Introduction and Critique of the Paper &quot;Medicine of the Safavid Era Relying on Western Travelogues&quot;

Rezaei Orimi, Jamal; Asadi, Shahrbanoo

doi:10.18502/ijme.v15i9.11815

Volume 15, Issue 1 (3-2022) IJMEHM 2022, 15(1): 105-121 | Back to browse issues page

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Rezaei Orimi J, Asadi S. Introduction and Critique of the Paper "Medicine of the Safavid Era Relying on Western Travelogues". IJMEHM 2022; 15 (1) :105-121
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Introduction and Critique of the Paper "Medicine of the Safavid Era Relying on Western Travelogues"

Jamal Rezaei Orimi¹

, Shahrbanoo Asadi ^*

1- Master of History in Medical Sciences, Research Center for Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
2- Master of History in Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: (1187 Views)

The Safavid period is considered one of the most important periods in the history of Iranian medicine. During this period, medical knowledge was developed many works in the field of medicine were written and several hospitals were established. In recent years, several studies have been conducted on the medical history of the Safavid period. The purpose of this study is to introduce and critique the paper "Medicine of the Safavid era relying on Western travelogues" by Saeed Agharezaei and Shiva Rezaei. This research is an analytical-critical study that uses library resources to review and evaluate the paper in terms of structure, content, and method. The paper has coherent writing and indicates the authors' efforts to explain the medical and health situation of the Safavid period from the perspective of Western tourists. In the structure of the paper, sometimes inappropriate references and writing errors are seen. Failure to mention the reasons for the migration of physicians to India, failure to determine the true location of hospitals, failure to mention the position of dental, veterinary and surgical knowledge, failure to mention epidemics and ambiguity of the pharmacology situation in the Safavid period can be enumerated content critiques. The results show that the paper, despite attempts to reveal various aspects of medicine in the Safavid era, has some structural, content, and method problems. Therefore, it is expected that the respected authors, by eliminating the mentioned problems, will be able to publish a more significant work on the history of medicine in future research.

Keywords: Criticism, Safavid, Medical History, Medicine, Travel Writers, Western Tourists

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: History of Medicine
Received: 2022/01/27 | Accepted: 2022/07/26 | Published: 2022/03/21