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DIYA' AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD ʿABDULLAH IBN AHMED AL-MALAQI, KNOWN AS IBN AL-BAYTAR (D.1248 AD), A SECTION FROM KITAB AL-MUGNI FI'L-ADWIYA AL-MUFRADA, NEAR EAST OR EGYPT, MAMLUK, EARLY 14TH CENTURY
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DIYA' AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD ʿABDULLAH IBN AHMED AL-MALAQI, KNOWN AS IBN AL-BAYTAR (D.1248 AD), A SECTION FROM KITAB AL-MUGNI FI'L-ADWIYA AL-MUFRADA, NEAR EAST OR EGYPT, MAMLUK, EARLY 14TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 113 leaves, 23 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, important words in red, Hebrew inscription on f.180a, headings and chapters written in gold, incomplete, in later brown leather binding
30 by 21cm.
The contents of the present volume are as follows:
Bab III: on illnesses of the ears, their diseases and tumours.
Bab IV: on illnesses of the nose and nose bleeds.
Bab V: on illnesses of the mouth and the dysfunction of the tongue.
Bav VI: a list of medicaments.
Bab VII: on illnesses
Bab VIII: remedies for the intestine, the softening of the stomach and laxatives.
Bab IX: remedies for complicated tumours.
Bab X: remedies for kidneys.
Bab XI: remedies for bowel diseases.
Bab XII: remedies for the male and female reproductive organs.
Bab XIII: remedies for illnesses of the uterus.
Bab XIV: remedies for joint pain.
Bab XV: remedies for recovery after surgery.
Bab XVI: remedies for tumours and blood tumours.
Bab XVII: remedies for alopecia.
Bab XVIII: diets and remedies for chest infections and high temperatures.
Throughout the manuscript some sentences point to a Mamluk copyist and a strong
connection with Egypt. On one page the writer mentions that a particular medicine was tried in Fustat, while on another page it is said that chillies were usually imported from Sudan.