Anonymous treatise on ophthalmology

Content

Anonymous treatise on ophthalmology divided into forty-six chapters (باب). A table of contents listing the chapter titles is found on ff. 1r-2v.

The manuscript is defective at the beginning and f. 1 is a replacement written in a later hand.

The treatise is followed by a poem on sexual hygiene (ff. 56v-57v) and a short collection of prescriptions (ff. 57v-59v).

Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-3):

الباب الأول في الجرب الباب الثاني في البرودة الثالث في التحجّر

الباب الرابع في الالتصاق الباب الخامس في الشترة السادس في الشعيرة

الباب السابع في الشرناق الباب الثامن في السيلاق التاسع في الشعر

Ends (f. 56r, lines 2-4):

وينقع في خمسين مثقال شراب ليلة ثم يذاب الشمع والزيت

ويلقى عليه الحوائج حين يتطبخ فإذا انطبخ أنزله عن النار

والقى عليه العرمين ويوضع في إناء ويستعمل

Extent and format

Ff. 1r-59v

It is part of

Three treatises on medicine

628 images

Ref: Or 5620

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 5620, ff 1r-59v

History of this record

Date(s)

18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Finding aids

• Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 46-7
• Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 23, p. 251

Subjects

Ophthalmology--Early works to 1800

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