title: Rhazes and an Early Case With Possible Hypertensive or Reversible Encephalopathy.
abstract: In one of Rhazes' medical treatises, Tales and Stories of Patients, descriptions, medical manifestations, and treatment approaches of 34 patients were mentioned. Among those, an epileptic patient with a florid face and congested veins was cured by performing venesection on his saphenous and basilic veins. Signs and symptoms of the case might correspond to hypertensive or reversible encephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: a Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz , Iran.|b Student Research Committee , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz , Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Zohalinezhad
authors.affiliation: c Medicinal Plants Processing Research Center , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz , Iran.|d Department of Phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), School of Pharmacy , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz , Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zarshenas
mesh_terms: D001815:Bloodletting / Q000266:history; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000266:history; D020343:Hypertensive Encephalopathy / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008514:Medicine, Arabic / Q000266:history
keywords: Rhazes; encephalopathy; hypertension; hypertensive encephalopathy; seizure; venesection