TY - JOUR
T1 - Hakim Esmail Jorjani (1042-1137 AD)
T2 - Persian physician and jurist
AU - Hosseini, Seyed Fazel
AU - Alakbarli, Farid
AU - Ghabili, Kamyar
AU - Shoja, Mohammadali M.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - The great 11th-12th century Persian physician Seyed Esmail Jorjani (known as Hakim Jorjani) is known for his 750,000 word encyclopedia of medicine, the Treasure of King Khwarazm, which has been ranked along with Avicenna's Canon and the works of Haly Abbas. Translations of this work provide modern readers with a detailed insight into medical practice in medieval Persia. Parts of the Treasure are devoted to guidance about midwifery and perinatal care. In this article we present translations of excerpts from this part of the work.
AB - The great 11th-12th century Persian physician Seyed Esmail Jorjani (known as Hakim Jorjani) is known for his 750,000 word encyclopedia of medicine, the Treasure of King Khwarazm, which has been ranked along with Avicenna's Canon and the works of Haly Abbas. Translations of this work provide modern readers with a detailed insight into medical practice in medieval Persia. Parts of the Treasure are devoted to guidance about midwifery and perinatal care. In this article we present translations of excerpts from this part of the work.
KW - Abortion
KW - Medieval Persian medicine
KW - Obstetrics
KW - Perinatal
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U2 - 10.1007/s00404-010-1707-7
DO - 10.1007/s00404-010-1707-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 20931210
AN - SCOPUS:84855986670
SN - 0932-0067
VL - 284
SP - 647
EP - 650
JO - Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
JF - Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
IS - 3
ER -