Medical prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah collections : practical medicine and pharmacology in medieval Egypt /
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| Author / Creator: | Lev, Efraim. |
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| 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. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11160363 |
| Summary: | The manuscripts of the Cairo Genizah are a unique source for medieval medical history. In Medical Prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah Collections , Lev and Chipman offer an insight into the everyday practical medicine of medieval Egypt, which reflects medical practice in the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole, by analysing thirty selected prescriptions from the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection (Cambridge University Library). The prescriptions, which are in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic, are transcribed and translated, with accompanying commentaries, photographs and glossaries. Introductory chapters discuss the theoretical background of the prescriptions and the practical medicine of the Cairo Genizah, while the conclusion considers their significance for the study of the medieval medical tradition. |
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| Item Description: | Companion to: Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah / Efraim Lev and Zohar Amar. 2008. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004235632 9004235639 9789004234888 9004234888 |
| ISSN: | 0169-815X ; |