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History
and development of every nation's literature, knowledge and art are
truthfully and realistically reflected within the pages of its
handwritten books.
Brief
survey shows, that more than 1480 identified medical manuscripts,
ranging from 11th to 19th century A.D., are currently preserved in
various museums and cultural or scientific institutions in Iran and
all over the world. These include some 500 title of books,
translations and independent works, written by various physicians and
reminder comprises duplicate copies.
Surveying
titles and contents of these books, one realizes that Iranian
Physicians have left us works in every medical field and dealt with
all things related with man's interior and exterior, generally or
specifically covering infectious and venereal diseases, gynecology and
child-birth, embryology and pregnancy, infantile illnesses and child
growth, senility and gerontology, ophthalmologic disorders, nervous
and mental malfunctions, reproduction maladies, hygiene and health
preservation, particular ailments, dermatology and hair care,
digestion troubles, otorhinolaryngologic ailments, hair loss,
pharmacology, surgery, dissection, veterinary science, ...
Besides
writing specialized books, many physicians have also published
bi-lingual lexicons and scores of literary medical works, entitled
"Teb Manzoum" (Versified Medicine).
Most
of these manuscripts deal with general hygiene and preventive care, ophthalmology,
infectious and epidemic diseases, gynecology, anatomy and physiology,
internal diseases, surgery, pharmacology and drug making, botany and
zoology.
It
seems Iranian doctors were also very keen upon hygiene and preventive
care and considered it more important than treatment following
sickness.
In
terms of the number of extant copies, appears following books were of
particular importance, as well as the most read:
1-
Zakhireh Kharazmshahi : 88 copies
2-
Ekhtiarat Badii, by Haj Zeinoddin Attar (1329-1404 A.D.), 64 copies
3- Hakim Momen's Tohfeh, 59 copies
4- Tashrihol Abdan Mansouri, 37 copies
5- Mozafar Shafai Qarabadin, 26 copies
6- Ajaebol Makhluqat, 21 copies
More
information on some medical manuscript, which are in Iran Museums:
1-
Zakhireh Kharazmshahi
2-
Kamalol
Tabir
3- Ajaebol Makhluqat
4- Ajaebol Makhluqat
5- Ajaebol Makhluqat
6- Hashayesh
7- Hakim Momen's Tohfeh
8- Tashrihol Abdan Mansouri
9-
Tafzil Madreseh Darolfonoun
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