sina, 980-1037 AD), Rhazes (Abu Bakr Al-Razi, 964-864 Al-Biruni (970-1050 Jorjani (1042-1136 Akhawyni Bokhari (913-971 AD) have described rabies, transmission, treatment methods. This study aimed present development history against based on Iran's culture, civilization, knowledge examine its progress practical skills rabies.