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![Deadly snakes and remedies against their venomous bites in the handy charts of a copy of the “Kitāb al-diryāq” (Book on antidotes)](../../../assets/img/500x280/CG_death_1_Snakes.jpg)
October 26, 2023
Deadly snakes and remedies against their venomous bites in the handy charts of a copy of the “Kitāb al-diryāq” (Book on antidotes)
“The Arabic manuscript tradition is rich in medical works discussing remedies and...”
- Dr. Celeste Gianni
![Medicine, Ritual, and Magic in Ethiopia](../../../assets/img/500x280/SJRB-00047-500x280.jpg)
May 13, 2021
Medicine, Ritual, and Magic in Ethiopia
“Towards the middle of the 15th century, the Ethiopian Emperor Zar’a Yā‘eqob, a prominent theologian and scholar, faced...”
- Ted Erho
![Quarantine in Malta, a Print of the Lazaretto from the Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti](../../../assets/img/500x280/HMZA_00227_500x280.jpg)
April 29, 2021
Quarantine in Malta, a Print of the Lazaretto from the Mużew Nazzjonali tal-Arti
“The increased activity of Malta’s ports after the Aragonese conquest in 1283 led to a...”
- Cláudia Garradas
![Medical Texts From Timbuktu — Local Pharmacological Remedies with Qur’anic Verses](../../../assets/img/500x280/1_SAV_ABS_02570_014-500x280.jpg)
April 15, 2021
Medical Texts From Timbuktu — Local Pharmacological Remedies with Qur’anic Verses
“In West Africa knowledge of the Qur’an was often combined with local pharmacological traditions to...”
- Dr. Ali Diakite and Dr. Paul Naylor
![An Anonymous Syriac Medical Compendium](../../../assets/img/500x280/DFM696-1-500x280.jpg)
March 31, 2021
An Anonymous Syriac Medical Compendium
“Many medical works from antiquity were translated into Syriac and transmitted through the...”
- Dr. James Walters
![Accounts on Plague and Infectious Diseases from Three Arabic Manuscripts](../../../assets/img/500x280/Image 2_DINL_0056-180_141RV-sm.jpg)
March 4, 2021
Accounts on Plague and Infectious Diseases from Three Arabic Manuscripts
“The disastrous impact of plague epidemics in the Middle East has been documented in numerous accounts...”
- Dr. Celeste Gianni
![Medical Care for the Enslaved Mustafa Osmon in 18th-Century Valletta, Malta](../../../assets/img/500x280/FPMPA1_00014_007_0003_sm.jpg)
February 4, 2021
Medical Care for the Enslaved Mustafa Osmon in 18th-Century Valletta, Malta
“The Archivum de Piro in Valletta, Malta preserves a small invoice and...”
- Dr. Daniel K. Gullo