The Comprehensive Book on Medicine
9553
532 items in this record
The record is made up of 532 items. It was created in 1529. It was written in Latin. The original is part of the Qatar National Library.
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Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (also known by Latinized versions of his name, Rhazes or Rasis, circa 865–925) was a Persian polymath, physician, and philosopher who made major and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, music, philosophy, and alchemy and was the author of more than 200 books and treatises. He was known in the fields of both medicine and chemistry and undertook chemical experiments to create medicines to treat particular diseases. He followed a scientific approach in his research using the methods of monitoring and observation, which gave his chemical experiments a special value. Among Europeans, al-Razi’s most sought after work was his Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb (The comprehensive book on medicine), which was translated into Latin in 1279 under the title Continens Rasis by Faraj ben Salim, a physician of Sicilian-Jewish origin employed by Charles of Anjou to translate medical works. This book is also known in Latin as Continens Liber and in English as The Virtuous Life. Shown here is the rare 1529 edition of Continens Rasis, which was printed in Venice by Johannes Hamman.
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- 532 items
- Physical characteristics
525 pages ; 20 centimeters
- Written in
- Latin in Latin script
- Type
- Book
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- Qatar National Library
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- 9553
- Date(s)
- 1529 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Arab MedicineMedicine MedievalPharmacologyDisease
- Places
- IraqIslamic Republic of IranVenice, Italy
- People & organisations
- Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā RāzīFaraj ben Salim
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- Reference
- 9553
- Title
- The Comprehensive Book on Medicine
- Pages
- F-1-1 - F-1-532
- Author
- Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
