The Arsenicated
Iraq
10th Century
Source: John Scarborough, "EARLY ARABIC PHARMACOLOGY," Pharmacy in History, 2005, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 39-41.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
Arsenic
Evidence
"Striking are the occasional names given to some of the compounds: ... 'The Arsenicated'..."
Remarks
'The Arsenicated' is cited as a distinctive name for a compound within the 409 recipes of the Dispensatorium parvum (p. 40). Arsenic minerals, such as yellow orpiment and red realgar, were integral both to medieval pharmacological lore and to the production of pigments used in illumination during the Abbasid period (p. 41).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAs2S3 or As4S4
Analytical Techniques
Philological analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
RegionIraq
Approx. Year950
Source Information
AuthorJohn Scarborough, "EARLY ARABIC PHARMACOLOGY," Pharmacy in History, 2005, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 39-41.
CollectionMS.or.oct.1839
Language
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