The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ : Arabic Text, English Translation, Study and Glossaries

This book offers a critical Arabic edition, annotated English translation, introductory study, and two-way glossaries of a pharmacological masterpiece composed around the middle of the 12th century CE in Baghdad by the Nestorian physician Ibn at-Tilm. This book offers a critical Arabic edition, annotated English translation, introductory study, and two-way glossaries of the famous dispensatory composed around the middle of the 12th century CE by the Nestorian physician Ibn at-Tilmīḏ. The dispensatory, recognized as a masterpiece already by mediaeval contemporaries, soon after its appearance became the pharmacological standard work in the hospitals and apothecs of Baghdad and the wider Arab East, replacing, after almost 300 years, the vademecum of Sābūr ibn Sahl. The dispensatory of Ibn at-Tilmiḏ marks the apogee and the conclusion of centuries of medico-pharmacological development in the Arab world, and it is therefore absolutely essential for a critical understanding of mediaeval Arabic medicine and pharmacy in particular, and premodern science in general. Contents ......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 1. Towards a History of Arabic Pharmacology......Page 12 a. Life......Page 18 b. Works......Page 24 a. Arabic Manuscripts......Page 30 b. External Structure......Page 37 c. Internal Structure......Page 39 d. Metrological Units......Page 44 e. Pharmacological Apparatus......Page 45 f. Applicative Categories......Page 47 Plates 1– 5......Page 50 Arabic Text......Page 56 English Translation......Page 186 Bibliography......Page 318 a. English—Arabic......Page 324 b. Arabic—English......Page 334 a. English—Arabic......Page 341 b. Arabic—English......Page 346 3. Generic Drug Names......Page 351 a. English—Latin......Page 353 b. Latin—English......Page 357