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# Liber Continens (Elhavi)

Rhazes' Comprehensive Book (Latin)

Faraj ben Sālim's Latin translation of al-Rāzī's al-Ḥāwī, printed 1486; it transmits the many quotations of Indian physicians — Caraka ('Scarac Indus'), Suśruta and others — that al-Rāzī had from Arabic translations.

- **Language:** Latin
- **Date:** 1279 CE
- **Author:** [Abū Bakr al-Rāzī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/razi)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Mentions

- [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka)
- [Suśrutasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.susruta)

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