Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History

Abstract

Background and Aim: Studying the history of hospitals in Iran and Islam is one of the important studies in the field of health institutions development in Islamic civilization. With the spread of Islam in all fields, especially in the field of medicine, governments have generally recognized the importance of medical knowledge in some periods of Islamic and Iranian history and established well-established medical centers in most lands. The purpose of the present study is to better understand the evolution of health care institutions in Iran, especially Neyshabour Hospital and its role in the development of medical science.

Materials and Methods: This paper examines the texts and documents and explains the process of creation, growth and evolution of this hospital and its role in promoting health and medical education in Islamic civilization by relying on books such as Encyclopedia. The Islamic world deals.

Ethical Considerations: The ethical and literary aspects of the subject have been taken into account in the analysis and inference of the material, especially in reference books.

Findings: The findings of the study indicate that the mentioned hospital, as a scientific and sovereign necessity, was also one of the most important educational centers in northeast of Iran where some of the most prominent physicians have undergone a course of medical and scientific activity. In addition to the task of treating and caring for patients, these centers also covered other tasks such as training medical students and playing the role of research and research centers (dedicated libraries). The dimensions and impact of these systems on the evolution of health care institutions can be summarized in the prominent medical practitioners and their ideas that were presented to the medical community by the military schools, as these schools are the most important developmental point in medical research in the Islamic world. It has been the basis of study cycles in the field, strengthened by the training of hands-on physicians, who first tried to treat the disease and then tried methods of prevention and outbreak.

Conclusion: The educational or so-called "laboratory and academic research departments" have always been an integral part of hospitals, as these subgroups, in addition to accepting and treating patients, have practiced medicine through methods and methods sometimes scientifically and sometimes formally. It was empirical, and this led many Taliban scientists and practitioners around the world to seek science related to this style and method.

Please cite this article as: Shafaie M, Abbas-Aliizade F, Ranjbari A, Hosseini AR. Investigating the Importance of Health and Medical Institutions' Relationship with Educational Centers in Islamic Civilization (Case Study of Neyzabour Nezamieh Hospital in 5th and 6th Centuries AH). Med Hist J 2019; 10(37): 75-88.