Medicinal aspects of opium as described in Avicenna's Canon of Medicine;Opijum s medicinskog gledišta kako je prikazan u Aviceninu kanonu medicine

AMHA - Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-112

  Heydari, Mojtaba ^a   Hashempur, Mohammad Hashem ^a   Zargaran, Arman ^b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Avicenna; Canon of Medicine; History of medicine; Opium; Persia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PAPAVER; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIDIARRHEALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ARABIC; OPIUM; PAPAVER;

EID: 84889559905     PISSN: 13344366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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