Author
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī (author) | Hippocrates (author) | Yaḥyá ibn 'Īsá Ibn Jazlah (author)
Publication Date
1291/1291
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Medicine, Arab | Medicine, Medieval | Pharmacology | Medicine, Greek and Roman | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
ff. 62r-64v
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100023514891.0x000003_ar | 81055/vdc_100023514891.0x000003_en | Or 9452, ff 62r-64v
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100023514891.0x000003_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1291/1291
Notes
The three short poems on f. 62r are not about medicine.The seven medical extracts are as follows:1. Recipe for the medicine
bakhtajūsh(بختجوش) made from grape juice (f. 62v)2. Discussion of two bezoars (بادزهر), the
ḥajar al-thīrān(حجر الثيران) and the
ḥajar al-tays(حجر التيس) and their medical uses taken from the
Ṣaydanahof Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (ff. 62v-64r)3. Discussion of the 'narcissus fly' (ذباب النرجس) and its bite (f. 64r)4. Recipe for the clay of wisdom (طين الحكمة), a highly heat resistant clay used for protecting laboratory glassware (f. 64r)5. Recipe for an Indian animal-based medicine that was available in Basra at the same price as musk (ff. 64r-v)6. Aphrodisiac recipe presented by Jibrā’il ibn Bakhtīshū‘ to the Caliph al-Ma’mūn (f. 64v)7. Discussion of the medicinal uses of a number of trees (f. 64v) | ff. 62r-64v | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
