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Ibn al-Jazzār's Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir. Books III, IV, and V, Diseases of the internal organs : provisions for the traveller and nourishment for the sedentary / a parallel Arabic-English edition and translation by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ibn al-Jazzār, Author.
- Series:
- Islamic history and civilization ; v. 222.
- Islamic history and civilization ; volume 222
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internal medicine.
- Medicine, Arab.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Internal medicine--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Arabic.
- History, Medieval.
- Internal Medicine.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine, Arabic.
- History, Medieval.
- Internal Medicine.
- Genre:
- Early works to 1800.
- Translations
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 779 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Diseases of the internal organs
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2026]
- Language Note:
- Arabic text with translation and notes in English.
- Summary:
- "The medical compendium entitled Zad al-musafir wa-qut al-hadir (Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary) and compiled by Ibn al-Jazzar from Qayrawan in the tenth century is one of the most influential handbooks in the history of western medicine. In the Middle Ages, it was translated into Latin and Byzantine Greek, as well as three times into Hebrew. The present volume - being the last in a series of books published since the 1990ies - includes a new critical edition of the Arabic text of books III through V dealing with diseases of the internal organs along with an annotated English translation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Ibn al-Jazzār Ibn al-Jazzār's Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir :&nbs
- e-book version
- ISBN:
- 9789004746114
- 9004746110
- OCLC:
- 1568741403
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000324585
- 9789004746114
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