being contemporary with avicenna and rhazes, abu maher shirazi was born in shiraz the 10th century ad. he was known as the rst inuential physician in shiraz in the islamic period and his students, such as haly abbas, called him a great scientist. concerning his signicant impact on medicine in this era, abu maher shirazi is a good candidate for the title “the founder of shiraz medical doctrine”.

Purpose: The publication of the compendium Pantegni by Constantinus Africanus in monastery Monte Cassino eleventh century CE was a pivotal moment history medicine Western Europe. work is predominantly based on Liber regalis Haly Abbas (Baghdad, tenth CE). earliest available manuscript (KB 73 J6) handwritten and has been supervised himself. It includes chapter ocular anatomy. In this paper we tr...

Background: This research aims to examine the current validity and usage of information on 'fractures', 'dislocations' 'sprains' written by Haly Abbas in medical encyclopedia named Kāmil al-Ṣināʿa al-Ṭibbiyya. Methods: In this qualitative study, 9th article 2nd volume encyclopedic medicine book al-Ṭibbiyya, called "Manual Treatment Diseases" was used. The related examined sections including fra...

Background: Pterygium is one of the eye diseases that have been a subject of interest since ancient times. The aim of this study was to trace back the methods of diagnosis and treatment of pterygium throughout the history of Islamic civilization and to learn about the drugs and the related surgical instruments used to treat it. Methods: We searched all availab...

Zinc is an essential trace element involved in a wide range of biological processes and human diseases. Zinc excess is deleterious, and animals require mechanisms to protect against zinc toxicity. To identify genes that modulate zinc tolerance, we performed a forward genetic screen for Caenorhabditis elegans mutants that were resistant to zinc toxicity. Here we demonstrate that mutations of the...

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Introduction istorically, Hippocrates (460 – 377 B.C.) was the first physician who described the evacuation of pus from pleural space. Then, Galen (129 – 199 A.D.) wrote on the same procedure. 2 In Iran, some renowned physicians such as Ahwazi or Haly Abbas (10 century A.D.), Razi or Rhazes (865 – 925 A.D.), and Ibn-Sina or Avicenna (980 – 1037 A.D.) had also mentioned the chest diseases such a...

Islamic Traditional Medicine (ITM) is a holistic and comprehensive medical school that has antecedents over 12 centuries ago. In ITM, cancer was a known disease with many options for treatment. Razi (Razhes; 865-925 AD), Ahwazi (Haly Abbas; 930-994 AD), Avicenna (980-1037AD), Jorjani (1042-1136 AD), and Aqili Khorasani (18th century) are among eminent physicians who discussed different types of...

Studying the history of science could help develop an understanding of the contributions made by ancient nations towards scientific advances. Although Iranians had an important impact on the improvement of science, the history of Iranian medicine seems not to have been given enough attention by historians. The present study focused on the history of anesthesia and pain management in Iranian med...