A Study of Iranians’ Innovations in Pharmacology from Jondi Shapur to Shiraz School
Iranians were one of the first nations who made great efforts in medicine and the treatment of diseases and ailments and improved their knowledge and awareness in this field through the passage of time. The religious and mythological books of Iran refer to some physicians who used herbs for the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2018-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Research on History of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://rhm.ir/index.php/rhm/article/view/422 |
| Summary: | Iranians were one of the first nations who made great efforts in medicine
and the treatment of diseases and ailments and improved their knowledge
and awareness in this field through the passage of time. The religious
and mythological books of Iran refer to some physicians who
used herbs for the treatment of the patients. To study and improve their
knowledge of medicine, Iranians established the first medical centers
like university and hospital of Jondi shapur, and they tried to present
their breakthroughs in the field of medicine and treatment through the
translation of the books of other nations, educating physicians, and interaction
with the other countries of that time. Subsequently, some people
even preferred the treatment methods of the physicians of Jondi shapur
to Indian and Greek ones’. After Islam, some Iranian families like
Baqtiashu found their way to Bani Omaye and Bani Abbas caliphates’
courts, owing to their knowledge of medicine and their special capabilities
in the realm of sciences. These people also played a big role in the
translation movement. While providing medical services and curing the
caliphates’ diseases, Iranian physicians also wrote some books on medicine
and treatment and it was through this action that countless Iranian
names of medical herbs were introduced in the pharmacology books of
the Islamic era. And later these books became the basis for Islamic medicine.
In the reign of Al Booyeh, thinkers like Mohammad Ibn Zakaria
Razi and Ali Ibn Abbas Majoosi made new discoveries in the science of
medicine and also in the treatment methods and making of drugs - an unprecedented discovery which had not been made before that time. Additionally,
in this period, we can see the formation of Medical School of
Shiraz by some scholars like Abu Maher Shirazi.
This research, through a descriptive- analytical method and based on
the original scientific and historical sources, tries to describe the role of
Iranians in development and innovation in the field of drugs from Jondi
Shapur School to Shiraz School in Al Booyeh period. |
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| ISSN: | 2251-886X 2251-886X |