djondesabour

Updated: May 10, 2025

Isaac Ben Emran wrote an original treatise on poisons and their symptoms, and others followed his example. The Khalif Al Raschid, who maintained political relations with Charlemagne by means of Jewish envoys, set that monarch an example by which indeed he was not slow to profit, in actively patronising the medical college at Djondesabour, and founding a university at Bagdad.

John William Draper - History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2): Revised Edition

It was the Nestorians who, in connexion with the Jews, founded the medical college of Djondesabour, and first instituted a system of academical honours which has descended to our times.

John William Draper - History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2): Revised Edition

The Nestorians, of course, adopted the philosophy of Aristotle, and translated the works of that great writer into Syriac and Persian. They also made similar translations of later works, such as those of Pliny. In connection with the Jews they founded the medical college of Djondesabour.

John William Draper - History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science