Iranian Defense Forum - Jan 26, 2024
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(Remains of the University in the ancient city of Gondeshapur, 226 - 652 AD)
Gondishapur School of Medicine: the most important medical center in antiquity
Iran has a rich civilization and a long history during which medical science flourished at specific periods. For instance, medicine blossomed in the Sassanids era (226 - 652 AD). One of the most remarkable cultural and scientific centers of the Sassanid era was the city of Gondishapur, located in southwest Iran in Shah-Abad near Susa in Khuzestan Province. The town was rebuilt in the third century AD, and after that, it soon became the most critical scientific focal point of the ancient world. Gondishapur Medical School was a renowned cosmopolitan institution and had a crucial impact on the further development of Islamic medicine. Actually, at this school, the Greek, Persian, and Indian medical heritage was conserved and developed, and it was then transferred to the Islamic world and subsequently to the West. Presented here is a brief account of the foundation of the Gondishapur School of Medicine and its role in promoting medical science in antiquity. Further reading.
