A Survey on women's place in Medical History of Gajar era

Medical history of Iran in Qajar era in the mid-nineteenth century had undergone many changes; the first new academy was. There was no classical education system for medicine in Iran and the first medical school was established at Dar-Alfonon. By developing medicine course and inviting foreign experts, especially Austrians, medical history had progressed a lot. Among those who came to Iran, Jacob Edward Pollack, an Austrian teacher of medicine, surgeon, and pharmacist was hired at Dar-Alfonon to teach medicine. During the long history of this land women have undoubtedly undertaken important duties such as training and nurturing the futuregenerations of the country. Despite the important role that women were responsible for in different aspects of history, especially in some fields of social history, unfortunately in primary sources this was underestimated and it seems that women have not participated in any fields during past history. According to some researchers of civilization history, the medical profession was one of the fields where women appeared in for specific reasons and became pioneers in diagnosing disease and herbal remedies. Although some centuries later, this duty of women have got more specialized and entered into men-owned spiritual areas, but it could never stay away from them. Perhaps the most important branches of medicine that for centuries have been remained in the monopoly of the women were the Issues related to the pregnancy and birth, and from this perspective, the midwifery has always been belonged to women.