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Contents Preface Ehsan Yarshater ix Transliteration of Languages x 1. Medical Disciplines i. Dentistry in Persia Iadeq Sajjadi 1 ii. Ophthalmology Iadeq Sajjadi 4 iii. Veterinary Medicine in pre-Islamic Iran Mansour Shaki 9 iv. Veterinary Medicine in the Islamic Period Iadeq Sajjadi 10 2. Medical Institutions i. Gondesapur The City A. Shapur Shabazi 14 History and Medical School Lutz Richter-Bernburg 16 ii. Drustbed Ahmad Tafazzoli 18 iii. Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tehran Yunos Karamati & EIr. 19 iv. Hospitals in Pre-modern and Modern Times Iadeq Sajjadi 26 v. Institute for the Protection of Mothers and Infants EIr. 30 3. Sources and History i. Greek Medicine in Persia Gul A. Russell 30 ii. Humoralism (Galenism) Amir Arsalan Afkhami 46 iii. Hippocrates (Boqra?) Lutz Richter-Bernburg 49 iv. Wind in Perso-Islamic Medicine Lutz Richter-Bernburg 54 v. Qakira-ye Kvarazmsahi ?A.-A. Sa?idi Sirjani 55 vi. al-Oawi Lutz Richter-Bernburg 57 vii. Hedayat al-Motta?allemin fi'l-ebb Jalal Matini 59 viii. Oef? al-Ie??a Nasseredin Parvin 60 4. Pharmacology and Drugs i. Botanical Studies (Pharmacology in the Greco-Islamic Tradition) Husang A?lam 60 ii. Abu Ray?an Biruni, on Pharmacology and Mineralogy Georges C. Anawati 66 iii. Ebn al-Bay?ar on Pharmacology Husang A?lam 67 iv. Drugs in Medieval Persia Iadeq Sajjadi 68 v. Camphor Husang A?lam 75 vi. Coriander Husang A?lam 79 vii. Borage Husang A?lam 80 viii. Hemp ?A.-A. Sa?idi Sirjani 81 5. Leading Medical Figures i. Avicenna, Works and Influences on Biology and Medicine Basim Musallam 82 ii. Avicenna, Persian Works in Medicine and Philosophy M. Achena 88 iii. Avicenna, Influence on Medical Studies in the West Ursula Weisser 93 iv. Ebn Elyas Gul A. Russell 96 v. Faresi Gul A. Russell 100 6. Medical Authors i. ?Abd ?Allah b. ?Isa Lutz Richter-Bernburg 104 ii. Abu'l-Oasan Tafresi Lutz Richter-Bernburg 104 iii. Abu Man?ur Heravi Lutz Richter-Bernburg 105 iv. Abu Zayn Ka??al Lutz Richter-Bernburg 106 v. Akawayni Bokari H. H. Biesterfeldt 106 vi. ?Ali b. ?Abbas Majusi Lutz Richter-Bernburg 107 vii. Ebn Abi Iadeq Lutz Richter-Bernburg 108 viii. Ebn Hendu Lutz Richter-Bernburg 109 7. Famous Physicians i. Abu'l-Barakat al-Bagodadi Wilferd Madelung 110 ii. Abu'l-Qasem Na?ini Lutz Richter-Bernburg 112 iii. Abu aleb Tabrizi ?A. Karang 112 iv. Boktisu? Family Lutz Richter-Bernburg 112 v. Borhan Nafis Zabihollah Safa 116 vi. Borzuya Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh 116 vii. Oaji Baba Afsar H. Ma?bubi Ardakani 117 8. Foreign Physicians in Persia i. Democedes Rudiger Schmitt 118 ii. Caraka Ronald E. Emmerick 118 iii. Louis-Andre-Ernest Cloquet Lutz Richter-Bernburg 118 iv. John Cormick Kamran Ekbal and Lutz 119 Richter-Bernburg v. William Cormick Moojan Momen 120 vi. Cyril Lloyd Elgood F. R. C. Bagley 121 vii. Jean-Baptiste Feuvrier Jean Calmard 121 9. Medical Treatment and Surgery i. Bloodletting Willem Floor 123 ii. Castration Lutz Richter-Bernburg 125 10. Health and Epidemics i. Health in the Pre-Islamic Period Philippe Gignoux 129 ii. Health in the Qajar Period Amir Arsalan Afkhami 130 iii. Health in the Pahlavi Period Mohammad Ali Faghih 138 iv. Cholera in Persia Xavier de Planhol 142 v. Cholera in Afghanistan Daniel Balland 145 vi. Influenza Amir Arsalan Afkhami 148
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Medicine -- Iran -- History.
Medicine, Persian -- History.
History of Medicine -- Iran -- Collected Works.
History of Medicine -- Persia -- Collected Works.
Medicine, Arabic -- history -- Iran -- Collected Works.
Medicine, Arabic -- history -- Persia -- Collected Works.