The Aphorisms has been a central work among the Hippocratic corpus constituting an indispensable part of the curriculum of medical students throughout the history of the Islamic civilization. It comprises brief medical aphorisms each epitomizes a medical rule or therapeutic principle. Many works explaining the Aphorisms were carried out by outstanding Muslim physicians and scholars such as ‘Alā’ al-Dīn (Ibn al-Nafīs) al-Qurašiy, whose work was not limited to the explanation of scientific facts pertaining to the Hippocratic aphorisms but he rewrote the text adding his own rectifications and corrections. An engaging and accessible introduction throws light on the life and works of Hippocrates as well as their interpretations. The text included is collated with five original manuscripts from the libraries of Dār al-Kutub al-Masriyya, Šūrā Council in Tehran and the Municipal Library of Alexandria. An English translation of the introduction by Dr Māhir ‘Abdul-Qādir concludes the book.

Number of pages: 568.

First edition: Dar al-‘Ulūm al-‘Arabiyya, Beirut, 1988.
Second edition: Daral-Masriyya al-Lubnaniyya, Cairo/ Beirut, 1990
Third edition: Dar Nahdit Misr, Cairo, 2008