Aboutorab Naficy

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Aboutorab Naficy
Dr. Naficy, Isfahan, Iran, 1999
Born	1914 (1914) , Iran
Died	November 2007(2007-11-00) (aged 92–93) Isfahan, Iran
Main interests	Internal Medicine Heart

Dr. Aboutorab Naficy (ابوتراب نفیسی) (2007-1914) was a distinguished Iranian physician and heart specialist, receiving the latter specialization from Harvard University. He was an eminent professor of medicine at Isfahan University’s Medical School and a member of (فرهنگستان علوم پزشگی ایران). In addition to teaching at the university and in related hospitals and serving as the Dean of the Medical School for some time, he maintained a private practice of his own for about five decades. Among his unique qualities were the manner in which he combined knowledge and techniques of modern medicine with those of traditional medical practices of Iran as well as his sharp observations and accurate diagnostic skills.

Early life[]

Dr. Naficy was born in 1914 in the small village of Pudeh (today's ) near Isfahan, and he died in November 2007 at home in Isfahan. Generations of his ancestors were physicians or physician-scholars.

Naficy attended a screening of the film Behind the Doctor in Isfahan on 17 March 1944.^[1] The film was about the diagnosis of diphtheria and ended with a question and answer period afterwards. Through such methods, surgical techniques were promulgated through Iran.^[2]

Dr. Naficy describes his life in his memoir:

“I went through elementary school in three and a half years (instead of the normal six years); I graduated from in 1930, and from Tehran University’s School of Medicine, in 1936. During my medical school years, I was consistently at the top of my class, where I received the highest Medal of Science. After completing my military service in 1939, I supervised the operation of the in Isfahan. In 1946, I became Associate Professor of Botany at the Institute of Public Health, and in 1948 I became Professor of Clinical Medicine at both Institute of Public Health and Isfahan University’s Medical School where I also served as Director of Internal Medicine Department. In 1952-53, I undertook Harvard University’s heart speciation postdoc courses. Thereafter I travelled extensively for research, including to England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Cyprus, and Jordan. In 1963, I was honored with France’s (Ordre de la Sante Publique). In that same year, I was appointed Dean of School of Medicine and Pharmacology at Isfahan University and Director of the Department of Internal and Children’s Medicine.” ^[3]

Career[]

Dr. Naficy at 1971 Isfahan Medical School Commencement

The decades of 1950s and 1970s were the most productive periods of Dr. Naficy's life. In this period, he taught modern medicine and published textbooks about modern medicine, on the one hand, while continuing his research into, and publications about, traditional medicine, herbal medicine, and Islamic medicine. For a period, he served as Director of the Institute for the Study of Traditional Medicine at Isfahan University's School of Medicine. He retired from the university in 1981 and in 1990 was recognized as the Distinguished Permanent member of the Iranian Encyclopedia of Medical Sciences. He continued to see patients in his private clinic until he was eighty years old.

Works[]

Dr. Naficy published twenty-two books in his lifetime as well as eighty articles. His books are listed below under three subheadings: Modern Medicine, Traditional Medicine, and Religious Topics. All these books are written in Persian.

Grave of Abutorab Nafisi

Modern Medicine[]

Traditional Medicine[]

Religious Topics[]

Books about Dr. Aboutorab Naficy[]

• Pulse of Life: From Traditional Medicine to Modern Medicine of Iran: Life and Works of Dr. Aboutorab Naficy. Nasrin Naficy and Mehdy Naficy, eds. Isfahan: Naqsh Khorshid Publication, 2001.

نبض حیات: در گذر طب سنتی و طب نوین ایران. زندگی و آثار دکتر ابوتراب نفیسی. به اهتمام نسرین نفیسی، مهدی نفیسی. 1380، انتشارات نقش خورشید، اصفهان

• Life History and Scientific and Cultural Contributions of Dr. Aboutorab Naficy. Tehran: Society for Cultural Traditions and Accomplishments (in Persian), March 2015.

زندگی نامه و خدمات علمی و فرهنگی مرحوم دکتر ابوتراب نفیسی. انجمن آثار و مفاخر فرهنگی، اسفند 1393، تهران

• Aboutorab Naficy. My Life in Medicine (in Persian). Nasrin Naficy, ed. Isfahan: Mani Publication and School of Medical Sciences of Isfahan University, 2018.

زندگی پزشگی من. دکتر ابوتراب نفیسی. به اهتمام نسرین نفیسی، انتشارات مانی، با همکاری دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، 1396، اصفهان

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