The Study of Hygiene and Medical Reports During Naseri Era in Iran Based on Vaghaye Etefaghiyeh, Dolat-e Alie Iran and Iran Newspapers

During Naseri era numerous newspapers with various titles went under publication.The first newspaper of this era was called Vaghaye Etefaghiyeh, whose issues from 472 to 550 continued after being renamed to Dolat-e Alie Iran.Iran newspaper was another major paper of this time, circulated in large numbers.Each of these newspapers contained internal and foreign political and social content.The purpose of the present research was to  study the hygiene and medical reports during Naseri era in Iran based on Vaghaye Etefaghiyeh, Dolat-e Alie Iran and Iran newspapers.

The present research studied hygiene and medical reports and news during Naseri era in three Iranian newspapers of that period, including Vaghaye Etefaghiyeh from issue 471 and its continuation under the name Dolat-e Alie Iran from issue 472 fro 550 and Iran newspapers (417 issues of this newspaper up to the year 1877 (1297 AH) through a descriptive-analytical method.

The findings of the research show that, though these newspapers were owned by the government and even though Vaghaye Etefaghiyeh had an expensive subscription, they managed to provide their readers with valuable information through publishing various features specially hygiene contents such as introducing types of diseases, specially pandemics like cholera and smallpox, etc.,inspecting reasons for their prevalence and ways to fight them during a time when hygiene and medical facilities and information sources were scarce.The advertisement section of these newspapers also contained medical news, which included: introduction of competent doctors and compiled and published books on various medical subjects to further inform people.

 In referring to texts and research, honesty and trustworthiness also citing to the sources and publications have been respected.

beside various political and social reports of mentioned newspapers, numerous health and medical reports are published too. Reports such as; Hefz-Alsehah Meeting, introducing diseases and many other health issues, all indicate that those newspapers pay attention to  health and medical matters.