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Memorandum book of a tenth-century oculist for the use of modern ophthalmologists. A translation of the Tadhkirat.
Publication Details
Chicago, IL: Northwestern University, 1936 CE.
The Tadhkirat al-Kahhalin was one of the oldest and best of the medieval Arabic works on ophthalmology. It carefully described 130 diseases of the eye and became the standard work on the subject in the Middle East. German translation, 1904.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #5815 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7009 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | memorandum-book-of-a-tenthcentury-oculist-for-the-use-of-modern-ophthalmologists-a-translation-of-the-tadhkirat |
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Publication place: Chicago, IL