Zbigniew Bela
Biographic Data
| ID | 6700937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zbigniew Bela |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zbigniew |
| FAMILY NAME | Bela |
| SIGNATURE | BELA Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jagiellonian University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Who Invented 'Avicenna's Gilded Pills
This article questions the belief expressed in various histories of pharmacy that the tenth-century Arab physician Avicenna introduced the tradition of coating pills with gold and silver. Although an examination of his Canon documents Avicenna's interest in the medicinal application of gold and silver, no mention is made of coating pills. Nor do other Islamic physicians seem to have been familiar with this practice, any more than such medieval Eu…
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Who Invented 'Avicenna's Gilded Pills
This article questions the belief expressed in various histories of pharmacy that the tenth-century Arab physician Avicenna introduced the tradition of coating pills with gold and silver. Although an examination of his Canon documents Avicenna's interest in the medicinal application of gold and silver, no mention is made of coating pills. Nor do other Islamic physicians seem to have been familiar with this practice, any more than such medieval Eu…
Art (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Families in Therapy and Culture (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · History of medicine (1 work) · History of Medicine Studies (1 work) · Islam (1 work)