De Gradibus (On Degrees)

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De Gradibus (On Degrees) is a pioneering scientific treatise by the 9th-century philosopher Al-Kindi that applies quantitative methods to analyze the strength and effects of medicines.

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instanceOf medical treatise ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
scientific treatise ⓘ
addresses calculation of resultant drug effect ⓘ
relationship between simple and compound drugs ⓘ
aimsTo predict therapeutic effects of medicines ⓘ
quantify the intensity of medicinal qualities ⓘ
alternativeTitle On Degrees ⓘ
associatedWith Baghdad intellectual milieu ⓘ
House of Wisdom tradition ⓘ
linked to: House of Wisdom
author Al-Kindi ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 9th century ⓘ
concerns strength and effects of medicines ⓘ
developsConcept arithmetical calculation of drug strength ⓘ
degrees of hot, cold, moist, and dry in drugs ⓘ
epistemicApproach mathematization of natural phenomena ⓘ
field mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
genre scholarly treatise ⓘ
hasImpactOn scholastic discussions of medical quantification ⓘ
theory of dosage in premodern medicine ⓘ
historicalContext Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
influenced later pharmacology ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ
influencedBy Galenic medicine ⓘ
Greek medicine ⓘ
mainTopic degrees of strength of medicines ⓘ
effects of compound medicines ⓘ
measurement of drug potency ⓘ
methodologicalInnovation use of numerical scales for drug qualities ⓘ
notableFor early application of quantitative methods in medicine ⓘ
mathematical treatment of compound drugs ⓘ
systematic theory of drug degrees ⓘ
originalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf Al-Kindi's scientific corpus ⓘ
philosophicalApproach rationalist ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline natural philosophy ⓘ
scientificDiscipline theoretical medicine ⓘ
title De Gradibus ⓘ
usesMethod mathematical modeling ⓘ
quantitative analysis ⓘ

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