Early Arabic Pharmacology: An Introduction Based on Ancient and Medieval Sources |
Contents
PreIslamic Pharmacology | 1 |
Theoretical Considerations in Arabic Pharmacology | 33 |
Botanonymy | 54 |
Literary Models in Pharmacology | 66 |
The Medical Formulary | 72 |
Lists of Simples | 100 |
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abū accidents Aegina ailments Akkadian al-adwiya al-Baitar al-Ghafiqi al-Kindi al-Rāzi al-Samarqandi alphabetical ancient Aqrābādhīn Arabic pharmacology aromatic astringent atomic theory Avicenna Baghdad Berber body book on poisons botanicals Cairo called castoreum chapters Charaka chemical chemistry clysters cold compound remedies compounded drugs confection cooked decoction Dioscorides dirhams dissolved drachms dryness early effect electuaries example Galen gives Greek honey humors Hunain ibn Ishaq Ibid ibn al-Baitār ibn al-Wahshiya ibn Masawaih ibn Samajūn Indian Islam juice kinds Kitāb known later Latin Leiden Levey literature lohochs Maimonides materia medica Medical Formulary medicine Medieval Arabic mentioned Mesopotamia Meyerhof mithqāls mixed moist Muslim myrobalan Oribasius ounces Papyrus Paulus pepper Persian pharma pharmacology physician plant powders preparation prescriptions pulverized purgative root Sanskrit seed Shānāq sieved simple drugs stomach substances sugar Sumerian Susruta synonyms Syriac syrup theriac translated treatise tree types ulcers wrote