Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

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  • Sue Goldie
چکیده

thoughtfully, with good taste and, for the most part, with meticulous accuracy. In several passages, however, words and sentences are incorrectly translated (see for example, Nos. 13, 85, and 216, pp. 42, 100, and 210-212, respectively). A few titles of subdivisions, moreover, have been ignored or overlooked as in No. 95, p. 108, where a new paragraph should read: Dentifrices: 'The white dentifrice used to arrest (cure) . . .' Also No. 99, page 110, should read: 'Another dentifrice for the aforementioned ailment . . .' and No. 102, p. 112, should read: The Yahudi's (Jewish) Dentifrice not the 'Jewish Tooth'. This possibly refers to a recipe prepared by Masarjawayh or another Jewish physician of the eighth or ninth century. The discussion, identification, and arrangement of the materia medica on pages 225-345, together with the selected bibliography, are most welcome and useful additions. From the wording of the title, the incipit of this treatise, and the repeated references to what al-Kindi 'dictated' (amla), wrote in his own hand, composed, and prescribed (sifat), I am inclined to believe that the treatise is not genuinely al-Kindi's in the true sense of the word. It is rather a formulary or, even better, a selection of remedial recipes a majority of which were gathered from a collection attributed to al-Kindi as his Aqrabadhin. Doubt of its authenticity is further enforced by the fact that it is not listed in al-Nadim's Fihrist (completed 987/8), which, to my knowledge, mentions all writings completed by al-Kindi. It is possible that because of the fame of this 'Philosopher of the Arabs', his interest in natural history and medical therapy, and the number of recipes attributed to him, the text bears his name. Further light could be thrown on this matter if the names of pharmacists, physicians, and proprietors, referred to throughout the text, could be adequately identified. I must add that these names are not quoted in full and, hence, authentication becomes a difficult task. Uncertainty by no means minimizes the value of this commendable contribution. The University of Wisconsin Press deserves to be congratulated on the excellent format, the fine reproduction of the Arabic manuscript, and the beautiful Arabic script included with the materia medica. SAMI K. HAMARNEH

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Medical History

دوره 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1967