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Sābūr ibn Sahl (; d. 869 CE) was a 9th-century
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
Christian physician from the
Academy of Gundishapur The Academy of Gondishapur ( fa, فرهنگستان گندی‌شاپور, Farhangestân-e Gondišâpur), also known as the Gondishapur University (دانشگاه گندی‌شاپور Dânešgâh-e Gondišapur), was one of the three Sasanian ...
. Among other medical works, he wrote one of the first medical books on
antidote An antidote is a substance that can counteract a form of poisoning. The term ultimately derives from the Greek term φάρμακον ἀντίδοτον ''(pharmakon) antidoton'', "(medicine) given as a remedy". Antidotes for anticoagulants are s ...
s called ''Aqrabadhin'' (), which was divided into 22 volumes, and which was possibly the earliest of its kind to influence
Islamic medicine In the history of medicine, "Islamic medicine" is the science of medicine developed in the Middle East, and usually written in Arabic, the ''lingua franca'' of Islamic civilization. Islamic medicine adopted, systematized and developed the medi ...
. This antidotary enjoyed much popularity until it was superseded
Ibn al-Tilmidh Amīn al-Dawla Abu'l-Ḥasan Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣaʿīd ibn al-Tilmīdh ( ar, هبة الله بن صاعد ابن التلميذ; 1074 – 11 April 1165) was a Christian Arab physician, pharmacist, poet, musician and calligrapher of the medieva ...
's version later in the first half of twelfth century.


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List of Iranian scientists The following is a non-comprehensive list of Iranian scientists, engineers, and scholars who lived from antiquity up until the beginning of the modern age. For the modern era, see List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineer ...


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* F. Wustenfled: arabische Aerzte (25, 1840). 869 deaths Pharmacologists of medieval Iran 9th-century Iranian physicians People from Baghdad Iranian Christians Year of birth unknown Members of the Assyrian Church of the East {{iran-med-bio-stub