The current study employed corpus linguistics techniques in order to shed light on the representation of “cholera", “measles", and “plague" over 19th and 20th centuries in American society. To this end and also to compare ...

For a long time, in different periods, Shiraz water was supplied from wells, aqueducts (qanat) and springs, which were generally open and hence got polluted in different ways on its way to the residential area. The consumption ...

This study deals with how the Austrian physician, Sigmund Freud, was perceived as a psychotherapist and scientist in pre-revolutionary Iran. The opinions voiced by the Persian critics, authors, and translators in the period ...

At the beginning of the Qajar era, Iran's relationship with the West created the ground for political, social and cultural developments. One of the most important advantages was that Iran's relations with the West led to ...

Ikhtiyarat Badiei is a well-written book authored by Haji Zain al Din Ansari (15th AD) in the era of Mozaffarid dynasty in Shiraz. The main tenet of the book is to introduce plant, animal and inanimate drugs in an alphabetical ...

Ancient Iranians are among the nations well aware of the therapeutic effects of herbs, and hence pharmacology, even though no written scientific text is left giving witness to this. However, in mythical as well as ancient ...