Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili

Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Israili (Arabic: يعقوب بن إسحاق الاسرائيلي; died 1208 CE^[1]) 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.^[1]

In addition, Ibn Abi Usaibia recorded that Ya'qub wrote the following works:^[2]

• "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)