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Medical prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah collections : practical medicine and pharmacology in medieval Egypt /

The manuscripts of the Cairo Genizah are a unique source for medieval medical history. In this study, Lev and Chipman offer an insight into the everyday practical medicine of medieval Egypt, as revealed by the prescriptions in the Genizah.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lev, Efraim
Autor Corporativo: Cambridge University Library
Otros Autores: Chipman, Leigh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2012.
Colección:Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 55.
Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Medical Prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah Collections; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Cairo Genizah and Its Various Collections; 2. Medical Issues in the Genizah; 3. Technical Remarks; Chapter 1. The Theoretical Background of the Genizah Prescriptions; 1. Galenic Medicine in Theory and in Practice; 1.1. Physiology; 1.2. Therapy; 2. Pharmacology; 2.1. Types of Pharmacological Literature; 2.2. Pharmacopoeias (Formularies, Ar. aqrābādhīn); 2.3. Books of Materia Medica; Chapter 2. The Practical Medicine of the Cairo Genizah
  • 1. Types of Practical Medical Literature2. Medical Literature of the Jewish Community That May Have Served as Sources for the Prescriptions; 3. The Development of Prescriptions and the History of Their Research; 4. Reconstructing the Unwritten Practical Pharmacopoeia of the Genizah People; Chapter 3. Thirty Selected Prescriptions; A. Majūn (Electuary); 1. T-S Ar. 43.338 [Recto and Verso; Two Prescriptions] (Musk Electuary); 2. T-S Ar. 30.305 [Recto] (Electuary); 3. Or. 1081 J39 [Recto] (Electuary); 4. T-S AS 148.22 [Recto] (Electuary/Lohoch); 5. T-S Ar. 30.65 [Recto] (Electuary)
  • 6. T-S Ar. 34.305 [Recto] (Electuary)B. Habb (Pill), iyārij (Hiera), matbūkh (Decoction); 7. T-S 8J15.20 [Verso] (Pills); 8. T-S Ar. 39.458 [Recto] (Pill, Syrup); 9. T-S 13J6.14 [Verso] (Pill, Syrup); 10. T-S Ar. 42.189 [Recto] (Pills, Syrup); 11. T-S Ar. 41.72 [Recto] (Pill, Syrup); 12. T-S NS 223.82-83 (Decoctions); C. Safūf (Powder), qurs (Lozenge); 13. T-S Ar. 40.87 [Recto] (Powder); D. Luūq (Lohoch), sharāb (Syrup), murabbā (Jam); 14. T-S Ar. 39.274 [Recto] (Syrup); 15. T-S NS J38 [Verso] (Syrup); 16. T-S 12.33 [Recto] (Syrup); 17. T-S AS 155.277 [Verso] (Syrup)
  • 18. T-S Ar. 41.71 [Verso] (Syrup)19. T-S Ar. 34.239 (Syrup); 20. T-S Ar. 41.125 [Recto] (Syrup); 21. T-S NS 305.76 (Syrup); 22. T-S NS 327.97 [Recto] (Syrup/Triphala = Purgative); 23. T-S K25.116 [Recto] (Syrup/Lohoch/Electuary, Pill); 24. T-S Ar. 41.81 [Recto] (Triphala); E. Kuhl (Kohl), ashyāf (Eye-Salve); 25. T-S Ar. 44.162 [Recto] (Eye Salves); 26. T-S Ar. 42.60 [Recto] (Eye-Salve); F. Dimād (Dressing); 27. T-S Ar. 30.99 [Verso] (Fomentation); G. Sanūn (Dentifrice); 28. T-S Ar. 39.451 [Verso] (Dentifrice, Syrup); H. Unidentified; 29. T-S Ar. 40.141 [Recto]; 30. T-S Ar. 39.335 [Recto]
  • Chapter 4. The Findings and Their Significance1. The 'Genizah' Physician; 2. The 'Genizah' Pharmacist; 3. The 'Genizah' Patient; 4. The Genizah Prescriptions; 5. Formal Aspects; 5.1. The Layout of the Prescriptions; 5.2. Comparisons with Contemporary Medical Literature; 5.3. Dating; 6. Linguistic Aspects; 7. Benedictions (Opening and Closing Phrases); 8. Medical Aspects; 8.1. Eye Disease; 8.2. Cough; 9. Materia Medica; 10. Diet; Epilogue; Bibliography; Glossary; Index