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Al-Birūni's book on pharmacy and materia medica, ed. with English translation by H. M. Said and R. E. Elahie, Karachi, Hamdard National Foundation, 1973, volume 1, pp. viii, 376+430 pp. (Arabic text), $30.00; Introduction, commentary and evaluation, by S. K. Hamarneh, volume 2, pp. 152, illus., $6.00. - Sami K. Hamarneh, The physician, therapist and surgeon Ibn al-Quff (1233–1286), an introductory survey of his time, life and works, Cairo, Atlas Press, 1974, pp. viii, 199+27 pp. (Arabic text), $6.50. (Copies may be obtained from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560, U.S.A.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2012

A. Z. Iskander
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Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BP
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