Isaac Israeli
Isaac Israeli · Science & Medicine
Medieval physician and author of influential medical treatises on fevers and diet
c. 832, Egypt — c. 932, Kairouan, Ifriqiya (present-day Tunisia)
Egypt · Kairouan (Tunisia)
Isaac Israeli is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Medieval physician and author of influential medical treatises on fevers and diet
Isaac Israeli ben Solomon was a Jewish physician and philosopher who served the Fatimid court in Kairouan; his Latin-translated treatises on fevers, diet and urine became standard European medical texts for centuries. He is regarded as a father of medieval Jewish Neoplatonism, and his works were cited well into the Renaissance.
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Medieval physician and author of influential medical treatises on fevers and diet
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
