{"product_id":"the-medical-formulary-of-al-samarqandi-9781512803921","title":"The Medical Formulary of Al-Samarqandi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Medical Formulary of Al-­Samarqandi\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the high development of pharmacology by the Arabs in the Middle Ages. It was far from a dark period in science for it was in this area, as well as in Arabic optics and chemistry, that experimental science first began to develop. This is shown by al-Samarqandi's work which describes many new drugs, chemical processes, and a more advanced pharmacological theory. No part of this work has ever before been brought to the notice of historians of medicine. For the first time, the authors give a complete translation of this Aqrâbōdhīn in order to present a complete picture of the pharmacological knowledge of the day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a comprehensive section of Notes and Comments with particular attention being drawn to the present-day usage of old Arabic drugs, the employment of the drugs in the much earlier al-Kindi Medical Formulary, and to the etymological discussion of Arabic plant names not studied in previous works on the subject. Finally there is a Glossary of Arabic-English terms and a selected Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Levey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48295626309883,"sku":"9781512803921","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781512803921.jpg?v=1772484150","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-medical-formulary-of-al-samarqandi-9781512803921","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}