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

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Author / Creator:	Lev, Efraim.
Imprint:	Leiden : Brill, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, 0169-815X ; t. 55 Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 4 Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 55. Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 4.
Subject:	Drugs -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500. Cairo Genizah. Materia Medica -- history. Drug Prescriptions -- history. History, Medieval. Jews -- history. Manuscripts, Medical as Topic -- history. Medicine, Traditional -- history. Cairo Genizah. Drugs. Egypt. Egypt. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11160363

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Other uniform titles:	Chipman, Leigh. Lev, Efraim. Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah.
Other authors / contributors:	Cambridge University Library.
ISBN:	9789004235632 9004235639 9789004234888 9004234888
Notes:	Companion to: Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah / Efraim Lev and Zohar Amar. 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Lev, Efraim. Medical prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah collections. Leiden : Brill, 2012 9789004234888

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