Category: Traditional Medicine

Ayatollah-Tabrizian-a-prominent-figure-of-Islamic-medicine-in-Iran-visiting-a-patient
Science and MedicineTraditional Medicine

Islamic Medicine and the Biopolitics of Antiscience in Iran

When Islamic Medicine Kills the Ayatollah!

/ March 13, 2025
A historic illustration depicting an operation with medieval Islamic physicians. One patient lies on a table while three doctors dressed in traditional robes and turbans tend to him, one holding his wrist and the others examining and discussing the patient.
CommentaryPolitics and RegulationScience and Medicine

The Biopolitics of Quackademic Medicine in Iran

The problem of quackademic medicine in a place we in the US don't often consider.

/ August 27, 2024