Followed by short chapters on the description and preparation of medicines, pastes and drinks. and On the body and sickness. Ends abruptly in Maqālah 7, faṣl 43 (of 60).
Description
According to most sources, Hippocrates did not write a work with this title; Dioscurides did, but the text differs from the present one. May be later than sixteenth century. Purchased from Hassan Sami in 1991 on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund. Water-stained and badly worm-eaten, affecting text. With: 1 other title.
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