Recipes From Abulcasis Al-Zahrawi (C.936-C.1013) For Cough Treatment

Cambra LMA

Published on: 2023-06-07

Abstract

The Kitab al-Ta?rif (Book of medical arrangement) is the master piece of the well-known Cordovan physician Abulcasis Al-Zahrawi (c.936-c.101). This autor was also an eminent surgeon, the first of Medieval Islam, and his influence reached as far as Renaissance Europe. The 22nd treatise of his work is an interesting treatise of neumology on deseases relatives to lungs and respiratory tract, as well as the correct treatment of these.  It contains recipes of a great value to the fields of pharmacology and neumology. This paper is an approach to this treatise, and includes the translation to English from some of its fragments referring to recipes for beneficial cough remedies, according to the 5774th Arabic manuscript of the National Library at Paris, and the 502nd Arabic manuscript of the Süleymaniye Umumi Kütüphanesi from Istanbul.