Pharmacy and its offshoots
The discipline of pharmacy started off as the study of medical materials. In the Muslim tradition, the first person to have written down a text listing the medicinal uses of plants was the Prophet Sulayman ( �) (Solomon). Ibn Abi Usaybi’ah in his ‘Uyun al-Anba’ 1 relays the Prophetic narration...
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| Language: | English |
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Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/66956/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66956/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66956/1/Al-Tibb%20Catalogue-Dr%20Affendi.pdf |
| Summary: | The discipline of pharmacy started off as the study of medical
materials. In the Muslim tradition, the first person to have written down
a text listing the medicinal uses of plants was the Prophet Sulayman (
�) (Solomon). Ibn Abi Usaybi’ah in his ‘Uyun al-Anba’ 1
relays the
Prophetic narration2
that a plant emerged when the Prophet Sulayman
(�) was in his prayer niche, upon which he asked its name and use.
As other plants appeared, he made the same inquiry. He then had the
edible ones taken to be cultivated, while those with medicinal properties
were described in writing. This marks the beginning of pharmacy and
the medical writing tradition .... |
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