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Book/Printed Material The Comprehensive Book on Medicine. Continens Rasis

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Title

  • The Comprehensive Book on Medicine.

Other Title

  • Continens Rasis

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Faraj ben Salim, 13th century Translator.
  • Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? Author.

Created / Published

  • Venice, Italy : Johannes Hamman, 1529.

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: 525 pages ; 20 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Arabic and Islamic Science and Its Influence on the Western Scientific Tradition: Medicine

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666821

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Faraj Ben Salim, 13Th Century Translator, and Abū Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī. The Comprehensive Book on Medicine. Venice, Italy: Johannes Hamman, 1529. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666821/.

APA citation style:

Faraj Ben Salim, 1. C. T. & Rāzī, A. B. M. I. Z. (1529) The Comprehensive Book on Medicine. Venice, Italy: Johannes Hamman. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666821/.

MLA citation style:

Faraj Ben Salim, 13Th Century Translator, and Abū Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī. The Comprehensive Book on Medicine. Venice, Italy: Johannes Hamman, 1529. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666821/>.