Author/Authors :
esnaashary, mohammad hosein shiraz university of medical sciences - student research committee, ايران , yarmohammadi, hassan shiraz university of medical sciences - student research committee, research office for the history of persian medicine, ايران , dalfardi, behnam shiraz university of medical sciences - research office for the history of persian medicine, student research committee - department of internal medicine, ايران , askarpour, mohammad reza shiraz university of medical sciences - student research committee, ايران , daneshfard, babak shiraz university of medical sciences - research center for traditional medicine and history of medicine, ايران , mehdizadeh, alireza shiraz university of medical sciences - research office for the history of persian medicine, ايران
Abstract :
Persian scholars greatly influenced the advancement of medical sciences during the Middle Ages. As a review of the books surviving from that time shows, infectious diseases was one main field of interest for these scientists. Among this group of health problems, rabies was specifically described by Persian physicians, particularly by Avicenna (980 – 1037 A.D.) in his famous “Canon of Medicine.”The current study aimed to examine these physicians’ brilliant views and innovations on the manifestations, diagnosis, and management of rabies, a subject not comprehensively assessed until now.
