| Description |
1 online resource (349 pages) : facsimiles |
| Series |
Islamic philosophy, theology and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 70 |
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Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 70. 0169-8729
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Towards a History of Arabic Pharmacology; 2. Ibn at-Tilmid; 3. The Dispensatory; Arabic Text; English Translation; Bibliography; Index of Technical Terms; 1. Substances and Products; 2. Pathology and Anatomy; 3. Generic Drug Names; 4. Botanical Index |
| Summary |
Offers a critical Arabic edition, annotated English translation, introductory study, and two-way glossaries of a pharmacological masterpiece composed around the middle of the 12th century CE in Baghdad by a Nestorian physician. This work provides an understanding of mediaeval Arabic medicine and pharmacy, as well as premodern science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-311) and index |
| Notes |
Arabic |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pharmacopoeias -- Arab countries -- Early works to 1800
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Dispensatories -- Arab countries -- Early works to 1800
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Medicine, Arab -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
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Medicine, Medieval.
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Medicine, Arabic -- history
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Dispensatories -- history
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History, Medieval
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Pharmacopoeias as Topic -- history
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MEDICAL -- Drug Guides.
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Medicine, Medieval
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Dispensatories
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Medicine, Arab
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Pharmacopoeias
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501
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Middle East |
| Subject |
Middle East
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Arab countries
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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Prescriptions, formulae, receipts, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kahl, Oliver
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| LC no. |
2006051862 |
| ISBN |
9789047419044 |
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9047419049 |
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1281920924 |
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9781281920928 |
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9786611920920 |
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6611920927 |
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