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Book/Printed Material The Comprehensive Book on Medicine, Part Two, in Diseases of the Eye.

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Title

  • The Comprehensive Book on Medicine, Part Two, in Diseases of the Eye.

Summary

  • One of the earliest pioneers in the history of medicine, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyā al-Rāzī (also known by the Latinized version of his name, Rhazes or Rasis, 865--925 AD, 251--313 AH) was a Muslim Persian polymath, physician, and philosopher. He was born in the city of Rayy, near present-day Tehran, Iran, and spent most of his life between his birthplace and Baghdad, the capital city of the Abbasid caliphate. He taught medicine and was the chief physician in both cities. He 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. Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb (The comprehensive book on medicine), also known in Latin as Continens Liber and in English as The Virtuous Life, is a large medical encyclopedia. It contains notes on diseases, therapy, pharmacology, as well as Al-Razi's notebooks on his reading and his clinical observations. Presented here is Kitāb al-Hāwī fi al-ṭibb, al-juzʼ al-thānī, fī amrāḍ al-ʻayn (The comprehensive book on medicine, part two, on the diseases of the eye).

Names

  • Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? Author.

Created / Published

  • Haydarabad Al-Dakan : [publisher not identified], [1955 to 1971]

Headings

  • -  Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • -  Iraq
  • -  865 to 925
  • -  Diseases
  • -  Medicine, Arab
  • -  Medicine, Medieval
  • -  Pharmacology

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 282 pages.
  • -  Original resource at: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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  • 2021666180

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Chicago citation style:

Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? Author. The Comprehensive Book on Medicine, Part Two, in Diseases of the Eye. [Haydarabad Al-Dakan: publisher not identified, to 1971, 1955] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666180/.

APA citation style:

Rāzī, A. B. M. I. Z. (1955) The Comprehensive Book on Medicine, Part Two, in Diseases of the Eye. [Haydarabad Al-Dakan: publisher not identified, to 1971] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666180/.

MLA citation style:

Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? Author. The Comprehensive Book on Medicine, Part Two, in Diseases of the Eye. [Haydarabad Al-Dakan: publisher not identified, to 1971, 1955] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666180/>.