Article ID: CBB001220181

Two Pahlavi Chapters on Medicine (2011)

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The medical sciences in Sasanian society, in late Antiquity, constitute a rather neglected field of inquiry. Our most reliable sources for the study of this particular period in the history of science include a number of texts that were written in several older Iranian languages. In the following pages, we offer translations and commentaries on two such texts, written in Middle Persian, dealing with the life sciences. The topics discussed include copulation, pregnancies in various species, lactation, and moral and physical characteristics in the offspring. Placed in juxtaposition, the two texts, furthermore, clarify some of the obscure points in each of them. It is hoped that this preliminary study will help to sketch the path for future studies of the field.

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Description The chapters of the text include discussion of copulation, pregnancies in various species, lactation, and moral and physical characteristics in the offspring.


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Authors & Contributors
Emanuele Rovati
Käs, Fabian
Val Naval, Paula
Vagelpohl, Uwe
Totelin, Laurence M. V.
Schubert, Charlotte
Concepts
Medicine
Translations
Primary literature (historical sources)
Hippocratic medicine
Manuscripts
Transmission of texts
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
9th century
18th century
17th century
13th century
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Persia (Iran)
Catalonia (Spain)
Aragon (Spain)
Europe
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