Seyyed Alireza Golshani - Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Ziba Ghafouri - Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanity, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Akbar Hakimipour - Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanity, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Baha’ al-Dawlah Razi was one of the most important physicians in Safafid dynasty in Iran. He wrote his large medical book, Kholasat al-Tajarob at ۱۵۰۱ AD. He worked as physician in the courts of two dynasties, Teimurid and Safavid. He had interesting innovations and findings in surgery, immunology and also in treatment. As examples, we can note to his description of pertussis and also his oral vaccination method for Smallpox.

Baha’ al-Dawlah, Khulasat al-Tajarob, Surgeon, Immunology, History of medicine