A medical text based on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Bulaq 1871, II:245-247), dealing with inflammation and swelling, in particular pleurisy and pneumonia.Condition: Tiny holes, rubbedLayout: 13 lines
Leaves from a medical work on respiratory diseases, coughs, epistaxis, and diseases of the tongue, with material extracted from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’) (ed. Būlāq II: 172 and 217-218).Condition: Torn, holes, rubbed, faded, stainedLayout: 13 lines
Materia medica from a codex written in unusually small handwriting and leaving a wide margin. The text is taken from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Būlāq I: 288f). Simples mentioned include madder, theriac, millet, Datura metel, and cinnamon, with uses such as aphrodisiacs, treatment of stomach pains and colic.Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 22 lines (recto); 21 lines (verso)
Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), end of chapter 18 on the anatomy of the muscles of the forearm and beginning of chapter 19 on the anatomy of the muscles of the wrist (ed. Būlāq I: 47-48).Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 15 lines (recto); 16 lines (verso)
Leaves from a draft copy of a commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Būlāq, I:73). Fol. 1r has unrelated jottings.Condition: Torn, slightly fadedLayout: 10 lines + marginalia
Commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with phlebotomy and the lancing of abscesses; fragment P2 contains the beginning of the section on simple drugs (ed. Būlāq, Cairo 1871, I: 203-204, 216, 222).Condition: Torn, holes, faded, stainedLayout: 25 lines torn, holes, faded, stained
Leaf from a commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with phlebotomy and purges (ed. Būlāq, Cairo, 1871, I: 196, 201).Condition: Torn, faded, stainedLayout: 25 lines
Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), on the four humours (ed. Būlāq, Cairo 1871, I:13 and I:17).Condition: Good conditionLayout: 21-23 lines + marginalia
Passage from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), comprising the end of the 16th section and the beginning of the 17th (ed. Būlāq, Cairo 1871, I: 46), dealing with the anatomy and function of muscles in the arm, the chest and the shoulder.Condition: Tiny holes, slightly stained and rubbedLayout: 15 lines + marginalia
From the introduction to Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), discussing the nature and object of study of medicine (ed. Būlāq 1871, I:4).Condition: TornLayout: 13 lines