Sabur ibn Sahl's Dispensatory in the Recension of The Adudi Hospital

摘要

Following his 1994 edition and 2003 translation ofSabiirb. Sabl's Small Dispensatory (al-Aqrabadhin al-saghir), Oliver Kahl now presents us with an edition and translation of the epitome of Sabur's dispensatory as used in the Adudi Hospital in Baghdad, based on MS Munich Staatsbibliothek arab 808/2, copied in 741/1341. One might think that this is too much ot a good thing. However, our understanding of the development of pharmacology and pharmacopoeias in the Islamic world is neither broad nor deep enough yet to do without this valuable addition.