Kitāb al-ʿamalīyāt al-jarrāḥīyah كتاب العمليات الجراحية anonymous

Content

Anonymous handbook of surgical practice.

The title appears on the cover of the volume (f. 1r) as the Book of Surgical Operations (كتاب العمليات الجراحية), but is given in table of contents (ff. 1v-4r, on f. 1v, line 1) as Blazes of Success Concerning the Surgeon’s Operations (كتاب غرر النجاح في أعمال الجراح). The latter title belongs to a work by Muḥammad bin ʻAlī al-Baqlī (محمد بن علي البقلي, d. 1876), but a comparison between that work (Baqlī, Kitāb Ghurar al-najāḥ , 1263/1846) and the present manuscript proves that they are in fact not identical.

Many leaves have been left blank. F. 89 is formed of four leaves pasted together. The manuscript is bound and held within a chemise. Both the front and back boards have been foliated as though the chemise itself were the cover.

Begins (f. 4v, lines 2-5):

في عمليات التي تفعل على المجموعه العظمي

هذه العمليات إما أن تكون أصلية لاستئصال جزؤًا عظمي مريض

أو أنها تفعل لأجل أحداث سبيل لعمل آخر كفتح الجيب الفكي لأجل

شفاء ما كان فيه وأنهذه العملية تكون جذؤًا من عملية أخرى كما البتر

Ends (f. 204r, lines 25-28):

ويترك للالتحام فيما بعد والمرضى التي بهذه الحالة لا يعطى لهم إلا

إلا (!) غذية الحقيقة مدة زمن طويل فإذا تولدت أعراض التجمع

السفلى مع هذا الاحتراس فتشق الشرة (؟) الالتحام ثانيًا ويترك الشرج (؟)

للطيفة وبذالك يحكى أنه غير قابل للشفاء تمت

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. 216

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 197 x 115 mm leaf [185 x 105 mm written]

Foliation: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library foliation stamped in black ink; the Eastern Arabic numerals at the head of each page are not page or folio numbers but refer to the 106 numbered divisions of the text listed in the table of contents (ff. 1v-4r)

Ruling: No ruling visible; 19-28 lines per page

Script: Naskh

Ink: Dark brown ink, some rubricated text towards back of volume

Decoration: None

Binding: laminated card boards covered with paper, volume is covered by a leather chemise with gold-tooled floral pattern and borders on exterior and blue silk on interior

Condition: Minor insect damage, mostly to boards

Marginalia: None

Seals: None

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IO Islamic 4608

History of this record

Date(s)

19th century (CE, Gregorian)

Provenance

• Ela Rupell: his inscription, without date, recording the fact that the manuscript was given to him on 19 November 1882 by Herbrand Rupell after having been 'found inside a tent at Tel El Kebir Wed: 13th September 1882' (f. 205v);
• Anonymous inscription, with date 7 Ramaḍān 1283/13 January 1867 (f. 206r).

Related material

Finding aids

Arberry, A.J., 'Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library, 1936–8', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 71, 1939, p. 382

Select Bibliography

Baqlī, Muḥammad ʻAlī, Kit āb Gurar al-najāḥ fī a’māl al-jarrāḥ (al-Qāhirah: Dār al-Ṭabā‘ah al-Bāhirah, 1263/1846)

Subjects

Surgery--Early works to 1800Medicine--Early works to 1800

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