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Cairo Genizah : Medical

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Composite medical text presenting the opinions of famous physicians on a variety of topics: ulcers of the lungs and phthisis, according to Avicenna; the use of purslane, according to Hippocrates, Dioscorides and Al-Jawharī; management of patients, quoting Al-Rāzī; reference is also made to Saʿīd Hibat Allāh, Kitāb ḵalq al-insān (‘The book on the creation of man’).</p>


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