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Safavid surgery.

ELGOOD, Cyril Lloyd (1892 – 1970) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Oxford & New York: Symposium Publications Division, Pergamon Press, 1966 CE.

The history of surgery during the Safavid dynasty that ruled Persia from 1502 to 1736, and installed Shia rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion.

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Medieval
Geographic (General)
Surgery & Anesthesia

Thematic Classifications

Persian (Iranian) Islamic Medicine › History of Persian (Iranian) Islamic Medicine SURGERY: General › History of Surgery

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#12570
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14809
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	safavid-surgery

Geographic Context

Publication place: Oxford & New York