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Rhazes Opera Parva, Folio CCXXXIIII Verso

Abu Bakr al-Razi

A page from a printed Latin edition of al-Razi's shorter medical works, containing recipes for ointments and plasters.

A printed page from al-Razi's shorter medical writings, showing practical remedies attributed to him.

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Scanned page of an early printed book in black-f letter type, two columns of Latin text with a running header reading Juncturarum and page number folio CCXXXIIII (signature 55 at bottom). Dense medical recipes for ointments and plasters are visible, with a dark binding edge at the left. — Rhazes, Opera parva, folio CCXXXIIII verso. Rare Books collection.

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What it is

This is a page from a printed edition of Opera parva, a collection of the shorter writings of Rhazes. The page, numbered folio CCXXXIIII verso, is printed in Latin black-letter type and held in a rare books collection.

Why it matters

The page contains practical medical recipes for ointments and plasters, showing the hands-on, remedy-based side of medieval medicine that Rhazes practised and wrote about. Printed editions like this one carried his treatments to physicians long after his death.

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