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Quotation from A Treatise on the Smallpox and Measles by Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes)
“As soon as the symptoms of the Small-Pox appear, drop rose-water into the eyes from time to time ; and wash the face with cold water several times in the day, and sprinkle the eyes with the same.”
A Treatise on the Smallpox and Measles, Chapter VII, §2, trans. William Alexander Greenhill
The first of al-Razi's measures to protect the eyes from pustules.
Citation: "As soon as the symptoms of the Small-Pox appear, drop rose-water into the eyes from time to time ; and wash the face with cold water several times in the day, and sprinkle the eyes with the same." — Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes), A Treatise on the Smallpox and Measles, Chapter VII, §2, trans. William Alexander Greenhill. (id al-razi-treatise-on-smallpox-and-measles-q5)
Portrait: Al-RaziInGerardusCremonensis1250, Illumination in Gerard of Cremona's Recueil des traités de médecine, Public domain.
