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Arch Iran Med. 2017;20(12): 760-766.
PMID: 29664317
Scopus ID: 85044292747
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History of Medicine in Iran

The Westminster Medical College and Hospital in Urmia, Iran, 1879–1915

Ahmadreza Afshar 1*

1 Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding Author: Ahmadreza Afshar, MD; Department of Orthopedics , Imam Khomeini Hospital , Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Modaress Street, Ershad Boulevard, Urmia, P. O. Box: 57157-81351, Iran. Tel: +98-912-3131556, Fax: +98-44-33469939, Email: afshar_ah@yahoo.com

Abstract

Background: The American Presbyterian Missionary in Iran accomplished medical activities in Urmia. Doctor Joseph Plumb Cochran established the first modern medical college (the Westminster College) in 1879 and built a modern hospital of that time (the Westminster Hospital). The medical college and hospital trained 34 native physicians that practiced in the northwest of Iran and its neighboring regions. Although the main aim of American Presbyterian Missionary was theological and evangelistic, their devoted activities improved health and welfare in the northwestern part of Iran and its neighboring countries.
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Cite this article as: Afshar A. The Westminster medical college and hospital in Urmia, Iran, 1879–1915. Arch Iran Med. 2017;20(12):760–766.
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Submitted: 21 Oct 2017
Accepted: 24 Dec 2017
ePublished: 30 Dec 2017
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