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1 online resource |
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Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; t. 55 |
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Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 4 |
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Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 55. 0169-815X
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Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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] |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Companion to: Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah / Efraim Lev and Zohar Amar. 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Drugs -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
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Cairo Genizah.
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Medicine, Medieval.
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Materia Medica -- history
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Drug Prescriptions -- history
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History, Medieval
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Jews -- history
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Manuscripts, Medical as Topic -- history
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Medicine, Traditional -- history
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MEDICAL -- Drug Guides.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pharmacology.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacy.
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Medicine, Medieval
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Cairo Genizah
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Drugs
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Egypt |
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Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chipman, Leigh
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Lev, Efraim.
Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah
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Cambridge University Library.
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| LC no. |
2012025558 |
| ISBN |
9789004235632 |
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9004235639 |
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