Abu Mansur Muwaffaq b. Ali al-Harawi flourished in 10th century was a man of repute. His book on material medica was the important Persian work on Pharmacology.
The Book of the Foundation of the True Properties and Drugs considered to be the most important of Persian works on pharmacology.
It is the oldest scientific works in modern Persian. The book contained description of 585 drugs of which 466 were vegetables, 75 minerals and 44 animals origin. The author has collected data from Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Persian and Indian sources.
The Arabic writing on Toxicology up to the end of 12 century was considered as an exhaustive and authenticated one.
Abu Mansur is to a large extent responsible for having brought Indian pharmacology to the serious attention of the workers in Arabic.
In his time, many physicians were Persians and so his work spread to the Near Eastern scientific workers.
Abu Mansur
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