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Epilepsy and Persian Culture: An Overview
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Summary: This article reviews the manner in which Persian culture viewed the problem of epilepsy. Beginning with the Avesta, the earliest Persian text on health and sickness, the medical literature on treatments of epilepsy common in Iran are reviewed. The article also explores popular Persian concepts that try to explain the causes of the morbus sacer.
Title: Epilepsy and Persian Culture: An Overview
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Summary: This article reviews the manner in which Persian culture viewed the problem of epilepsy.
Beginning with the Avesta, the earliest Persian text on health and sickness, the medical literature on treatments of epilepsy common in Iran are reviewed.
The article also explores popular Persian concepts that try to explain the causes of the morbus sacer.
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