Investigating the Health and Medical Condition of the Qajar Period Based on the Pollack Logbook

Iran's public health and health conditions have not been favorable for about 100 years ago, as the social history of Iran, especially in the field of medicine and public health, has not been favorable. Our goal was to investigate the health and medical condition of the Qajar period, based on Pollack's travel report.

This research is based on library work and is mainly based on an analytical history study

Iran was the target destination of many travelers, traders, government officials and curious people who visited Iran for various reasons and many of them recorded their observations. These travel logs are important because of the attention to the details of food, clothing, education, science, affairs, social behavior and customs, and so on for understanding the Qajar period. Among the items mentioned in travel logs, the health and medical condition of Iran is the Qajar era.

The result indicates that personal and general health was not respected at that time, and traditional medicine was the main method of treatment, but the arrival of modern medicine, especially from the period of Nasir al-Din Shah, was gradually welcomed by people and new therapeutic methods Infiltrated in traditional medicine and went a long way over it.