Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

IBN

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 223 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

IBN USAIBI'A [Muwaffaquddin See also:

Abu-l-'Abbas Ahmad ibn ul-Qasim ibn Abi Usaibi'a] (1203—1270), Arabian physician, was See also:born at See also:Damascus, the son of an oculist, and studied See also:medicine at Damascus and See also:Cairo. In 1236 he was appointed by See also:Saladin physician to a new See also:hospital in Cairo, but surrendered the See also:appointment the following See also:year to take up a See also:post given him by the See also:amir of Damascus in Salkhad near that See also:city. There he lived and died. He wrote 'Uyun ul-Anba`fi Tabaqdt ul-Atibba' or " Lives of the Physicians," which in its first edition (1245—1246) was dedicated to the See also:vizier of Damascus. This he enlarged, though it is uncertain whether the new edition was made public in the lifetime of the author. Edition by A. See also:Muller (See also:Konigsberg, 1884). (G. W.

End of Article: IBN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
IBLIS 		[next]
IBN ATHTR

Site © 2006 - Net Industries