History of Medicine in Iran The Oldest Known Medical Treatise in the Persian Language

Toraj Nayernouri, Mohammad Hossein Azizi

Abstract


 

In this article, we describe some features of a rediscovered medical text written in old Persian (Farsi Dari) over one thousand years ago and discuss some of its significant attributes in relation to the historical background of the Iranian scientific and literary renaissance of that era.


Keywords


History of medicine; Language; Iran

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/middle%20east%20j%20di.v3i1.412

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