Plague and cholera in Iran --Malaria -- Quarantine in Iran --Appendix 1: The Turkish sanitary service and the Shiah pilgrimage -- The influenza epidemic of 1918 in Iran -- A neglected aspect of the social history of the Iranian oil industry -- Geophagy in Iran --The early steps towar veterinary medicine in Iran -- Joseph-Désiré Tholozan -- Johannes Lodewijk Schlimmer and the creation of Persian medical terminology