A treatise on the small-pox and measles / by Abú Becr Mohammed ibn Zacaríyá ar-Rází (commonly called Rhazes). Translated from the original Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill.

  • Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?
Date:
1848
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Credit: A treatise on the small-pox and measles / by Abú Becr Mohammed ibn Zacaríyá ar-Rází (commonly called Rhazes). Translated from the original Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Common Chick Peas, of each ten drachms, Ben Seeds, Costus, Long Birthwort, of each five drachms; Jluh them in Barley water or Melon water, and anoint the body with it, and let the patient be washed next day Avith a decoction of Violets and Barley. (38.) Anotlier medicine for removing’ tlie marks of the Small-Pox :— {Form. 25.] Take of old Bones, Persian Reed roots. Fresh common Cress, * P- 230. Wheat Starch, Lupines, Melon Seed, Common Chick Peas, Washed Rice, Ben Seeds, Costus; Rub them in Melon water, and anoint the patient Avith it. (39.) A plain and simple liniment:— {Form, 26.] Take of peeled Melon Seed, SAA^eet Almonds peeled, Rice Meal, Common Chick Peas, Old Bones, Preserved (?) Litharge; Rub them in Melon water or Barley water, and anoint the patient. (40.) I once saw a person witli tlie Small-Pox^ who was washed with salt and water^ and afterwards swelled, and suffered great pain, because the pustules were not ripened. It is better that they should be dried up when necessary with a consider¬ able quantity of common camphor dissolved in rose water; and let the patient sleep^ upon millet meal, willow leaves, and roses both dried and fresh; in summer, when there is much heat, light a fire with sanders, and in winter with tamarisk, myrtle leaves, and willow leaves. (41.) Before the Small-Pox comes out^ it is better to drop into the eye rose water with common camphor or sumach, or ' See above, §§ 17, 20, and beloAv, § 80,