Three short poems and seven medical extracts [‎64r] (5/6)

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Ref: Or 9452, ff 62r-64v

The record is made up of ff. 62r-64v. It was created in 3 Ramaḍān 690. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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The three short poems on f. 62r are not about medicine.

The seven medical extracts are as follows:

1. Recipe for the medicine bakhtajūsh (بختجوش) made from grape juice (f. 62v)

2. Discussion of two bezoars (بادزهر), the ḥajar al-thīrān (حجر الثيران) and the ḥajar al-tays (حجر التيس) and their medical uses taken from the Ṣaydanah of Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (ff. 62v-64r)

3. Discussion of the 'narcissus fly' (ذباب النرجس) and its bite (f. 64r)

4. Recipe for the clay of wisdom (طين الحكمة), a highly heat resistant clay used for protecting laboratory glassware (f. 64r)

5. Recipe for an Indian animal-based medicine that was available in Basra at the same price as musk (ff. 64r-v)

6. Aphrodisiac recipe presented by Jibrā’il ibn Bakhtīshū‘ to the Caliph al-Ma’mūn (f. 64v)

7. Discussion of the medicinal uses of a number of trees (f. 64v)

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ff. 62r-64v

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Arabic in Arabic script

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Reference: Or 9452, ff 62r-64v
Title: Three short poems and seven medical extracts
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