Medieval Arabic surgeon Ibn al Quff's account on surgical pain relief

Re:Medieval Arabic surgeon Ibn al Quff's account on surgical... by mlrhazi on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:42PM (#35351598)

Should it not be “Arab surgeon “ instead of “Arabic surgeon ”?

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Re:Medieval Arabic surgeon Ibn al Quff's account on surgical... by mach1ne on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:18AM (#35353325)

Doesn’t the former imply race and the latter place of living? In which case it would be more scientific to focus on the geography.

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Re:Medieval Arabic surgeon Ibn al Quff's account on surgical... by overbytecode on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:53AM (#35353571)

Arab is for people, Arabic is for the language

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Re:Medieval Arabic surgeon Ibn al Quff's account on surgical... by dghf on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:18AM (#35354591)

And Arabian for the place.

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