ISBN |
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 |
Added name(s) |
Kennedy, Philip F. editor translator |
Farrell, Jeremy 1985- editor translator |
Toorawa, Shawkat M. editor |