Cairo Genizah : Medical

Alī ibn ‘Īsā

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Leaves from the ophthalmological handbook Tadhkirat al-kaḥḥālīn (Memorandum for opticians) by the 11th-century physician ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsā. Third discourse, Chapter 27, on simples and their applications for curing eye ailments like eye ulcers, wounds, and roughness of the cornea. Simples mentioned include aloe, anemone, gum Arabic, and Roman bole. Parallel to ed. Hyderabad (1964) pp. 364-8.</p>