Medical Utilization of Silver in Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine

Archaeological researches indicate that the use of silver was common in various practices; there were numerous mints for silver coinage across Sassanid Persia (circa 620 AD) indicating that Persians were familiar with silver mining and its refining process. Medical practice also benefited from that...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Ahmadian-Attari, Sadegh Ahmadian Attari, Amir Khalaj
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Research on History of Medicine
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Online Access:http://rhm.ir/index.php/rhm/article/view/259