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Catalogue: Translations of Earlier Sources


Hippocratic Writings

Blue arrow pointing to the right Shar Kitāb Taqdimat al-ma‘rifah   (MS A 27)
(A Commentary on the Prognostics)
شرح كتاب تقدمة المعرفة
Blue arrow pointing to the right Shar Kitāb abi‘at al-insān li-Buqrā   (MS A 69)
(A Commentary on the Hippocratic Treatise On the Nature of Man)
شرح كتاب طبيعة الانسان لبقراط
Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb al-Buthūr   (MS A 84, item 2)
(The Book of Pustules)
كتاب البثور
Blue arrow pointing to the right Urjūzah laīfah fī Qaāyā Ibqarā al‑khamsah wa‑al‑‘ishrūn   (MS A 34, item 8)
(An Elegant Poem on the Twenty-five Premises of Hippocrates)
ارجوزة لطيفه فى قضايا ابقراط الخمسه والعشرون

Galen

Blue arrow pointing to the right Kitāb fī manāfi ‘al-a‘a'   (MS A 30.1)
(On the Usefulness of the Parts)
كتاب فى منافع الاعضاء
Blue arrow pointing to the right Maqalat fi al-‘izam lil-muta‘allimin   (MS P 26, item 3)
(Treatise on Bones for Beginners)
مقاله فى العظام للمتعلمين
Blue arrow pointing to the right Maqālat fī tashrī al-‘aal   (MS P 26, item 4)
(Treatise on the Anatomy of Muscles)
مقاله فى تشريح العضل
Blue arrow pointing to the right Kit’b Taqāsīm al-insānīyah fī al-ūrah al-basharīyah   (MS A 74)
(The Classification of People in Terms of the Bodily Forms)
كتاب تقاسيم الانسانيه فى الصوره البشريه

Alexandrian Summaries

Blue arrow pointing to the right Jawāmi‘ Kitāb Jālīnūs fī al-bawl wa-dalā’ilihi   (MS A 84, item 3)
(A Summary of the Book of Galen on urine and its diagnostic signs)
جوامع كتاب جالينوس فى البول ودلايله

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