Talk:Masawaiyh

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"He became director of a hospital in Baghdad. He composed medical treatises on a number of topics, including ophthalmology, fevers, headache, melancholia, diatetics, the testing of physicians, and medical aphorisms.

Masawayh became personal physician to four caliphs. He composed a considerable number of Arabic medical monographs, on topics including fevers, leprosy, melancholy, dietetics, eye diseases, and medical aphorisms."

What's with the repetition?Rmky87 04:22, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

removing the repetitions shouldnt be that hard I think.--Zereshk 20:26, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

The book of Ibn Abi Usaybia says his father was Syriac not Assyrian --Aziz1005 02:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Syriac back then was Syrian and Syrian is Assyrian. Chaldean 04:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)