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Summary of Contents: زكريا الرازي كتاب الكناش المعروف بالفاخر لمحمد بن The Kunnásh, or Kitábu'l-Fákhir, of the celebrated physician Abu Bakr
Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyá ar-Rází (d. 311/923 or 320/932). See Brockelmann's
Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., 1, pp. 233-235, especially p. 235, No. 41. A MS. of the
second half of this work (ff. 229-465 of this MS.), numbered 6259, exists in the
Berlin Library, and is described by Ahlwardt (Berlin Arab. Cat., vol. v, pp. 516-
517), though the conclusions of the two MSS. do not agree. The MS. here
described contains a chapter on Smallpox and Measles after the account of the
Fevers, and ends: ... فان كان سبب الغشى كثرة الاستفراغ بالعرق فيجب أن يقطع ذلك بما هو موصوف في باب
ادرار العرق و قطعه فهذا آخر الكلام فيها و هو آخر كتاب الفاخر لمحمد الزكريا (sic) الرازي رحمه
الله ثم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهّاب على يدى العبد محمد بن عبد الرزاق الكاشاني في سنة ١٠٠٥ هجرية This MS., bought of the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in January, 1920, and
transcribed, as we learn from the above colophon, by Muḥammad ibn 'Abdi'r- Razzaq al-Káshání in 1005/1596-7, is written in a small, neat naskh with rubrica-
tions, and comprises 465 ff. of 15-8 x 11 c. and 18 ll. Begins: الله الرّحمن الرّحيم و له الحمد بلا نهاية اللهم اعصمنا من الذلل وأعذنا من الخطل و وقفنا لصلاح القول والعمل انه لا حول ولا قوة
الا بك، قال محمد بن زكريا الرازي وهو جامع هذا الكتاب ومؤلّفه أنّ من اعظم نعم الله على
عباده وجليل تطوله على خلقه الصحة الخ The chief contents are as follows: (1) Diseases of the Head (f. 192), beginning with Alopecia and other diseases
of the scalp and hair, and including Headache (ff. 18-40), Lethargy, Phrenitis,
Insanity, Apoplexy, Paralysis, etc. (2) Diseases of the Eye (ff. 92-117) (3) Diseases of the Ear (f. 117-126).
(4) Diseases of the Nose (ff. 126-131). (5) Diseases of the Teeth and Mouth (ff. 131-142). (6) Diseases of the Throat (f. 142-156) (7) Diseases of the Lungs (fl. 156-188), including Pleurisy (f. 175) and Pneu-
monia (f. 180). (8) Diseases of the Heart (ff. 188-1942). (9) Diseases of the Stomach (f. 194-228), including Hiccough (f. 214), Part 1
of this volume ends on f. 228 with a short colophon repeating the title of the book
and dated Rabi' II, 1005/Nov.-Dec., 1596. The contents of vol. II are fully given in the Berlin Arabic Catalogue, loc. cit.,
and are briefly as follows: (10) Diseases of the Liver (f. 229-247"), including Jaundice (f. 240). (11) Diseases of the Spleen (f. 247-252"). (12) Dropsy (ff. 252-263"). (13) Diarrhoea (ff. 263-289), Worms (f. 289), Rupture (f. 292), and Colic
(f. 294). (14) Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder (ff. 312-336"). (15) Gont and other Diseases of the Joints (ff. 336 et seq.) Elephantiasis
(355). Boils and Abscesses (f. 360), Cancer (f. 362), etc.
(16) On Sexual Intercourse (ff. 371-377"). (17) Diseases of Women (ff. 377-393") (18) Care of Children (ff. 393-395). (19) Treatment of Poisons, Bites and Stings (ff. 395-409').
(20) Drugs and their Properties and Doses (ff. 409-401³), (21) Fevers (ff. 411-439"). (22) Smallpox and Measles (f. 439-457). In the Berlin Codex this section
forms part of that numbered (15) above, being placed between Diseases of the Joints and Abscesses. This is probably its correct place, for in this MS. the article
on Quartan Fever, which should evidently come in section (21) above, appears on
f. 457, and is followed on f. 462" by that on Putrid Fever.

Author: Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? الرازي، أبو بکر محمد بن زکريا

Title: Kitāb al-kunnāsh al-maʻrūf bi-al-fākhir li-Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī

Title: كتاب الكناش المعروف بالفاخر لمحمد بن زكريا الرازي

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 465

Dimensions: 15.8 × 11 cm.

Layout

18 lines

Hand(s)

written in a small, neat naskh with rubrications

History

Origin: 1005 AH; 1596-7 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

This MS., bought of the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in January, 1920

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

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