title: Ibn Al Jazzar and the Kairouan medical school of the tenth century AD.
abstract: This brief account of the Tunisian physician Ibn Al Jazzar heralds the Congress of the International Society for the History of Medicine to be held in his native country in September 1998. His life work reveals him as a pioneer in distinguishing the art of medicine and pharmacy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ammar
mesh_terms: D018643:Arab World; D000077406:History of Pharmacy; D049691:History, Medieval; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*; D014416:Tunisia