On the Properties of Foodstuffs
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"On the Properties of Foodstuffs" is a medical and dietary treatise by the 9th-century physician Hunayn ibn Ishaq that systematically analyzes the health effects and qualities of various foods within the framework of Greco-Arabic medicine.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dietary treatise
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medical treatise ⓘ medieval Arabic work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
guide healthy eating
ⓘ
prevent disease through diet ⓘ |
| analyzes | hot, cold, moist, and dry qualities of foods ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Hunayn ibn Ishaq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorFlourishedCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Abbasid intellectual culture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
health effects of foods
ⓘ
qualities of foods ⓘ |
| framework |
Galenic dietetics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
humoral pathology ⓘ |
| genre |
dietetic literature
ⓘ
medical literature ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
classification of foods by temperament
ⓘ
discussion of therapeutic uses of foods ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galenic medicine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hippocratic medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
dietetics
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food ⓘ humoral theory ⓘ nutrition ⓘ |
| medicalTradition | Greco-Arabic medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Arabic medical canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Arabic manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| relatedField |
history of medicine
ⓘ
history of nutrition ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | Galen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | systematic analysis of individual foodstuffs ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
historians of medicine
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historians of science ⓘ scholars of Islamic studies ⓘ |
| usedIn | medical education in the medieval Islamic world ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupation | physician ⓘ |
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