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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)

References

1. ^ Pormann, Peter E.; Emilie Savage-Smith (2007). Medieval Islamic Medicine. Edinburgh University Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-7486-2066-4.
2. Gottheil, Richard; Broydé, Isaac, "AS'AD AL-DIN, YA'ḲUB IBN ISḤAḲ AL-MAḤALLI", Jewish Encyclopedia

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