Book/Printed Material A Guide to "Aphorisms".
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Title
- A Guide to "Aphorisms".
Summary
- This manuscript is a miscellany of medical texts consisting of a portion of Wasā'il al-wuṣūl ilā masā'il al-fuṣūl (Guide to Aphorisms) by ʻIzz al-Din Ibrahim al-Kashshi (or al-Kissi) as well as fragments of other medical texts. Wasā'il al-wuṣūl ilā masā'il al-fuṣūl is a commentary on Hippocrates's Aphorisms. It is al-Kashshi's only surviving work. The volume also contains many medical notes in Arabic and Persian, including a description of the medicinal properties of the flesh of animals and birds, a short treatise on the general classification of drugs, a treatise on ailments and their cures-in which each ailment is followed by a list of associated medicines-and various preparations, including one meant to increase virility. The collection of miscellaneous writings suggests that this manuscript was used as a reference by a practicing physician. Like the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, Wasā'il al-wuṣūl ilā masā'il al-fuṣūl is written in seven chapters. Little is known of al-Kashshi's life. Surviving manuscript copies of this work are relatively rare, although his text is also preserved in a 14th century commentary by ʻImad al-Din ʻAbd al-Rahim ibn ʻAbdallah. ʻImad al-Din's commentary is dated 1383, meaning that al-Kashshi was active before then.
Names
- Kashshi, ʻIzz al-Din Ibrahim Author.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1550 to 1850]
Headings
- - 1250 to 1383
- - Arabic manuscripts
- - Drugs
- - Medicine, Medieval
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource at: Wellcome Library.
- - Content in Arabic and Persian.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667368
Online Format
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