Publisher's Synopsis
The name of the Cheikh has become known to posterity as the author of this work, which is the only one attributed to him. In spite of the subject-matter of the book and the manifold errors found in it, and caused by the negligence and ignorance of the copyists, it is manifest that this treatise comes from the pen of a man of great erudition, who had a better knowledge in general of literature and medicine than is commonly found with Arabs...