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A RARE BOOK OF THE SCINCE OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY, KITAB SHIFAA AL ISQAM WA DAWAA ALALAM, 17TH CENTURY

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An extraordinary and rare 17th-century manuscript on the science of medicine and pharmacy, titled Kitab Shifaa Al Isqam wa Dawaa Al Alam. This comprehensive medical text was authored by the esteemed Alhakem Altabib Khudir Bin Ali Ibn Marwan (d. 820 AH / 1417 AD), Beirstan Almuaidi Cairo, and meticulously copied by Mohammed Alazhari in 1041 AH. Spanning 525 pages, this manuscript is a remarkable piece of medical history. .

Dimensions: 29 x 19cm