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The doctors' dinner party
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1479818771 (hardcover)
9781479818778 (hardcover)
Author
Ibn Buṭlān -approximately 1068
Uniform Title
Daʻwat al-aṭibbāʼ. English
Title
The doctors' dinner party / Ibn Buṭlān ; edited and translated by Philip F. Kennedy and Jeremy Farrell ; volume editor, Shawkat Toorawa
Publisher
New York : New York University Press, 2023
Physical desc.
xxxiii, 161 pages ; map ; 24 cm.
Series
Library of Arabic literature
Bibliography etc.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-135) and index.
Contents
The doctors' dinner party -- The 'opening chapter' of the book, in praise of Baghdad and denigration of Mayyafariqin for its stagnation -- Concerning the offering of a meal, and the presentation of decisive arguments against eating the foods provided -- A description of the symposium and its pleasures, and a conversation among the doctors present --- In which the physiologist probes the extent of the guest's competence, thereby exposing his ignorance -- The ignorance of the guest revealed by the questions of the oculist -- In which the surgeon considers the guest's knowledge of anatomy and physiology -- The examination of the phlebotomist on the requisite knowledge of the physiology of venesection -- The examination of the apothecary on the guest's knowledge of remedies and medicines -- Concerning slanderous doctors who are scornful of the sick -- A defense of the devoted doctor and a denigration of the one who displaced him -- The public's denigration of the medical profession and the riposte -- The conclusion of the book and a return visit rebuffed.
Language Note
In English, with parallel manuscript text in Arabic, as well as a separate front and index of verse in Arabic.
Subject
Satirical literature
Novellas
Arabic literature -- Translations into English
Manuscripts, Arabic
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Kennedy, Philip F.
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Farrell, Jeremy 1985-
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Toorawa, Shawkat M.
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