Tinnitus, a well-known medical issue in medieval Persia

Medical Education in Ancient Persia

Introduction: Historically, education is the prominent part of medical systems of different cultures. It has been surveyed in some cultures. In this study, we tried to uncover educational practices applied and present a sketch of medical education in ancient Persia (from beginning to 637 AD) based on the available evidence. Methods: In this study, old Persian scripts and other written document...

Medical Illustrations in Medieval Manuscripts

Medical Illustrations in Medieval Manuscripts, by LOREN MACKINNEY, London, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1965, pp. xvii, 263, 104 plates, 105s. It is a pity that Loren MacKinney did not live to see the publication of this beautifully produced book, which represents to some extent the culminating point of his thirty years' search for medical illustrations in medieval manuscripts. He had i...

Medical Malpractice: A Preventable or Inevitable Issue

The origin of the concept of neuropathic pain in Early Medieval Persia (9th - 12th century CE).

Neuropathic pain is supposed to be a post-renaissance described medical entity. Although it is often believed that John Fothergill (1712-1780) provided the first description of this condition in 1773, a review of the medieval Persian medical writings will show the fact that neuropathic pain was a medieval-originated concept. "Auojae Asab" [Nerve-originated Pain[ was used as a medical term in me...

Medieval medical miniatures

When the proposed scheme was put to Florence Nightingale, she replied politely but less than enthusiastically. She was at the time still nursing in the Crimean War, much preoccupied with the present and future health of the army and very unsure of her own. Although she had in the past visited a number of hospitals both in Britain and Europe and had herself "trained" at Kaiserswerth Institution,...