- Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2005, Issue 1, June 2005,
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- 01 June 2005
oa Islamic Scholars the Arabian Druggist
Abstract
The modern drug store, owes its origin to the Arabs. The Moslems showed much originality as apothecaries and herbalists. They gave the sick new and wondrous medicaments: Cassia, senna, manna, arsenic, ambria, camphor, balsam and borax.
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