Book on the Medicine of Children

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Book on the Medicine of Children is an early pediatric medical treatise by the 10th-century physician Ibn al-Jazzar, focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses in children.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
medical treatise
pediatric treatise
associatedWith Islamic medical scholarship
history of pediatrics
author Ibn al-Jazzar NERFINISHED
authorCitizenship Ifriqiyan NERFINISHED
authorEra 10th century
authorNameInArabic ابن الجزار NERFINISHED
authorOccupation physician
countryOfOrigin Ifriqiya NERFINISHED
describes age-specific dosages for children
clinical signs of common childhood conditions
management of digestive disorders in children
management of fevers in children
management of respiratory diseases in children
management of skin diseases in children
methods of caring for infants
fieldOfWork medicine
pediatrics
focusesOn childhood infectious diseases
developmental issues in children
infant diseases
nutritional problems in children
preventive care for children
genre medical literature
hasPart sections on diet and regimen for children
sections on prognosis of childhood illnesses
sections on symptoms of childhood diseases
sections on therapeutic regimens for children
historicalSignificance early systematic treatment of childhood diseases in Islamic medicine
one of the earliest known independent works on pediatrics
influencedBy Galenic medicine NERFINISHED
Hippocratic medicine NERFINISHED
intendedAudience medical students
physicians
language Arabic
mainSubject child health
diagnosis of childhood diseases
pediatrics
treatment of childhood diseases
partOf Islamic medical tradition NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin Kairouan NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 10th century
timePeriod Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
titleType descriptive title
usedIn medieval medical education in the Islamic world
workStatus extant in manuscript form (partially or wholly)

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Ibn al-Jazzar notableWorkEnglishTitle Book on the Medicine of Children