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Our library holds one of the most distinctive collections of its kind in the United States, including rare texts on ophthalmology, surgery, and medicine written by Muslim physicians and scholars, some dating back centuries. Many of these works became influential medical references and were studied and translated in Europe for generations.
Browse a selection from the collection below, or download the full catalogue to view the library's holdings.
الكحالون العرب والمسلمون وأثرهم في تطور طب العين
Arabs and Muslims and their Impact on the Development of Ophthalmology
by Professor M. Zafer Wafai, M.D.
Publication Date: 2021
العمدة الكحلية في الأمراض البصرية
Mayor Kohl in Visual Diseases
by Sadaqah Ibn Ibrahim Al-Shazili
Publication Date: 2021
Contributions of Arab and Muslim Oculists to Ophthalmology
by Professor M. Zafer Wafai, M.D.
Publication Date: 2016
أمراض العين وعلاجاتها من كتابَ المعالجات البقراطية وفردوس الحكمة
Eye diseases and their treatments from the two books of Bocratic Remedies and Paradise of Wisdom
by Abu-Alhasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad Al-Tabari, Ali Ibn Sahl Raban Al-Tabari
Publication Date: 1998
نتيجه الفكر في علاج أمراض البصر
The Result of Thought in the Treatment of Vision Diseases
by Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad Ibn Uthman ibn Hibatu Allah Al-Qaysi
Publication Date: 1998
كشف الّين في أحوال العين
Detection of the Yen in the Conditions of the Eye
by Ibn Al-Akfani, Abu Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Saed Al-Ansari Al-Sinjari
Publication Date: 1993
أمراض العين وعلاجاتها إبن سينا
Eye diseases and their treatments Ibn Sina
by Ibn Sina
Publication Date: 1993
العمدة الكحلية في الأمراض البصرية
The Arabian Ophthalmologists
by J. Hirschberg, J. Lippert and E. Mittwoch
Publication Date: 1993
كتاب أمراض العين( كورنيليوس فان دايك)
Eye Diseases
by Cornelius Van Dyke
Publication Date: 1992
تشريح العين وأشكالها
Eye Anatomy and Shapes
by Ali ibn Ibrahim Ibn Bakhtyashu Al-Kafartabi
Publication Date: 1991
البصر والبصيره
Sight and Insight
by Thabit Ibn Qurrah Al-Harrani
Publication Date: 1991
كتاب المرشد في طب العين
A Guide Book in Ophthalmology
by Muhammad Ibn Qassoum Ibn Aslam Al-Ghafiqi
Publication Date: 1990
الهذب في الكحل المجرب
Al-Dahleb in the Tried-and-true Kohl
by Ibn-Nafis, Ali ibn Abi Al-Hazm Al-Qarashi
Publication Date: 1988
الكافي في الكحل
Enough in Kohl
by Khalifah Ibn Abi-AlMahasin Al-Halabi
Publication Date: 1988
نور العيون وجامع الفنون
Nour El-Ayoun and the Arts Collector
by Salah Aldin Al-Kahhal Al-Hamwi
Publication Date: NA