The Medical Formulary of Al-Samarqandi : And the Relation of Early Arabic Simples to Those Found in the Indigenous Medicine of the Near East and India / Noury Al-Khaledy, Martin Levey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levey, Martin, Author.

Al-Khaledy, Noury, Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materia medica--Early works to 1800.

Materia medica.

Medicine--History.

Medicine.

Medicine, Arab.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Medical Formulary of Al-­Samarqandi demonstrates the high development of pharmacology by the Arabs in the Middle Ages.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I. Syrups and Robs

Chapter II. Electuaries and Confections

Chapter III. Pills and Aperients

Chapter IV. Decoctions and Infusions

Chapter V. Clysters, Suppositories, and Pessaries

Chapter VI. Emetics

Chapter VII. Lohochs

Chapter VIII. Lozenges

Chapter IX. Powders and Dry Stomachics

Chapter X. Dressings, Coatings, Cataplasms

Chapter XI. Balms

Chapter XII. Eye Medicines

Chapter XIII. Aromatic Powders and Salves

Chapter XIV. Dentifrices

Chapter XV. Gargles

Chapter XVI. Preserves

Chapter XVII. Sniffing Medicines, Sternutatives, Fumigants, and Odorants

Chapter XVIII. Aromatic Baths

Chapter XIX. Medicines for the Hair

Notes and Comments on the Translation

Arabic-English Glossary

Abbreviations and Selected Bibliography

Arabic Text in Photocopy

Greek Index

Foreign Words (Except Greek)

General Index

Botanical Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5128-0392-8

OCLC:

979729329