The authors provide a new insight to the practice of medical care in the medieval world. They examine the medicinal prescriptions and references to materia medica of the Cairo Genizah by combining the approaches of ethnobotany and history of medicine.

The characteristic symptoms of the most important remedies.An accurate and reliable compilation of the most common remedies.Around 300 remedies are covered.

The First Part Of The Book Discusses The History And Concepts Of Treating Disease With Nosodes.The Second Part Is The Materia Medica Of 66 Nosodes.The Third Part Is A Repertory.