Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean According to the Cairo Genizah (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series)
Publisher: BRILL; Brill
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 750
ISBN-13: 9789004161207
Subjects: History of medicine; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; History; Middle East - General; Jews; Materia medica; Medicine; Medicine, Medieval; Middle East
Description: This volume looks into the practice of medical care in the medieval world, particularly amongst the Jewish communities of Egypt. It examines the medicinal perscriptions, lists of materia medica and letters between physicians, pharmacists and patients found in the Cairo Genizah.