Ibn al-Jazzar

E311973

Ibn al-Jazzar was a 10th-century Tunisian physician and medical writer renowned for his influential works on practical medicine, pediatrics, and travel health that shaped Islamic and later European medical traditions.

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instanceOf medical writer
person
physician
scholar
approach empirical clinical observation
organization of diseases by body part and symptom
birthCentury 10th century
civilization Islamic civilization
countryOfActivity Tunisia
deathCentury 10th century
era 10th century
ethnicOrigin Arab
fieldOfWork medicine
pediatrics
pharmacology
travel medicine
fullName Ibn al-Jazzar self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Jaʿfar Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abi Khalid Ibn al-Jazzar
influencedBy Galenic medicine
earlier Greek medical authors
influencedTradition Islamic medicine
medieval European medicine
knownFor early independent treatise on pediatrics
guidance for travellers’ health and treatment of diseases on journeys
systematic manuals of practical therapeutics
languageOfWork Arabic
mainCityOfActivity Kairouan
movement Islamic Golden Age
name Ibn al-Jazzar self-link
notableWork Kitāb al-bāh
Kitāb ṭibb al-ṣibyān
Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir
notableWorkEnglishTitle Book on the Medicine of Children
Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary
placeOfBirth Kairouan
placeOfDeath Kairouan
profession medical author
pharmacologist
physician
region North Africa
surface form: Ifriqiya
religion Islam
specialization pediatrics
practical medicine
travel health
workCirculation Hebrew translations
Latin translations
vernacular translations in medieval Europe
wroteAbout diagnosis and treatment of common diseases
diet and regimen
diseases encountered during travel
diseases of children
pharmaceutical recipes

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Ibn al-Jazzar name Ibn al-Jazzar self-link
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this entity surface form: Abu Jaʿfar Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abi Khalid Ibn al-Jazzar