History of Medical Sciences in Iran

The practice and study of medicine in persia has a long and prolific history. the ancientiranian medicine was combined by different medical traditions from mesqpotamia, egypt,india, china and greece for more than 4000 years and merged to form what became thenucleus and foundation of medical practice in the european countries in the 13th century. theiranian academic centers like jundishapur university (3rd century ad) were a breeding groundfor the union among great scientists from different civilizations. these centers successfullyfollowed their predecessors' theories and greatly extended their scientific research throughhistory. iranian physicians during the glorious islamic civilization had a tremendous share inthe progress of medical sciences. the excellent clinical observations and physical examinationsand writings ofiranian scientists such as rhazes (al-razi, 865-925 ad), haly abbas (ali ibnalabbas-al majusi, died 994 ad), avicenna (abou ali sina, 980-1037) and jurjan (osmailibn al-husayn al-jurjani, 110ad) influenced all fields of medicine the new era of medicine iniran begins with establishment ofdar-ul-funoon in 1851, which was the only center for modemmedical education before the establishment of tehran university. following the establishmentof the tehran university school of medicine in 1934 and the return ofiranian graduates fromthe medical schools in europe, much progress was made in the development and availabilityof trained manpower and specialized faculties in medicine. after the islamic revolution bythe growing spirit of independence inspired by the iranian government the number of medicalschools and medical students increased more than 10 times. for the 1st time in recent modemhistory the iranian medical universities started to offer post-graduate specialized degrees inbasic, clinical and engineering sciences