A Report of the Second International Congress on the History of Medicine in Iran and Islam

Abstract

Tehran hosted the Second Congress on the History of Medicine in Iran and Islam. This international congress was held from 26^th to 29^thNovember 2019. Also, there were post congress events in Shiraz city from 29^th November to 1^st December. The previous congress (the first international Congress on the History of Medicine in Iran and Islam) had been held in 1992 with about 220 participants from different parts of the world.<br /> During the four congress days in Tehran, several keynote speakers from various countries made speeches and researchers presented their conference posters. The main topics of the congress were Persian medicine, history of medicine in ancient Persia and history of medicine in Islamic golden era.