Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History

Abstract

An analytical study of the history of ancient medicine in the Orient, which should rightly be considered the cradle of civilization, and attention to the medicine of ancient Iran and the era of Islamic civilization, which played a major role in advancing medicine, is an inevitable necessity. Which has received less attention.

In the course of studying the history of medicine, it is necessary to study the process of human health and disease and all related activities in the past, as well as the life history of the people who were responsible for maintaining and transmitting this serious matter.

Another important point in examining the trend of medical history is that one should not judge the medical opinions of past centuries by today's scientific standards, but it is necessary to put oneself in the temporal and spatial situation of the period and understand the philosophy of that era. In order to properly understand these opinions. Hence, it is possible to understand why Babylonian medicine was more priestly and magical, Greek medicine was more philosophical and medieval medicine was more religious, and modern medicine was more scientific and experimental; It is necessary for medical historians to record medical history impartially and to avoid prejudices, prejudices and personal deviations as much as possible. Their valuable role is to redraw the past that no longer exists for us, and to bring it to life for us based on the sources and evidence obtained; However, some believe that it is not necessary to pay attention to the ancient sciences and their follow-up, including medicine and its history at the present time. George Sarten, one of the most famous historians of the history of science, acknowledges that unfortunately many scientists do not value historical implications and consider it a trivial pastime. The reason they give is that the best parts of the ancient sciences have been adapted and have become part of the modern sciences, the rest can be forgotten and in vain we should not bore our memory with it and increase the rainfall.

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