Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili (; died 1208 CE) was a 12th-century

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physician.

Works

* ''"Treatise of the Errors of the Physicians in Damascus"'': on the improper medical care he observed during a visit to

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. In addition,

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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

1208 deaths Medieval Jewish physicians of Egypt 12th-century Egyptian physicians 12th-century Jews Year of birth unknown Physicians from the Ayyubid Sultanate {{Judaism-bio-stub