THREE TREATISES ON CARDIAC DRUG, AVICENNA IN 975 AH/1567 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 44 leaves with 17 lines to each page, written in black naskh script. Titles and catchwords in red ink, consists of three articles about about conditions related to heart and some cardiac disease. Copied in 975 AH/1567 AD

The first part about medications for heart diseases by Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas al-Shirazi, a Persian physician from Shiraz in Persia. His major composition was a large Arabic medical compendium, Kitab al-Hawi fi ‘ilm al-tadawi (The Comprehensive Book on the Art of Curing). The second part about cardiac medications by Najib ad-Din Samarqandi, a 13th-century Persian physician from Samarqand. Samarqandi died during the Mongol attack on Herat. He was a prolific medical writer and expositor of medical ideas. His most famous book was The Book of Causes and Symptoms, a comprehensive manual of therapeutics and pathology. The third part about cardiac medications by Avicenna, a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age, and the father of early modern medicine. His most famous works are The Book of Healing, a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia, and The Canon of Medicine, a medical encyclopedia, which became a standard medical text at many medieval universities. With later red morocco leather binding Text panel: 7.5 by 15 cm. Book: 14 by 24 cm.