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Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili

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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