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Contagious diseases
and their effects on Kurdistan in Qajar Era (1210-1244)
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Sara Shohani   , Mohammad Sheikhahmadi * , Kaivan Shafei , Ruhollah Bahrami |
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Abstract: (2670 Views) |
| Diseases and fatalities caused by them are facts of human societies. Iran did not have a suitable hygienic and health condition in Qajar era. Kurdistan province was exposed to spread of many contagious diseases due to being on the way of trade with neighboring areas and unsuitable health condition. This study tries to find the answer to this basic question that what were the most crucial effective factors on the prevalence of contagious diseases and the impact of those diseases on Kurdistan province by a descriptive-analytical approach and relying on archival documents, newspapers, and historical texts. Findings reveal that inattention of rulers, climatic conditions, inappropriate roads, unhygienic baths, and superstitions were the main factors of the spread of contagious diseases. However, the diseases were occasionally controlled by sanitizing the environment, tending towards modern medicine, establishing a hospital, providing food, establishing the health council, eradicating smallpox, and establishing quarantine. Sometimes the spread of diseases led to increased mortality, population decline, and market stagnation, and these are the direct impacts of diseases on social life of people in Kurdistan province in Qajar era. |
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| Keywords: contagious diseases, history of medicine in Iran, Qajar, Kurdistan |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Special
Received: 2023/06/15 | Accepted: 2023/10/1
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