خلاصة:
In the present writing, after a brief mention of the characteristics of historical knowledge and the reason for its survival, we have concisely introduced the fundamental sources of Arabic medical history and the Persian-written history of the Islamic world, and then addressed Western research. Subsequently, we briefly mentioned the life and works of Cyril Elgood, the English physician who is the most authoritative researcher of the history of Iranian medicine in the last hundred years, and finally, by presenting a list of Persian translations of his works, we have critiqued the translation by Dr. Baher Furqani. Of course, these lapses can be attributed to the author of the English text, the translator, or both. I hope that this writing serves as a small window for understanding the vast world of the history of Iranian and Islamic medicine.
ملخص الجهاز:
Abstract In the present writing, after a brief mention of the characteristics of historical knowledge and the reason for its vitality, we have concisely introduced the fundamental sources of Arabic and Persian medical history in the Islamic world and then addressed Western research.
Subsequently, we have briefly mentioned the life and works of Cyril Elgood, the English physician who is the most authoritative researcher of the history of Iranian medicine in the last hundred years, and finally, by providing a record of Persian translations of his works, we have critiqued the translation by Dr. Baher Furqani.
Keywords: History of medicine, Cyril Elgood, Ibn Abi Usaybi'a, Qifti, Fuat Sezgin, Uyun al-Anba fi Tabaqat al-Atibba, Tarikh al-Hukama, and the history of Arabic writings.
As previously mentioned, Elgood's book, The History of Medicine in Iran, has been translated twice; one was by Mohsen Javidan in 1352 SH with an introduction by Mahmoud Najm Abadi, which, given the translator's failure and the translation's inefficiency for Persian speakers, was followed a few years later by a more fundamental translation by Baher Forghani, edited by Mohammad Hossein Rouhani and published by Amirkabir in 1356 SH.
Cyril Elgood mentions Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah, the author of Uyun al-Anba fi Tabaqat al-Atibba, as the greatest writer in the history of Iranian medicine, whereas he dedicated his book, written in Cairo in the middle of the seventh century AH, to the medical history of various nations of the world, and only a small part of this 750-page Arabic writing, namely sixty pages, is dedicated to physicians of Iranian descent.
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