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De Gradibus was an Arabic book published by the Arab physician Al-Kindi (c. 801–873 CE). De gradibus is the Latinized name of the book. An alternative name for the book was Quia Primos. [1] In De Gradibus, Al-Kindi attempts to apply mathematics to pharmacology by quantifying the strength of drugs.
The contents are: (i) translation, by Constantinus Africanus, of 'De gradibus simplicium' by Isaac and the end of an unidentified work, with recipes added in later hands; (ii) Gerard, 'De modo medendi', with recipes and notes added by later hands; (iii) a work on digestion; (iv) seven works on medical subjects; (v) the end of an unidentified ...
The most revealing of these earliest writings de gradibus is the anonymous work known from its incipit as Apud antiquos^ which for some reason has not been published before, though it exists in at least three copies.
an anonymous De gradibus opening at fol. 49rb, " De gradibus primo quid sint, secundo quot sint videamus . . A degree is defined as the measure of distemperance of each quality, and the number of degrees is stated as four. Nine complexiones are assumed: one equal, that is, temperate, the
To show that not all fourteenth-century writers had lost interest in the possibilities of the humidum radicale in medical explanation, we may cite Thomas de Garbo's Tractatus de restauratione humidi radicalis, written at Florence in the mid-1340s.
Aphorismi de gradibus (“Aphorisms on De Gradibus”),written between 1295 and 1300: Arnau writes about the gradations of medicines and the mutual interactions of their components, defending the mathematical method developed by the Arab al-Kindi as the authentic interpretation of Galen compared to Averroes.
De Gradibus was an Arabic book published by the Arab physician Al-Kindi (c. 801–873 CE). De gradibus is the Latinized name of the book. An alternative name for the book was Quia Primos.
