Al-Hawi

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Al-Hawi

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For the Copto-Arabic work of the same name, see al-Makīn Jirjis ibn al-ʿAmīd the Younger. For the Ethiopic work called Maṣḥafa Ḥāwi, see Nikon of the Black Mountain.

Al-Hawi or Kitāb al-Ḥāwī fī al-ṭibb translated as The Comprehensive Book on Medicine is a medical composition authored by Rhazes in the 10th century.

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It was first translated into Latin in 1279 under the title Continens by Faraj ben Salīm, a physician of Sicilian-Jewish origin employed by Charles of Anjou.[1]

The oldest partial remaining copy of this work belongs to the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland dated 1094 CE.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Islamic Medical Manuscripts : Catalogue - Encycolopedias".
  2. [2]
    "Noteworthy: A Look at the Oldest Item in the NLM Collection". 22 June 2010.
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