Editing Medication (section)

===Medieval pharmacology===
[[Al-Kindi]]'s ninth century AD book, ''[[De Gradibus]]'' and [[Ibn Sina]] (Avicenna)'s ''[[The Canon of Medicine]]'', covers a range of drugs known to the practice of [[medicine in the medieval Islamic world]].

[[Medieval medicine of Western Europe]] saw advances in surgery compared to previously, but few truly effective drugs existed, beyond [[opium]] (found in such extremely popular drugs as the "Great Rest" of the [[Antidotarium Nicolai]] at the time)<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The pharmacology of medieval sedatives: the "Great Rest" of the Antidotarium Nicolai|journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology|date = 8 August 2014|issn = 1872-7573|pmid = 24905867|pages = 443–449|volume = 155|issue = 1|doi = 10.1016/j.jep.2014.05.048|first1 = Nicholas|last1 = Everett|first2 = Martino|last2 = Gabra}}</ref> and [[quinine]]. Folklore cures and potentially poisonous metal-based compounds were popular treatments. [[Theodoric Borgognoni]], (1205–1296), one of the most significant surgeons of the medieval period, responsible for introducing and promoting important surgical advances including basic [[antiseptic]] practice and the use of [[anaesthetic]]s. [[Garcia de Orta]] described some herbal treatments that were used.{{vague|date=November 2022}}