The world of pharmacy and pharmacists in Mamlūk Cairo / / Leigh Chipman.

• Superior document: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series, v. 8
• Author: Chipman, Leigh.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series (Brill Academic Publishers) ; v. 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 318 pages).

This is the first detailed analysis of an immensely popular 13th c. Arabic guide for pharmacists, from a time in which Jewish physicians and pharmacists worked alongside Muslim and Christian practioners. Minhāj al-dukkān (\'How to manage a pharmacy\'), by Abū ʾl-Munā al-Kūhīn al-ʿAṭṭār (fl. 1260) is the first attempt to explore the full spectrum of pharmacy in the medieval Arabic world: identification of the materia medica and methods of preparation; pharmacy's place within the sciences and particularly its relationship with medicine; the social position of the pharmacist and his role in the marketplace and the hospital; the economics of pharmacy; legal aspects of pharmacy; and the image of the pharmacist in literature and drama. The result is a full and nuanced picture of a section of society usually invisible.

Table of Contents

Minhāj al-dukkān as a pharmaceutical text -- Paternal advice in Minhāj al-dukkān -- Practical knowledge in Minhāj al-dukkān -- The pharmacist and the scientific context -- The pharmacist in the marketplace.