At a glance
Work and author
Al-Taysir fi al-mudawat wa al-tadbir is Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr's practical medical work, not his father Abu al-Ala's or his son's. It treats diseases of the organs, therapeutics and regimen; the study describes progression from head and other body regions to general conditions. This entry does not imply a complete museum reading: its actual evidence is a selected translated study and Kaya's article 3 2.
Reported experiment
The work contains the reported animal-recovery investigation after tracheal injury. Abdel-Halim's translation describes recovery and long survival, referencing149of Khuri's1983edition through reference42. That is a transmitted reference, not a primary page independently read. The excerpt establishes no complete series size, subsequent human case or universal human safety 4.
The study also discusses examination of sheep lungs for another clinical question, and warnings against specialist intervention without practical knowledge and training. The accounts are not merged into one experiment, nor are their dimensions or operative details reproduced as treatment instruction. Evidence type and the distinction between observation and general inference matter here 5.
Disputed composition story
Abdel-Halim says Ibn Rushd requested a work on particulars to complement his Generalities and celebrates the relationship between the books. Mahmut Kaya rejects the common account, saying the request was to copy the work, not initiate composition; he also records dedication to Abd al-Mumin. Both readings remain attributed, not settled merely because the works were printed together 3 2.
Transmission and editions
The work reached Hebrew and Latin. The study counts eight Latin printings between1490and1554; Kaya ten between1490and1574. The different ranges and counts are disclosed, not collapsed into the larger figure. The study uses Khuri's1983edition based on four witnesses; Kaya also mentions Rudani's1992edition 3 2.
Actually read: selected2005study sections, with1335visually inspected, and Kaya's target author/work discussion. No independent manuscript collation or complete1983edition reading. Older work, modern translation and differing interpretations are distinct layers, not one book whose complete contents we claim to have examined.
Connections
People and things also explored
Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar)· Ibn Zuhr's animal demonstration of tracheotomy recovery
Sources
- Abdel-Halim — Ibn Zuhr and surgery , pp.1334–1336
- Kaya — Ibn Zuhr family , work1
- Abdel-Halim — Ibn Zuhr and surgery , p.1334
- Abdel-Halim — Ibn Zuhr and surgery , pp.1335,1338
- Abdel-Halim — Ibn Zuhr and surgery , p.1336
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Taysir: therapeutics and regimen”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/ibn-zuhr-taysir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.
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