Sleep paralysis in medieval Persia – the Hidayat of Akhawayni (?–983 AD)
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment June 6, 2012 S. Golzari, Kazem Khodadoust, Farid Alakbarli et al.
Among the first three manuscripts written in Persian, Akhawayni’s Hidayat al-muta’allemin fi al-tibb was the most significant work compiled in the 10th century. Along with the hundreds of chapters on hygiene, anatomy, physiology, symptoms and treatments of the diseases of various organs, there is a chapter on sleep paralysis (night-mare) prior to description and treatment of epilepsy. The...