Turkish pharmacopoeia

[Medical manuscript]. Tazkirah 'ata’ tabib Dari’sh-Shifa’.

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A traditional pharmacological essay or pharmacopoeia, as well as a description of several ailments and medical conditions (including earache, infection of the larynx, uvular edema, malaria, jaundice, and yellow fever), with their treatment indications. Interestingly, there is a specific reference to opium ("afyon" in Turkish). The anonymous scribe was very probably a physician or medical practitioner with an imperfect knowledge of Arabic, most likely a Turk. No colophon, but likely written in the early 18th century in an Arabic-speaking Eastern province of the Ottoman Empire.

Occasional stains and smudging; some corner and edge flaws throughout with chipping to wrappers.