Title: Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah
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.
Subjects: Jews, Medieval Medicine, Cairo Genizah, Materia medica, Medieval History, Medicine, History, History of medicine, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Science, Science/Mathematics, General, Middle East - General, Medicine, Medieval, Middle East, Jews, middle east, Jews, history, Middle east, history, Joden, Medische praktijken, Geneesmiddelen, Juden, Medizin, Genisa von Kairo, Medicin, Historia, Judar, Geniza, Universita tsbibliothek Cambridge. Genizah Collections, Cambridge / Universita tsbibliothek