title: Mirror therapy for facial paralysis in traditional South Asian Islamic medicine.
abstract: Mirror therapy has stimulated a dynamic clinical and research agenda for the treatment of poststroke hemiparesis and phantom pain. The origins of mirror therapy are thought to lie with the end of the twentieth century. This article translates key sections on the use of mirror therapy for facial paralysis from Muhammad Akbar Arzānī, an influential practitioner of South Asian Islamic medicine. Given that his text appeared over a quarter millennium before Western accounts of mirror therapy, this article calls for an amendment to the historical record so that Arzānī is recognized.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. aggarwa@nyspi.columbia.edu
authors: Neil Krishan
authors: NK
authors: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000266:history*; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000266:history*; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy