IBN AL-JAZZAR ON FEVERS A CRITICAL EDITION OF ZAD AL-MUSAFIR WA QUT AL-HADIR BY GERRIT BOS

Abstract

This writing discusses critical edition on book 6 of the Zad by Gerrit Bos. The book is entitled Ibn al-Jazzar on Sexual Diseases and their Treatment. Gerrit Bos writes that Ibn al-Jazzar on fever is a critical edition of Zad al-musafir wa qut al-hadir. This study focuses on how Gerrit Bos’ work is. The method of this research is library research by analyzing some literatures such as books and journal articles. The results of this study shows that the critical edition of book 7 chapter 1-2 by Gerrit Bos presents comprehensive information about one of al-Jazzar work. There are many inconveniences in reading the text such as consulting the English translation to the Arabic text but this critical edition is a great contribution in the academic world and magnificent since this is the first critical edition dealing with fever that has been published.