Ancient Egyptian and Greek pharmacopoeias reveal frequent use of different drugs, somniferous or narcotic, which contain poisonous elements. Among the toxic plants enumerated by Dioscorides, we find poppy and others. Egyptians were fond of taking these narcotic or euphoric substances attributed to nepenthes, but it is difficult to prove whether ancient people were aware of modern aspects of add...

Plague has been without doubt one of the most important and devastating epidemic diseases of mankind. During the past decade, this disease has received much attention because of its potential use as an agent of biowarfare and bioterrorism. However, while it is easy to forget its importance in the 21st century and view the disease only as a historic curiosity, relegating it to the sidelines of i...

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENTS IN THE PERSIAN HOSPITALS FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO 15 CENTURY Seyedeh Aida Ahmadi, Arman Zargaran Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran ([email protected]), Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran ([email protected]) The first hospital reported from 6 century AD was in the J...