Arabic in the Sciences
al-Ḥāwī, the Continens
الحاوي
Al-Razi's Comprehensive Book, a medical encyclopaedia compiled from his notes after his death, was translated into Latin by Faraj ibn Salim late in the 13th century and printed at Brescia, Italy, in 1486.
- Author
- al-Razi (Rhazes); compiled posthumously from his notes (d. 925)
- Field
- Medicine
- Arabic title
- كتابُ الحاوي في الطبّ
- Latin title
- Continens (Liber dictus Elhavi)
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