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Neonatal care and breastfeeding in medieval Persian
literature: Hakim Esmail Jorjani (1042-1137AD) and the Treasure of King
Khwarazm: A Review
Mohammad Yazdchi 1,
Seyed Fazel Hosseini 2, Kamyar Ghabili 3, Samad
EJ Golzari 4, Leila Valizadeh 5, Vahid Zamanzadeh 5,
Bahareh Akbarzadeh 5, Amir Mohammad Bazzazi 6,
Haleh Mikaeili 7
1. Neuroscience Research Center, Tabriz University
of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2. Medical Philosophy and History Research Center,
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research
Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
4. Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz
University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
5. Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University
of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
6. Department of Neurosurgery, Urmia University of
Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
7. Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center,
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract: Exploring
the realm of sciences and challenging the ideas, traditional medicine has
always been a medium for developing medical purposes, relieving illnesses and
improving quality of life. Hakim Jorjani (1042-1137 AD) compiled his
comprehensive 750,000-word textbook of medicine, Zakhireyei Khwarazmshahi (The
Treasure of Khwarazm Shah) which is considered as the oldest medical
encyclopedia written in Persian. Written in circa 1112 AD, the Treasure has
been ranked along with Avicenna’s the Canon of Medicine and
Haly Abbas’s the Liber Regalis. Six chapters of the Treasure (third
book) include notes on neonatal care and breastfeeding. The present article is
a review of the Jorjani’s teachings on the neonatal care, breastfeeding,
weaning and teething along with comparisons between the Treasure and
modern medicine in this regard.
[Yazdchi
M, Hosseini SF, Ghabili K, Golzari SE, Valizadeh L, Zamanzadeh V, Akbarzadeh B,
Bazzazi AM, Mikaeili H. Neonatal care and breastfeeding in medieval
Persian literature: Hakim Esmail Jorjani (1042-1137AD) and the Treasure of King
Khwarazm: A Review. Life Sci J 2013;10(1):115-120]
(ISSN:1097-8135).http://www.lifesciencesite.com.
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Keywords: Jorjani; the Treasure of King Khwarazm; neonatal care;
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