A Case for Historical Inaccuracy in Medicine: Fact and Document

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

1 Faculty of Language and Literature, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

2 Persian Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Faculty of History of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Faculty of Theology, College of Farabi, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

5 Department of History of Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran School of Arabic literature, Farhangian University at Tehran, Tehran, Iran

6 Department of Persian Language & Literature, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabili, Iran

7 Work Done at History of Medicine, Independent Researcher, Tehran, Iran

Highlights

Mohsen Baghbani (Google Scholar)
Farzaneh Zare (Google Scholar)


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