On the Properties of Foodstuffs

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"On the Properties of Foodstuffs" is a medical and dietary treatise by the 9th-century physician Hunayn ibn Ishaq that systematically analyzes the health effects and qualities of various foods within the framework of Greco-Arabic medicine.

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instanceOf dietary treatise ⓘ
medical treatise ⓘ
medieval Arabic work ⓘ
aimsTo guide healthy eating ⓘ
prevent disease through diet ⓘ
analyzes hot, cold, moist, and dry qualities of foods ⓘ
associatedWithCity Baghdad ⓘ
author Hunayn ibn Ishaq ⓘ
authorFlourishedCentury 9th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
culturalContext Abbasid intellectual culture ⓘ
focusesOn health effects of foods ⓘ
qualities of foods ⓘ
framework Galenic dietetics ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine

humoral pathology ⓘ
genre dietetic literature ⓘ
medical literature ⓘ
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
includes classification of foods by temperament ⓘ
discussion of therapeutic uses of foods ⓘ
influencedBy Galenic medicine ⓘ
Hippocratic medicine ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject dietetics ⓘ
food ⓘ
humoral theory ⓘ
nutrition ⓘ
medicalTradition Greco-Arabic medicine ⓘ
partOf Arabic medical canon ⓘ
preservedIn Arabic manuscript tradition ⓘ
publicationCentury 9th century ⓘ
relatedField history of medicine ⓘ
history of nutrition ⓘ
relatedWorkAuthor Galen ⓘ
structure systematic analysis of individual foodstuffs ⓘ
studiedBy historians of medicine ⓘ
historians of science ⓘ
scholars of Islamic studies ⓘ
usedIn medical education in the medieval Islamic world ⓘ
writtenByOccupation physician ⓘ

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Hunayn ibn Ishaq → notableWork → On the Properties of Foodstuffs ⓘ
Abu Zayd Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi → notableWork → On the Properties of Foodstuffs ⓘ