Medieval Recipes about Toothpastes by Abulcasis

Abulcasis Al-Zahrāwī (c.936-c.1013) is a very important physician of Al-Andalus, besides an eminent surgeon, the first one of Medieval Islam. His main work, titled Kitāb al-Tasrīf (Book of medical arrangement), contains in its 19th treatise, which deals with cosmetics and drugs for health and embellishment of body, interesting recipes of a great value to the diverse scientific fields, such as the pharmacology, dentistry dermatology, cosmetics and aesthetic medicine. This article is an approach to the study of the treatise above mentioned, and includes the translation from Arabic to English of some recipes about toothpastes, according to the 5774th Arab manuscript of the National Library at Paris.

Keywords: Abulcasis Al-Zahrāwī, Kitāb al-Taṣrīf, Medieval Arabic Science, Dentistry, Aesthetic Medicine.