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1 online resource (clxxvi, 804 pages) |
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Kegan Paul library of arcana |
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Kegan Paul library of arcana.
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Cover; THE BOOK OF MEDICINES: ANCIENT SYRIAN ANATOMY, PATHOLOGY AND THERAPUTICS; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE BOOK OF MEDICINES -- SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE THREE SECTIONS OF THE MANUSCRIPT; MEDICINE AMONG THE EGYPTIANS, GREEKS AND SYRIANS; THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF MEDICINES, AND HIS SYSTEM OF MEDICINE; THE FEES OF THE PHYSICIAN; CHAPTER III; 1. ON ALL THE DISEASES OF THE HEAD, AND ON INJURIESTO IT AND THE MENTAL FUNCTIONS; 2. ON EPILEPSY, WHICH IS THE FALLING SICKNESS; 3. ON THE MADNESS WHICH ARISETH FROM BLACK BILE |
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4. on the sympathetic weakness of the epigastric region5. on the various kinds of fear which attack the weak-minded; 6. on the falling sickness which taketh place sympathetically; 7. on the ailment which is called vertigo, or dizziness; 8. on violent pain in the head; 9. on the natural formation of the head, and on the indications of the natural compositionsof the brain; 10. on the simple constituents of the brain; 11. on the compound constituents of the brain; 12. on the hot pains which arise in the head; 13. on the cure of headaches; 14. on the pains in the head which are caused by cold |
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15. on the cure of pains in the head which are caused by cold16. on the headache which is caused by the drinklng of wine; 17. on the cure of the headache which is caused by the drinking of wine; 18. on the pain in the head caused by a blow or by a fall; 19. on the cure of the pain in the head caused by a blow or by a fall; 20. on the headache which cometh in sympathy with the whole body; 21. on the cure of the same; 22. on the headaches which arise through the stomach, or through other parts of the abdomen |
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23. of the cure of the pains which arise in the head through the stomach, or through other parts of the abdomen24. on the ailments which are proper to the head; 25. on the cures of the ailments proper to the head; 26. the great hiera-leghudhaya; 27. the hiera of galen; 28. the hiera of archigenes; 29. hiera pikra; 30. hiera of theodoretus; 31. galen's pills; 32. purgatives and stomach pills |
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33. medicines which are to be injected into the nostrils, in cases of obstinate pains in the head, dementia, delirium, epilepsy, vertigo, and all pains in the head which are due to the thick and viscous chymes, black bile, and phlegm34. prescriptions for headaches caused by heat, dryness, & c; 35. prescriptions for headaches caused by cold and dryness; 36. gargles for protracted pains in the head, which expel phlegm, and the exudations of sores in the throat; 37. ointments to be used for protracted ailments of the head, and to be smeared on the temples and cheeks; chapter iv |
| Summary |
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
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Originally published: London : British Museum, 1913 |
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Includes index |
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In English, with some Syriac |
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Print version record |
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Medicine, Ancient.
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Therapeutics -- Syria -- Early works to 1800
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Physiology -- Syria -- Early works to 1800
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Medicine, Arab.
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Medicine -- History.
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Medicine, Arabic
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History of Medicine
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History, Ancient
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history of medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Medicine, Arab
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Medicine
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Medicine, Ancient
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Physiology
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Therapeutics
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| SUBJECT |
Syria https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013593 |
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Syria
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Early works
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.
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| ISBN |
9781136182549 |
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1136182543 |
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