Three short poems and seven medical extracts
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Three short poems and seven medical extracts
- Contributor:
- Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī (author)
Hippocrates (author)
Yaḥyá ibn 'Īsá Ibn Jazlah (author) - Date:
- 1291/1291
- Description:
- The three short poems on f. 62r are not about medicine.The seven medical extracts are as follows:1. Recipe for the medicine bakhtajūsh(بختجوش) made from grape juice (f. 62v)2. Discussion of two bezoars (بادزهر), the ḥajar al-thīrān(حجر الثيران) and the ḥajar al-tays(حجر التيس) and their medical uses taken from the Ṣaydanahof Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (ff. 62v-64r)3. Discussion of the 'narcissus fly' (ذباب النرجس) and its bite (f. 64r)4. Recipe for the clay of wisdom (طين الحكمة), a highly heat resistant clay used for protecting laboratory glassware (f. 64r)5. Recipe for an Indian animal-based medicine that was available in Basra at the same price as musk (ff. 64r-v)6. Aphrodisiac recipe presented by Jibrā’il ibn Bakhtīshū‘ to the Caliph al-Ma’mūn (f. 64v)7. Discussion of the medicinal uses of a number of trees (f. 64v)ff. 62r-64v
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type:
- Manuscript item
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Medicine, Arab
Medicine, Medieval
Pharmacology
Medicine, Greek and Roman - Extent:
- ff. 62r-64v
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100023514891.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100023514891.0x000003_en
Or 9452, ff 62r-64v - Is part of:
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts