Ya’qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro 12th-century Egyptian Jewish physician
Is Physician
From Egypt
Type Healthcare
Gender male
Death

1208

Ya’qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili (Arabic: يعقوب بن إسحاق الاسرائيلي‎; died 1208 CE) was a 12th-century Egyptian Jewish physician.

Works

  • “Treatise of the Errors of the Physicians in Damascus”: on the improper medical care he observed during a visit to Damascus.

In addition, Ibn Abi Usaibia recorded that Ya’qub wrote the following works:

  • “Maḳalah fi Kawanîn Ṭabiyah” (Treatise on the Canons of Medicine)
  • “Kitab al-Nazh” (Book of Pleasure)
  • “Kitab fi Mizaj Dimashka” (Book Containing Three Treatises)
  • “Masail Ṭabiyah” (Questions of Medicine)
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