8vo. [7], 101 pp., of German text, pages 103-171 Greek-Arabic Dictionary, +67 pp., of Arabic text, oirignal cloth in rubbed d/w, small sticker at lower spine of front jacketotherwise copy clean & in very good condition, Recherches Collection Publiee Sous La Direction de la Faculte des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de l’Universite Saint-Joseph, Nouvelle Series No. IV, B. Orient Chretien, Dar el-Machereq, Beyrouth, 1977.

Synopsis

Ibn Bahtisu was a famous doctor who lived in Baghdad during the eighth century. He was a friend of Ibn Batlan, before his death in 1058 he wrote several letters on medicine, philosophy, and the effects of pain and psychology on human body.