Format:
1 Online-Ressource (846 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9789004545601
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 134/3-2
Content:
An online, Open Access version of this work is also available from Brill. A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the author’s contemporaries, describing their training and practice, often as court physicians, and listing their medical works; all this interlaced with poems and anecdotes. These volumes present the first complete and annotated translation along with a new edition of the Arabic text showing the stages in which the author composed the work. Introductory essays provide important background. The reader will find on these pages an Islamic society that worked closely with Christians and Jews, deeply committed to advancing knowledge and applying it to health and wellbeing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English and Arabic
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004410527
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A Literary History of Medicine : The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Volume 3-2: Annotated English Translation and Appendices Leiden : Brill, 2020 ISBN 9789004410527
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004545601
