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.
- Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya, 865?-925?, 865?-925?
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![suddenly, for tlien a swooning will come on, and the patient will soon die. In the Small-Pox, when the pustules are black, diy, containing no fluid, hard, and warty, swooning comes on, and the disease is fatal.^ When the pustules are very moist, let fumigations be made with myrtle leaves; and afterwards, in order to remove the marks of them, wash the scars with pow- dered reed roots in water, or litharge.^ (7.) Oil of pistachio also entirely removes the marks of the Small-Pox.® (8.) At-Tabari^ says:—^^When there is redness of the ^ ' eyes and face, with fever, heaviness of the body and head, itching in the nostrils, and there comes on sneezing, inqui- etude, and anxiety, all this indicates an attack of Small-Pox.® You should di’op into the eye cuhl rubbed up and dissolved in rain water, or in coriander juice, and squeeze into the eye the juice of pomegranate pulp, or vinegar with white naphtha.® [Form. 19.] Take of [washed Lac,]'' Peeled Lentiles, of each six di'achtns, Gum Tragacanth, three drachms; Boil them in half a pint of water, until only the half of that quantity remains; and give it the patient to drink. This hastens the eruption of the pustules: and let the food bfi lentiles peeled and roasted, with pomegranate juice, and styptic fruits. (9.) At-Tabari'* says :—“ When the Small-Pox and Measles appear, make a coUyrium with caviare, which strengthens and preserves the pupil, and does away with any opacity.'-’® (10.) Ahrun® says:—“Pestilential ulcers are hot ab- P* *1 * 1 * scesses, which appear in the groin and armpit, and prove ‘ See above, Chap. xiv. § 4, &c., and below, § 10. ^ See below, $$ 36, 53. ^ See above. Chap. x. § 1. See below. Note AA. ^ See above, $ 6, and below, $ 13. ® See above, § 3, and below, $ 16. ' There is a small blank space in the Arabic MS. (p. 90. 1. 2.), which the Translator has ventured to fill up with the two words enclosed within brackets. The prcscrip- tion now corresponds almost exactly with Formm. 20, 23. ® See above, $ 3. ® See below. Note BB.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21301943_0115.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
