Sābūr ibn Sahl (; d. 869 CE) was a 9th-century

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physician from the

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. Among other medical works, he wrote one of the first medical books on

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s called ''Aqrabadhin'' (), which was divided into 22 volumes, and which was possibly the earliest of its kind to influence

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. This antidotary enjoyed much popularity until it was superseded

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's version later in the first half of twelfth century.

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