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historically, there is a consensus that islamic medicine followed the persian, greek and egyptian medicine and that a large number of muslim scholars were non-arabs. it is also known that most famous islamic physicians who took their knowledge to arabic countries received their education in the famous and credible university of gondishapour in iran. therefore, in order to develop a more compreh...

islamic golden age, 9-12 century ad, was the period through which persian scientists and physicians were most influential in improving medical sciences including cardiovascular knowledge. although post-islamic golden age witnessed a number of great persian scholars moving cardiovascular concepts forward, they failed to become as well known as their predecessors. one of these scholars was hakim ...

results bahaodowle razi, a persian physician from the 15th century anno domini (ad), reported two epidemics in harat and one in rey (inold persia) for the first time, one century before baillou. he named it as sorfe-ie-am (meaning public cough). those occurred during his lifetime. explaining about his observations and experiences about this epidemic, bahaodowle razi elaborated on prognosis, sym...

over seven decades ago, as the result of endeavors of a group of leading literary and scientific figures the farhangestan-e-awwal (first academy of iran) was established in may 1935 and its activity continued until 1953. presented here is a brief historical account of the establishment of the first academy of iran as well as a look at the biographical sketches of physicians at the academy.

dry cupping is one of the main procedures in many traditional medicine systems all around the world with its root in antiquity. traditional method of dry cupping is depended on practitioner proficiency and can lead to skin burn if the practitioner is a beginner. on the other hand, zahrawi (11th century ad), the muslim physician from andulus (current spain) presented two novel forms of cup for c...

fars province and the city of shiraz were important centers of medical sciences in ancient and medieval period. at present, also shiraz accommodates one of the most outstanding universities, as well as medical centers and hospitals both in iran and the middle east.1 in this regards, the research office for the history of persian medicine held a ceremony in shiraz to honor scholars in the field ...

hospitals have a long history throughout the history of medicine. first hospitals are originated from persia in ancient times in the sassanid dynasty (2nd to 6th century ad). after the advent of islam in persia (iran) in 637 ad, medical knowledge and also hospitals were ourished and advanced by persian scholars. shiraz azodi hospital and university was one of the important hospitals in persia....

â  in this article, we describe some features of a rediscovered medical text written in old persian (farsi dari) over one thousand years ago and discuss some of its significant attributes in relation to the historical background of the iranian scientific and literary renaissance of that era.