The journal At-Tabib (âÂÂThe doctorâÂÂ) was edited between 1884 and 1885 by the Lebanese linguist and journalist IbrÃÂhëm al-YÃÂziçë (1847-1906) as well as by Bià ¡ÃÂra Zalzal (1851-1905) and Ḫalël SaÿÃÂda. In total, they published 24 numbers in one year in Beirut, coming out every two weeks. The predecessor of At-Tabib, AhbÃÂr Tibbiya (âÂÂmedical notificationsâÂÂ), had already been founded in 1874 by George E. Post (1838-1909). Being a member of the American Mission in Beirut as well as a professor at the Medical School of the Syrian Protestant College (nowadays the American University of Beirut, AUB), post created a medical journal for the College's students. After taking over the post of editor in chief, al-YÃÂziçë changed it into an encyclopedic educational publication that now bore the subtitle Maçalla á¹Âibbëya ÿilmëya á¹£inÃÂÿëya and was guided by the examples of Al-Jinan and Al-Muqtataf. The content of its articles was medical, scientific, literary and linguistic. Even though he failed with At-Tabib, it was only some years later that al-YÃÂziçë published two other periodicals in Cairo: Al Bayan and Ad-Diya.
Al-Tabib was republished in 1895 and until 1914 by Iskandar al-Baroudi.