Ibn Al-Jazzār's Zād Al-Musāfir Wa-Qūt Al-ḥāḍir, Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary, B

The medical compendium entitled Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir (Provisions for the Traveller and the Nourishment for the Sedentary) and compiled by Ibn al-Jazzār from Qayrawān in the tenth century is one of the most influential medical handbooks in the history of western medicine. The current edition and translation include a wide variety of external afflictions.

About the author

Gerrit Bos, PhD (1989), is emeritus professor and chair of the Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik, Universität zu Köln

Product details

• Assisted by: Gerrit Bos (Editor), Gerrit Bos (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: Arab
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2015
• EAN: 9789004288478
• ISBN: 978-90-04-28847-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian
• Subject: Guides > Health > Diet