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Abstract

Res Hist Med 2012; 1(1) Although there has been great progress in medical sciences, taking good care of human’s health and treatment of many of diseases satisfactorily are still out of reach. Regardless of having different understanding of the reasons and treatment methods, our new perspective of medical sciences, which is considered the result of the scientic renaissance in Europe in the 17th century by some and the result of Islamic Revolution in the 8th and 9th centuries by others, has not yet helped us to nd cures for a lot of diseases. The theory of growing advances in the history of science which considers all the past efforts effective in the future achievements is not completely consistent with scientic methodology in which the issues related to the growth of science, making theories, principles and new scientic rules are discussed. From another aspect the dominant paradigm during each period of history gives the survival chance to the sentences which are solely consistent with the imposed paradigm framework. Anything inconsistent with the sole of that paradigm is victimized without any undeniable and clear reasons. In one specic ism there are other models in which the prior sentences usually play an important role in the determination of probable accuracy of scientic sentences. Thus it can be inferred that although the prior sentences have always inuenced on the scientic achievements, there are many sentences which have been forgotten in the course of the history regardless of their brilliance. These sentences sometimes nd the chance to revive and struggle with other scientic sentences. Different 1 Archive of SID