Rabies in medieval Persian literature – the Canon of Avicenna (980–1037 AD)

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Hassan Yarmohammadi¹  Mohammad Hosein Esnaashary¹  Behnam Dalfardi¹ 

[1] Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

关键词: Rabies;    Persia;    Medieval history;    Canon of medicine;    Avicenna;   

Others  :  1145460
DOI  :  10.1186/2049-9957-3-7

 received in 2013-10-31, accepted in 2014-02-12,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Ibn Sina (980–1037 AD), known by his full name Abu Ali al-Hussain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina and the Latin name ‘Avicenna’, was a Persian scholar who is primarily remembered for his contributions to the science of medicine. He authored Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine). Sections of his work are devoted to detailed descriptions of a number of infectious illnesses, particularly rabies. Avicenna described rabies in humans and animals and explained its clinical manifestations, route of transmission, and treatment methods. In this article, our goal is to discuss Avicenna’s 11^th-century points of view on rabies and compare them with modern medical knowledge.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Dalfardi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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