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Akhawayni (?–983 AD): A Persian Neuropsychiatrist in the Early Medieval Era (9th–12th Century AD) (2016)

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Neurosciences Psychiatry Neuropsychology Medieval Persia (Iran) Abubakr Rabi-ibn Ahmad Akhawayni Bukhari

The early medieval era is also called the Islamic Golden Age because of the significant rise in sciences, including medicine. Abū Bakr Rabi’ ibn Ahmad Akhawayni Bukhāri (better known as Akhawayni) was one of the notable medical practitioners in his lifetime. His fame was in neuroscience and he became known as Pezeshk-e-Divanegan (Physician to the Insane). His only surviving book, Hidāyat al-Muta’allimin fi al-Tibb (The Students’ Handbook of Medicine), is the first medical textbook in Persian, after Islam. Akhawayni gathered and categorized available knowledge on neuropsychiatry and added his own. He was the first to describe sleep paralysis and to suggest pragmatic rather than supernatural treatment. He was also the first to present fever cure and his descriptions of meningitis (Lisarghos in Hidāyat), mania, psychosis (Malikhulia), dementia (Ghotrab), etc., are close to current concepts.

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Authors & Contributors
Mostafa Nadim
Tomaiuolo, Francesco
Aruta, Alessandro
Cerasa, Antonio
Sirgiovanni, Elisabetta
Aliyar Mousavi
Journals
Journal of Medical Biography
History of Psychiatry
Journal of World Philosophies
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Public Understanding of Science
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Written Heritage Research Institute (Miras-e Maktoob)
Princeton University Press
Pickering & Chatto
Hoepli
Firenze University Press
Carocci Editore
Concepts
Neuropsychology
Psychiatry
Mental disorders and diseases
Neurosciences
Medicine
Psychoanalysis
People
Cerletti, Ugo
Milner, Brenda
Bini, Lucio
Khusraw, Nasir
Pratt, Joseph Hersey
Spinoza, Baruch
Time Periods
Medieval
20th century
Early modern
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Persia (Iran)
Middle and Near East
United States
Italy
France
China
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