Shri Kant Mishra, Hadi Mohammad Khanli, Golnoush Akhlaghipour, Ghazaleh Ahmadi Jazi, Shaweta Khosa
Iran is an ancient country, known as the cradle of civilization. The history of medicine in Iran goes back to the existence of a human in this country, divided into three periods: pre-Islamic, medieval, and modern period. There are records of different neurologic terms from the early period, while Zoroastrian (religious) prescription was mainly used until the foundation of the first medical center (Gondishapur). In the medieval period, with the conquest of Islam, prominent scientists were taught in Baghdad, like Avicenna, who referred to different neurologic diseases including stroke, paralysis, tremor, and meningitis...
January 5, 2019: Iranian Journal of Neurology