The Medical Formulary of Al-Samarqandi
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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

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  2. English
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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

About this book

The Medical Formulary of Al-­Samarqandi demonstrates the high development of pharmacology by the Arabs in the Middle Ages. It was far from a dark period in science for it was in this area, as well as in Arabic optics and chemistry, that experimental science first began to develop. This is shown by al-Samarqandi's work which describes many new drugs, chemical processes, and a more advanced pharmacological theory. No part of this work has ever before been brought to the notice of historians of medicine. For the first time, the authors give a complete translation of this Aqrâb?dhīn in order to present a complete picture of the pharmacological knowledge of the day.There is a comprehensive section of Notes and Comments with particular attention being drawn to the present-day usage of old Arabic drugs, the employment of the drugs in the much earlier al-Kindi Medical Formulary, and to the etymological discussion of Arabic plant names not studied in previous works on the subject. Finally there is a Glossary of Arabic-English terms and a selected Bibliography.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Translation of Aqrābādhīn of M. b. ‛Ali b. ‛Umar Al-Samarqandī
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter I. Syrups and Robs
  7. Chapter II. Electuaries and Confections
  8. Chapter III. Pills and Aperients
  9. Chapter IV. Decoctions and Infusions
  10. Chapter V. Clysters, Suppositories, and Pessaries
  11. Chapter VI. Emetics
  12. Chapter VII. Lohochs
  13. Chapter VIII. Lozenges
  14. Chapter IX. Powders and Dry Stomachics
  15. Chapter X. Dressings, Coatings, Cataplasms
  16. Chapter XI. Balms
  17. Chapter XII. Eye Medicines
  18. Chapter XIII. Aromatic Powders and Salves
  19. Chapter XIV. Dentifrices
  20. Chapter XV. Gargles
  21. Chapter XVI. Preserves
  22. Chapter XVII. Sniffing Medicines, Sternutatives, Fumigants, and Odorants
  23. Chapter XVIII. Aromatic Baths
  24. Chapter XIX. Medicines for the Hair
  25. Notes and Comments on the Translation
  26. Arabic-English Glossary
  27. Abbreviations and Selected Bibliography
  28. Arabic Text in Photocopy
  29. Greek Index
  30. Foreign Words (Except Greek)
  31. General Index
  32. Botanical Index