Sadeq Sajjadi
- DĀM PEZEŠKĪ ii. In Islamic Persia
ii. In Islamic Persia Traditional veterinary science in Persia. The ancient Persian traditions of dām-pezeškī (Ar. bayṭara) and human medicine…
- DRUGS
DRUGS (Pers. dārū, Pers-Ar. dawā, pl. adwīa), in medieval Muslim literature any vegetable, mineral, or animal substance that acts on…
- DENTISTRY
DENTISTRY (dandān-pezeškī) in Persia. No specific information about dentistry in pre-Islamic Persia has survived, but a reference in the Avesta…
- DĀḠ
DĀḠ (Av. daxša-, Bal. daḵta), brand, a mark made by touching the body of an animal or human being with…
- ČAŠM-PEZEŠKĪ
ČAŠM-PEZEŠKĪ, ophthalmology. In ancient Persia and the first two centuries of Islam. Although no direct information about eye therapy in…
- BĪMĀRESTĀN
BĪMĀRESTĀN, hospital (from Persian bīmār “sick,” Pahlavi wēmār, with the suffix denoting place -stān). Both bīmārestān and the shorter form…