Herbal medicine. 15th-century manuscript page showing women gathering plants for use in herbal medicine. The text across bottom is in Latin. This page

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Herbal medicine. 15th-century manuscript page showing women gathering plants for use in herbal medicine. The text across bottom is in Latin. This page is from a 15th-century Italian copy of a manuscript by the Andalusian Arab physician Albucasis (936-1013). The manuscript title translates as 'Observations on the nature of different alimentary and hygenic products'. A copy of the manuscript is held at the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF).

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