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Figure 5. — Ink markings for identifying place 

 of cauterization. Top, from original Arabic 

 manuscript (Vel. 2491), courtesy Suley- 

 maniye Umumi Kiitiiphanesi Miidurliigu. 

 Bottom, from Argellata 1531, courtesy Na- 

 tional Library of Medicine. 



Suleymaniye Umumi Kutuphanesi Mudiirlughu, in Istanbul. 

 Hereinafter these manuscripts are referred to, respectively, as 

 Tub. MS. 91; Esc. 876; Wien 476 A; Ali 2854; Bes. 502; Bes. 

 503; and Vel. 2491. The Smithsonian Institution recently ob- 

 tained a microfilm copy of Bankipore Manuscript No. 17 from 

 the Khuda Bakhsh O. P. Library, Patna (Bihar), India. This 

 manuscript, containing only the 30th treatise of al-TasnJ, was 

 copied in 1189; therefore, it is the earliest dated Arabic manu- 

 script of the surgical treatise known to exist. The surgical 

 illustrations therein add weight to the belief that the Arabic 

 manuscripts show more originality in the drawings than do 

 the later copied versions, which often were inaccurate and 

 possibly distorted. About ten other illustrations from the 

 Arabic manuscript in Istanbul indexed as "Topkapi MS. No. 

 1990" (which contains 215 beautifully illustrated figures) were 

 presented by A. S. Unver and Huseyin Usman in an extract 

 titled "Meshur Arab Cerrahi Elbiilkasimi Zehravi ve onum Ki- 

 tabul Cerrahiyesi," Istanbul, 1935. See also Unver, Serejeddin 

 Sabumouglu: Kitabiil Cenahijei Ilt/ianiye, Istanbul, 1939, pp. [5]-7. 







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Figure 6. — Cautery in hernia. Top, from 

 original Arabic manuscript (Vel. 2491), 

 courtesy Suleymaniye Umumi Kiitiiphanesi 

 Miidtirliigii. Bottom, homLedevc, Albulcasis. 



This article therefore, is an attempt to present a 

 sample of these illustrations with brief comments 

 regarding certain figures and passages of interest to 

 pharmacy and medical therapy. 



With much gratitude I express my indebtedness to 

 Prof. G. Folch Jou of Madrid, to Dr. A. Stiheyl Unver 

 and Mr. H. Dener of Istanbul, and to the librarians of 

 the depository institutions for their cooperation in the 

 reproduction of the manuscripts on microfilm. 





Figure. 7. — Fine tweezer for removing foreign 

 bodies from the ear. Top, from original 

 Arabic manuscript (Ali 2854), courtesy 

 Suleymaniye Umumi Kiitiiphanesi Miidiir- 

 liigti. Bottom, from Leclerc, Abulcasis. 



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