Salmawaih ibn Bunan

Salmawaih ibn Bunan (died 840) was an Assyrian Nestorian Christian physician who translated works of Galen from Greek into Arabic.

[1] He flourished at the time of the Abbasid caliphs al-Ma'mun (r. 813–833) and al-Mu'tasim (r. 833–842), serving as private physician to the latter.

[3] He was a patron of the fellow Nestorian physician and translator Hunayn ibn Ishaq, helping him in his translation of Galen's On The Therapeutic Method.

[4] His scientific work included studies on the harmful effects of aphrodisiacs.

[5] He was a rival of the fellow Nestorian physician Ibn Masawayh.