As-Suwaydi (physician)

As-Suwaydi (1204–1292, AH 604–690, full name ‘Izz al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭarkhān as-Suwaydī ) was a medieval Arab physician from the Aws tribe, and a pupil of Ibn al-Baytar. Active in Cairo and Damascus, he compiled three works: a treatise on plant names, a treatise on the medical use of stones, and a book of medical recipes and procedures (Tadhkirah). As-Suwaydi's Tadhkirah was epitomized by Shaʿrānī in the 16th century. ed. Cairo, 1302 /1316 ; ed. Aḥmad Farīd al-Mazīdī, Beirut (1998). MS A 45 in the US National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.

References

C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (1st edition 1889-1936, 2nd edition 1943-49) vol. 1 p. 493 (2nd ed. p. 650), no. 38. C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Supplement (Leiden: Brill, 1937-1942), vol. 1, p. 900 no. 38. Manfred Ullmann, "Die Medizin im Islam" in: Handbuch der Orientalistik, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), Abteilung I, Ergänzungsband vi, Abschnitt 1, p. 284.

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