Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir

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Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir is a seminal 10th-century medical handbook by the Tunisian physician Ibn al-Jazzar, offering practical guidance on diagnosis and treatment for both travelers and residents.

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instanceOf medical handbook
medical treatise
alsoKnownAs Zad al-musafir wa-qut al-hadir NERFINISHED
Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir fī al-ṭibb NERFINISHED
associatedWith Kairouan medical tradition
author Ibn al-Jazzar NERFINISHED
authorEthnicity Tunisian
authorReligion Muslim
circulation manuscript copies in various parts of the Islamic world
contains descriptions of diseases
dietary recommendations
pharmacological recipes
therapeutic prescriptions
countryOfOrigin Ifriqiya NERFINISHED
dateOfCreation 10th century
discipline clinical medicine
dietetics
pharmacology
era medieval period
field Islamic medicine
medicine
focusesOn practical clinical medicine
genre medical manual
hasAuthor Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm Ibn al-Jazzar NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance important source for the history of medieval Islamic medicine
widely read in the medieval Islamic world
influenced later Islamic medical compendia
influencedBy Galenic medicine NERFINISHED
Hippocratic medicine NERFINISHED
intendedAudience residents
travelers
originalLanguage Arabic
placeOfOrigin Kairouan NERFINISHED
purpose practical guidance on diagnosis and treatment of diseases
regionOfInfluence Middle East NERFINISHED
North Africa NERFINISHED
al-Andalus NERFINISHED
structure organized by diseases and their treatments
subject diagnosis of common diseases
preventive medicine
regimen of health
simple and compound drugs
treatment of acute and chronic illnesses
titleTranslation Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary NERFINISHED
usedAs guide for laypersons in medical self-care
reference work for physicians

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Ibn al-Jazzar notableWork Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir