Title Medical prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah collections : practical medicine and pharmacology in medieval Egypt / by Efraim Lev, Leigh Chipman.

Descript 1 online resource Series Etudes sur le judai⁺sme me⁺ѓdie⁺ѓval, 0169-815X ; t. 55 Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 4 Etudes sur le judai⁺sme me⁺ѓdie⁺ѓval ; t. 55. 0169-815X Cambridge Genizah studies series ; v. 4. Note Companion to: Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah / Efraim Lev and Zohar Amar. 2008. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Medical Prescriptions in the Cambridge Genizah Collections; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Cairo Genizah and Its Various Collections; 2. Medical Issues in the Genizah; 3. Technical Remarks; Chapter 1. The Theoretical Background of the Genizah Prescriptions; 1. Galenic Medicine in Theory and in Practice; 1.1. Physiology; 1.2. Therapy; 2. Pharmacology; 2.1. Types of Pharmacological Literature; 2.2. Pharmacopoeias (Formularies, Ar. aqra⁺ѕba⁺ѕdhi⁺ѕn); 2.3. Books of Materia Medica; Chapter 2. The Practical Medicine of the Cairo Genizah 1. Types of Practical Medical Literature2. Medical Literature of the Jewish Community That May Have Served as Sources for the Prescriptions; 3. The Development of Prescriptions and the History of Their Research; 4. Reconstructing the Unwritten Practical Pharmacopoeia of the Genizah People; Chapter 3. Thirty Selected Prescriptions; A. Maju⁺ѕn (Electuary); 1. T-S Ar. 43.338 [Recto and Verso; Two Prescriptions] (Musk Electuary); 2. T-S Ar. 30.305 [Recto] (Electuary); 3. Or. 1081 J39 [Recto] (Electuary); 4. T-S AS 148.22 [Recto] (Electuary/Lohoch); 5. T-S Ar. 30.65 [Recto] (Electuary) 6. T-S Ar. 34.305 [Recto] (Electuary)B. Habb (Pill), iya⁺ѕrij (Hiera), matbu⁺ѕkh (Decoction); 7. T-S 8J15.20 [Verso] (Pills); 8. T-S Ar. 39.458 [Recto] (Pill, Syrup); 9. T-S 13J6.14 [Verso] (Pill, Syrup); 10. T-S Ar. 42.189 [Recto] (Pills, Syrup); 11. T-S Ar. 41.72 [Recto] (Pill, Syrup); 12. T-S NS 223.82-83 (Decoctions); C. Safu⁺ѕf (Powder), qurs (Lozenge); 13. T-S Ar. 40.87 [Recto] (Powder); D. Luu⁺ѕq (Lohoch), shara⁺ѕb (Syrup), murabba⁺ѕ (Jam); 14. T-S Ar. 39.274 [Recto] (Syrup); 15. T-S NS J38 [Verso] (Syrup); 16. T-S 12.33 [Recto] (Syrup); 17. T-S AS 155.277 [Verso] (Syrup) 18. T-S Ar. 41.71 [Verso] (Syrup)19. T-S Ar. 34.239 (Syrup); 20. T-S Ar. 41.125 [Recto] (Syrup); 21. T-S NS 305.76 (Syrup); 22. T-S NS 327.97 [Recto] (Syrup/Triphala = Purgative); 23. T-S K25.116 [Recto] (Syrup/Lohoch/Electuary, Pill); 24. T-S Ar. 41.81 [Recto] (Triphala); E. Kuhl (Kohl), ashya⁺ѕf (Eye-Salve); 25. T-S Ar. 44.162 [Recto] (Eye Salves); 26. T-S Ar. 42.60 [Recto] (Eye-Salve); F. Dima⁺ѕd (Dressing); 27. T-S Ar. 30.99 [Verso] (Fomentation); G. Sanu⁺ѕn (Dentifrice); 28. T-S Ar. 39.451 [Verso] (Dentifrice, Syrup); H. Unidentified; 29. T-S Ar. 40.141 [Recto]; 30. T-S Ar. 39.335 [Recto] Chapter 4. The Findings and Their Significance1. The 'Genizah' Physician; 2. The 'Genizah' Pharmacist; 3. The 'Genizah' Patient; 4. The Genizah Prescriptions; 5. Formal Aspects; 5.1. The Layout of the Prescriptions; 5.2. Comparisons with Contemporary Medical Literature; 5.3. Dating; 6. Linguistic Aspects; 7. Benedictions (Opening and Closing Phrases); 8. Medical Aspects; 8.1. Eye Disease; 8.2. Cough; 9. Materia Medica; 10. Diet; Epilogue; Bibliography; Glossary; Index 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. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Drugs -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500. Cairo Genizah. Medicine, Medieval. Materia Medica -- history Drug Prescriptions -- history History, Medieval Jews -- history Manuscripts, Medical as Topic -- history Medicine, Traditional -- history Egypt MEDICAL -- Drug Guides. MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Pharmacology. MEDICAL -- Pharmacology. MEDICAL -- Pharmacy. Medicine, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst01015277 Cairo Genizah. (OCoLC)fst00843931 Drugs. (OCoLC)fst00898761 Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755 To 1500 Alt Author Chipman, Leigh. Lev, Efraim. Practical materia medica of the medieval eastern Mediterranean according to the Cairo Genizah. Cambridge University Library. ISBN 9789004235632 (electronic bk.) 9004235639 (electronic bk.) 9789004234888 9004234888