AI Article Synopsis
- Doctor Joseph Désiré Tholozan was a 19th-century French physician who served as the personal physician to Nassereddin Shah, the King of Persia.
- He made significant contributions to epidemiology, notably discovering the primary vector of Iranian tick-borne relapsing fever.
- Tholozan was instrumental in establishing the Iranian Sanitary Council, which eventually helped lay the groundwork for the Ministry of Health in Iran.
Article Abstract
Doctor Joseph Désiré Tholozan was a French physician who became the special physician of Nassereddin Shah, King of Persia (Iran) in the 19 century. He studied lots of topics in the field of epidemiology of infectious diseases. His efforts led to the discovery of the main vector of Iranian tick-born relapsing fever, . He was also one of the pioneers of the Iranian Sanitary Council, whose efforts led to the foundation of the Ministry of Health of Iran a few decades later. This paper is a brief review of his biography and his roles in promoting health in Iran in the 19 century.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11532656 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/aim.31196 | DOI Listing |
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