Research Article

The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine

Volume: 8 Number: 3 September 17, 2018
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The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine

Abstract

The poisoning could be accepted the source of horror in ancient times. According to Galen, a physician named Andromachus changed the recipe of mithridatikon and developed another compound antidote called galene. In time the name galene was changed to theriac. The theriac remedy began to use as an antidote against all kinds of venoms. It was believed that theriac both protected and cured from the venom of all poisonous beasts, such as snakes, spiders, scorpions, rats or mad dogs. The theriac was not only an antidote in an original sense but it was used in a very extensive way.

The theriac has been transferred to Turc-Islamic populations and was used extensively. Also it was pronounced as tiryâq or diryaq in Turc-Islamic populations. There are so many different theriac recipes in Turc-Islamic medicine. In this study only grand theriac formulations are put emphasis on.  These theriac compositions are called grand theriac (tiryâq al-fârûq), because they have ingredients much more than the others. In this work it tried to compare the different compositions of grand theriac which were used by Avicenna and two Ottoman medical manuscripts called Yâdigâr and Mucerreb-nâme. 

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 17, 2018

Submission Date

July 10, 2018

Acceptance Date

August 1, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 8 Number: 3

APA
Yıldırım, R. V. (2018). The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine. Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 8(3), 247-260. https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.442259
AMA
1.Yıldırım RV. The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine. Lokman Hekim Dergisi. 2018;8(3):247-260. doi:10.31020/mutftd.442259
Chicago
Yıldırım, Rıfat Vedat. 2018. “The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi 8 (3): 247-60. https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.442259.
EndNote
Yıldırım RV (September 1, 2018) The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine. Lokman Hekim Dergisi 8 3 247–260.
IEEE
[1]R. V. Yıldırım, “The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 247–260, Sept. 2018, doi: 10.31020/mutftd.442259.
ISNAD
Yıldırım, Rıfat Vedat. “The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi 8/3 (September 1, 2018): 247-260. https://doi.org/10.31020/mutftd.442259.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım RV. The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine. Lokman Hekim Dergisi. 2018;8:247–260.
MLA
Yıldırım, Rıfat Vedat. “The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine”. Lokman Hekim Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 3, Sept. 2018, pp. 247-60, doi:10.31020/mutftd.442259.
Vancouver
1.Rıfat Vedat Yıldırım. The Comparison of Grand Theriac Formulations in Canon of Avicenna and Two Manuscripts From Early Ottoman Medicine. Lokman Hekim Dergisi. 2018 Sep. 1;8(3):247-60. doi:10.31020/mutftd.442259

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