Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Sigla, Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- 1 Overview -- 2 Manuscripts of Ibn al-Jazzār's Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir -- 3 Survey and Evaluation of the Contents of Books  I and II of Zād al-musāfir -- Critical Edition of the Arabic Text and English Translation -- Book  I : Diseases of the Head -- 1 The Disease Called "Fox's Disease" (Alopecia) -- 2 Hair Loss -- 3 Split Ends and Brittle Hair -- 4 Grey Hair and Its Correction -- 5 Dandruff Forming on the Scalp -- 6 Ulcers of the Scalp -- 7 The Disease Called "Honeycomb" (Favus) -- 8 Cradle Cap ( saʿfa ) and rabba (Achor) -- 9 Head Lice -- 10 Headache -- 11 Migraine -- 12 The Disease Called "Helmet Disease" -- 13 Dizziness and Vertigo -- 14 The Disease Called lītharghush (λήθαργος), Which Is to Say Forgetfulness -- 15 The Disease Called "the Awake" -- 16 Torpor -- 17 Insomnia -- 18 Qrānīṭis (φρένιτις), Which Is to Say Phrenitis -- 19 The Treatment of Excessive Drinking -- 20 Lovesickness -- 21 Sneezing -- 22 The Disease of Epilepsy -- 23 Hemiplegia -- 24 Spasms, Which Is to Say kuzāz -- 25 Tremor and Numbness -- Book  II : Diseases of the Face -- 1 Ophthalmia -- 2 Leucoma -- 3 Hyposphagma (Bloodshot Eyes) -- 4 Epiphora -- 5 Nyctalopia -- 6 The Dimness That Occurs in the Eye -- 7 Hearing Loss -- 8 Ringing and Buzzing Occurring in the Ears -- 9 The Treatment of Earache Resulting from Dyscrasia -- 10 The Treatment of Earache Accompanied by Suppuration -- 11 The Treatment of Bleeding from the Ear -- 12 The Treatment of Anything That Entered the Ear or Fell Into It -- 13 Foul-Smelling Nose (Ozaena) -- 14 Coryza -- 15 Nosebleed -- 16 Fissures of the Lips -- 17 Lingual Paralysis and Aphasia -- 18 Toothache -- 19 Caries and Decay of the Teeth -- 20 Loose Teeth -- 21 Dentifrices, Which Clean the Teeth -- 22 The Gums -- 23 Bad Breath -- 24 Diseases Originating in the Mouth -- 25 Freckles -- Critical Edition of Ibn Tibbon's Hebrew Translation ( Ṣedat ha-Derakhim ) -- Introduction -- Book  I -- Book  II -- Critical Edition of Abraham ben Isaac's Hebrew Translation ( Ṣedah la-Oreḥim ) -- Introduction -- Book  I -- Supplement: Anonymous Adaptation of Sefer Ṣedah la-Oreḥim , Book  I , Chapters 1-5 -- Critical Edition of Do'eg ha-Edomi's Hebrew Translation ( Yaʾir Netiv ) -- Introduction -- Book  I -- Book  II -- Critical Edition of Constantine the African's Latin Translation ( Viaticum peregrinantis ) -- Introduction -- Book  I -- Book  II -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Persons and Books Cited by Ibn al-Jazzār -- English Index -- Arabic Index.

The medical compendium entitled Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir ( Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary ) and compiled by Ibn al-Jazzār from Qayrawān in the tenth century is one of the most influential handbooks in the history of western medicine. In the eleventh century, Constantine the African translated it into Latin; this translation was the basis for several commentaries compiled from the twelfth century on. The text was also translated into Byzantine Greek and three times into medieval Hebrew. The present volume includes a new critical edition of the Arabic text of books I and II, along with an annotated English translation, as well as critical editions of Constantine's Viaticum and the Hebrew versions by Ibn Tibbon, Abraham ben Isaac, and Do'eg ha-Edomi.

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