A Critical Analysis of Neonatal Care Measures from the Perspective of Baha’ al-Dawlah Razi(915-860AH)

The traditional experiences of families in the field of infant care are in many cases equivalent to the teachings of traditional medicine, but it is not clear to what extent these experiences are rooted in the written works of traditional medicine.

In this study, content related to neonatal care was extracted from the book Summary of Experiences, and then by searching for relevant articles in traditional Persian medicine and modern medicine from the databases of pubmed, google scholar, iran magazine, etc., the content was categorized and finally compared  with Baha’ al-Dawlah Razi views.

In the book “Summary of Experiences”, there are solutions for caring for infants both in the field of prevention of the occurrence of complications in childhood and in the field of treatment and elimination of these complications, through which Baha’ al-Dawlah Razi, like other scholars before him,  how to bathe the baby, how to breastfeed the baby properly, how to swaddle, and also by determining the criteria of a suitable environment in terms of light, sound and temperature, as well as in the field of Mann has suggested some of the complications of childhood, such as earache, insomnia, and crying in infants.

Due to the high similarity of the recommendations of Baha’ al-Dawlah Razi with the recommendations of other Iranian physicians before him, the book "Summary of Experiences "can be considered as a complete example of the recommendations of Iranian physicians in the field of infant care.