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First page of a treatise of phlebotomy regarding nomenclature, names, and the number of blood veins (360) in a human body according to Galen and the (appropriate) sites for bloodletting. The author says that physicians should be wary of letting blood only from specific veins so as to not cause harm to people. They are veins of the elbow, arms, hands, vein in the forehead, vein between the two eyes, vein inside the nose, and two veins of the temple. Verso: Title page of the book: Kitāb fīhi tasmiyat al-ʿurūq li Jālīnūs [sic] wa ʿadaduhā wahiya thālāthumiʾa wa sittūn ʿirqan wa al-mawāḍi‘ allatī yufṣadu minhā. The name towards the bottom reads as Muḥammad Ibrāhim abū ʿUmar ibn Zaydūn al-Qabsh[..].

Medical prescription. Some ingredients mentioned are pear (ajāṣ), red dates (ʿenāb), almond oil, seeds of chicory (Bazr Hindbāʾ), Egyptian Cuscuta epithymum (aftīmūn Miṣrī), Syrian Borage (lisān thawr Shāmī), white sugar, rose water, ambergris (ʿamber) and basil (raiḥān). The line in the margins reads; may the nourishment be beneficial God willing (al-ghizā....nafiʿ Inshallah).

Medical recipe in a beautiful hand, from a literary text. Mentions antidote (tiryāq) and wheat flour (daqīq al-ḥinṭa).

Medical text in Arabic script. Contains instructions for applying flower oil and water lily (nīlawfar) oil over the head, forehead, and a few drops in the nose. It is also advised to eat it after a meal. On the lower portion of verso there are pen exercises.

Literary. Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Literary. Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script. Including a section on diseases of the brain.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script. Faded.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical text in Arabic script. Instructions on interacting with the patient, it seems.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script.

Medical treatise in Arabic script. Lovely handwriting. Including prescriptions for hair loss and instructions for a recipe based on almond oil.