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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449894203321

Titolo

Questions and Answers for Physicians : A Medieval Arabic Study Manual by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulamī / / edited by Gary Leiser, Noury Al-Khaledy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-46531-X

9786610465316

1-4237-1451-2

90-474-0291-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series ; ; 3

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Education, Medical

Medicine - Study and teaching

Medicine, Arab - History

Medicine, Medieval

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; The Experts' Examination for All Physicians; CHAPTER ONE: On the Pulse; CHAPTER TWO: On Urine; CHAPTER THREE: On Fevers and Crises; CHAPTER FOUR: Favorable and Dangerous Symptoms; CHAPTER FIVE: On Simple Drugs; CHAPTER SIX: On Treatment; CHAPTER SEVEN: On What Ophthalmologists Should Be Asked; CHAPTER EIGHT: On What a Surgeon Should Be Asked; CHAPTER NINE: What the Bonesetter Should Be Asked; CHAPTER TEN: On the Fundamentals of This Art; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtiḥān al-alibbā' li-kāffat al-aṭibbā' ("The Experts' Examination for All Physicians"). It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by Abd al-Azīz al-Sulami who was chief of medicine to the Ayyūbid sultan in Cairo between 596/1200 and 604/1208. It is composed of ten chapters on ten fields of medicine: the pulse, urine, fevers and crises, symptoms, drugs, treatment, ophthalmology, surgery, bonesetting, and fundamentals. Each chapter contains twenty



questions on the respective subject with the answer to each question. In addition an authority is cited for each answer. This work sheds light on medical education in the medieval Middle East and is an epitome of the medical knowledge of the time.