Rabies in Iranian Traditional Medicine

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Mohaghegh Mohammad Ali; Hooshyar Hossein; Hejazi Seyed Hossein; Ghomashlooyan Mohsen

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Journal: Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Year:2014 | Volume:2 | Issue:2 Page(s): 66-67

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Rabies in Iranian Traditional Medicine

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Mohaghegh Mohammad Ali | Hooshyar Hossein | Hejazi Seyed Hossein | Ghomashlooyan Mohsen | Issue Writer Certificate

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In Vol. 2, No. 1, 2014, Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infection Diseases a paper entitled “Rabies in Iran: Past, Present and Future” was published. We are grateful to Dr. Alireza Gholami and colleagues for this fascinating paper. We read the paper with a great interest but there is one point that should be taken into consideration. The authors have claimed that the discovery of rabies goes back to 2300 BC, when the Greek philosophers and physicians described it as a dangerous disease caused by a mad dog biting [1]. However, there is no mention of the contribution of the Iranian or Islamic traditional medicine to this discovery. Many of the historical evidence suggest that the treatment of many infectious diseases, like rabies was based on research carried out by Iranian scientists. One of these leading (Persian) scholars was Avicenna (980-1037 AD), who had a great dominance in the treatment of infectious diseases such as rabies. The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanunphi-al-Tibb) which is one of the most important textbooks used in many medical specialties depict Avicenna’s research on rabies as well as his attempts to prevent the disease...

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