Author
Zayn al-Din Abu Ibrahim Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Husayni al-Jurjan
Publication Date
ca 13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
235 x 165 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5923
Record ID
vdc_100110634994.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
ca 13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Defective copy of a medical compendium tabulated in synoptic charts, by Zayn al-Dīn Abū Ibrāhīm Ismā‘īl ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī (Zain al-Dīn Abu Ibrahim Ismail bin Muhammad al-Husayni al-Jurjani, d. 1136). He is also known as Ismā‘īl ibn al-Ḥasan (Ismail bin Al-Hasan) or Ismā‘īl ibn al-Ḥusayn (Ismail bin Al-Hussein).
The complete work consists of two parts (two sections): part one on theoretical medicine, in three books (book), and part two on treatment of diseases. The text is presented in tables, variously including headings such as causes, nature, indications, symptoms and diagnostic tests, types, regimen, and treatment.
The present volume is missing the first book of part one, and opens with the entry on the stomach (stomach) from the second subsection (section) of the second book (on anatomy) of part one.
Part two lacks the end of the text following the eleventh section (Chapter) of the ninth chapter on diseases of the oesophagus and stomach (The Ninth Article on Diseases of the Esophagus and Stomach, ff. 91r-95v). The final leaf (f. 96) is the volume’s only remaining folio following the incomplete ninth chapter (article) of the second section (section). It bears text from the ninth section on ulcers of the kidneys and urinary system. There are blank, unfoliated leaves between ff. 86 and 87 and between ff. 94 and 95.
Content:
End of the second subsection of the book on anatomy (ff. 1r-10r);
The book on fevers, in seven parts (The book on fevers, in seven parts, ff. 10v-41r);
Part two, on treatments
The first chapter on diseases of the head (The first article on diseases of the head, ff. 41v-66v);
The second chapter on diseases of the eye (The Second Article on Diseases of the Eye, f. 66v-75v);
The third chapter on conditions of the ears (The third article on conditions of the ears, ff. 75v-77v);
The fourth chapter on conditions of the nose (ff. 78r-79v);
The fifth chapter on conditions of the mouth, lips, tongue and teeth (The fifth article on conditions of the mouth, lips, tongue and teeth, ff. 80r-84r);
The sixth chapter on conditions of the throat and larynx (ff. 84r-86r);
The seventh chapter on diseases of the lungs such as coughing, consumption and pneumonia (The seventh article on diseases of the lungs such as coughing, consumption and pneumonia, ff. 86r-89r);
The eighth chapter on diseases of the heart (Eighth article on diseases of the heart, ff. 89v-90v);
The ninth chapter on diseases of the oesophagus and stomach (The ninth article on diseases of the esophagus and stomach, ff. 91r-95v [incomplete]);
Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-2 and vertical heading):
Complete the statement in the stomach[a]
How the intestine [is connected] to the stomach and the connection between the inner layer of the stomach
With the mouth
The first intestine that connects to the stomach is the following intestine...
Ends (f. 96v, lines 23-24):
... two dirhams of celery seed, two dirhams of opium, one dirham
Dried kakang, six dirhams of syrup, three dirhams with violet syrup
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 46
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 152, pp. 128-29
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from David Fetto, 13 April, 1901
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 161
