Ishaq ibn Hunayn
Ishaq ibn Hunayn
d. 910
Arab physician and translator who wrote several medical tracts. Son of Hunayn ibn Ishaq (808-873), he worked with his father on various translations. Among the original works by Ishaq was one whose title is translated into English as "The Salutary Treatise on Drugs for Forgetfulness."
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