ch ▁- ▁Mak k ah ▁al - M uk ar ram ah , ▁ 1 5 9 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁blind ▁Sy rian ▁Christian ▁phys ician ▁and ▁ph arm ac ist ▁active ▁in ▁C airo . ▁▁ ▁After ▁the ▁he y - day ▁of ▁medicine ▁in ▁the ▁medieval ▁Islam ic ▁world ▁and ▁after ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁I bn ▁Al - N af is ▁( d ied ▁ 1 2 8 8 ), ▁Da ud ▁Al - Ant aki ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁great ▁names ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁Arab ic ▁medicine ▁in ▁the ▁four teenth ▁and ▁fif teenth ▁centuries ▁CE , ▁alongside ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁scholar ▁Y us uf ▁I bn ▁Is mail ▁Al - K ut bi ▁and ▁the ▁Turkish ▁doctor ▁Kh ad ir ▁I bn ▁Ali ▁H aj ji ▁Bas a . ▁The ▁sem inal ▁western ▁historian ▁of ▁Arab ic ▁medicine ▁Luci en ▁L ec ler c ▁( 1 8 7 6 ) ▁considered ▁Al - Ant aki ▁" der nier ▁représent ant ▁de ▁la ▁médec ine ▁ara be ." ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁The ▁T ad h ki ra ▁He ▁is ▁known ▁primarily ▁for ▁an ▁Arab ic ▁language ▁reference ▁work ▁on ▁medicine , ▁natural ▁history ▁and ▁the ▁occ ult ▁sciences ▁called ▁the ▁T ad h ki ra . ▁ ▁The ▁T ay zin ▁Da ud ▁al - Ant aki ▁is ▁also ▁tradition ally ▁as cribed ▁as ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁ch aste ▁love ▁poetry ▁the ▁T azy in . ▁This ▁contains ▁some ▁comment ary ▁on ▁Christian ▁Arab ▁trad