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The Role of Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hadi Imanieh as the President of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (2005-2017) in Progress of Medical History and Persian Medicine
https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_43005_3681100b251014abd8477e56622c94a0.pdf
2017-11-01
Arman
Zargaran
zargarana@sums.ac.ir
1
Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz
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ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
Asclepiades of Bithynia (1st - 2nd Century BC) Atomic Theory in Caelius Aurelianus (5th Century AD) Work on Acute and Chronic Diseases
Asclepiades of Bithynia (2nd half of the first century to the 1st half of the second century BC) was a physician and a philosopher who was influenced a lot by Epicurus (341 – 270 BC); however, he managed to form his own medical theory. Very helpful to understand the medical theory of Asclepiades of Bithynia is the Latin translation of Soranus of Ephesus (2nd half of the first century to 1st half of the second century AD) work on acute and on chronic diseases by Caelius Aurelianus (5th century AD). Asclepiades of Bithynia medical theory was applied to the interpretation of many different diseases, in which the physician combined the principles of Methodic School which was about the stretching and narrowing of pores, with those of humoral pathology and the principals of Pneumatic School.
https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_43007_875862e76a45920cde4e5719ebfbaaf5.pdf
2017-11-01
Asclepiades of Bithynia
Soranus of Ephesus
Caelius Aurelianus
Atomic Theory
Konstantinos
Laios
konstlaios@gmail.com
1
History of Medicine Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Perspectives on opium trade from Persia to China and its impacts on the economic life and health of Iranian people
Opium was one of the drugs in the medieval history of Persia which has been used in medical affairs. By commercialization of poppy in Qajar dynasty with the permeation of the colonial policies, the material was conveyed to India and thence to China as a center of consumption. By enhancing the demand in India, the cultivation of poppy in Persia increased. The circumstances accompanied by a strenuous drought let to the breakout of famine in Persia which inflicted a lot of casualties. In 1907, new arrangement partly altered the previous sphere when constitutional revelation took place. In China, after the second opium war in 1842, Britain could dominate over the economic arteries and escalated Chinese dependency. However, by the production of opium in Bengal and many other cities of China, importing of poppy from Persia confronted an unexpected depression but the uprising of Boxers against British ambitions changed dependency situation. This paper sets out to portray the transaction and treatment of Persian and Chinese societies against the imposed policies.
https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_43008_f7a04fe70691d006dd5f137527ebd455.pdf
2017-11-01
opium
Persia
China
Constitutional Revolution
Boxers Uprising
Mostafa
Namdari Monfared
mnamdarimonfared@gmail.com
1
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ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
Investigating Causes of Cholera Outbreak in Shiraz during 1236 and 1322 Hijri (1820-1904 A.D.)
Cholera, also called morbidity and death illness under some other titles, spread nine times in Shiraz in an epidemic manner. The pathogen is Vibrio Cholera, and its source is contaminated water and food. Before 1236, the number of sufferers was very small in Shiraz. However, with the establishment of Qajar dynasty, the first outbreak took place in 1236 and left a large number of casualties through the years 1241, 1248, 1263, 1274, 1285, 1306, 1311 and 1322 Hijri. The outbreak was caused by both external and internal causes. With regard to external factors, pilgrimage and maritime traders contributed to this disease. This disease hit both Iraq and Saudi Arabia via India by Muslim Indian pilgrims and was transferred to the city after infecting Shirazi pilgrims. Moreover, traveling to India with the intention of trade and Indian trips to the Persian Gulf littoral states provided the transferring possibility of Vibrio Cholera to Bushehr and then to Shiraz. Internal parameters played a greater role in this outbreak. Lack of health care and clean water, ignorance of people and some false traditions as well as natural disasters such as earthquakes, locust invasion and the surge of famine were the main reasons which accelerated the outbreak of Cholera in Shiraz, reduced the ability of people to manage this catastrophe and consequently increased the mortality rate severely.
https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_43009_c53fe552016d6a7201b662285a845d90.pdf
2017-11-01
Shiraz
Cholera
Earthquake
Famine
India
Pilgrimage
Maritime Trade
Soleyman
Heidari
soleymanheidari@shirazu.ac.ir
1
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Pasteur Institute of Iran: History and Services
Pasteur Institute of Iran, as one of the oldest leading research and public health centers in Iran and in the Middle East, was established in 1920 following an agreement between the Institute Pasteur of Paris and the Iranian government to improve the health status in Iran. This institute has played a great role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in Iran and in the world during its approximate one hundred years of research background by conducting research studies associated with the control of infectious diseases, producing vaccines and biological products. This institute can be a useful model for the country and the region because of its brilliant records and its significant activities. This article reviews the Pasteur Institute of Iran services and research activities during its almost one hundred years of activity.
https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_43010_07abeb189924fdb6b219545d90bd3106.pdf
2017-11-01
Pasteur Institute of Iran
Infectious Disease
Research Center
Mostafa
Enayatrad
mostafaenayatrad@gmail.com
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AUTHOR
Ehsan
Mostafavi
mostafaviehsan@gmail.com
2
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A Glance at the Establishment of Asylum (Dar-al Majanin) in Islamic Civilization, 16 A.D.
In traditional medicine, physicians believe in the spirit and soul as well as their effects on the health of the body; therefore, an important part of the medical texts is devoted to introducing the causes and treatments of mental illnesses and their disorders. The treatment method of mental patients is different depending on the type and severity of the disease. Prescribing suitable medicine, advice to exercise, proper nutrition, being away from loneliness and sadness were among therapeutic methods. Based on the severity of the disease, the patient sometimes needed special care and then was taken care of by the doctor's diagnosis at a therapeutic center. The establishment of asylum is one of the significant and outstanding features in the Islamic civilization which has the same history of building hospitals. In this article, the history of building psychiatric hospitals is reviewed through a descriptive-analytical method resorting to authentic historical documents and references.
https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_43011_f7dc60beefab1e7fa13607d783754809.pdf
2017-11-01
Psychosis
Dar-al Majanin
Islamic civilization
Mahboobeh
Farkhondehzadeh
farkhondehzadeh@um.ac.ir
1
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ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
An Approach to Oral Pathology in Medieval Persia: Hidayat of Akhawayni Revisited
https://rhm.sums.ac.ir/article_43006_47cdd848c7b15b10395433c8e91d62c6.pdf
2017-11-01
Thorakkal
Shamim
shamu3duad@gmail.com
1
Thorakkal Shamim
BDS,MDS(Oral Pathology and Microbiology)
Dental Assistant Surgeon
Department of Dentistry
Government Taluk Head Quarters Hospital
Malappuram 676519
India
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