Details

Subject(s)

• Medicine—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Editor

• Cockrell, Henrietta Sharp [Browse]

Series

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Oxford world's classics

Summary note

"So wrote Syrian physician Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah, circa 1243, as he embarked on the first world history of medicine ever attempted. Many physicians served at the royal courts of their time and were firmly part of the intellectual and cultural scene, where the ability to write stylishly and entertain one's peers in both prose and verse was the basis of social credibility. The work Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah created contains over 432 biographical accounts of physicians from those of ancient Greece, such as Galen, through Avicenna and Maimonides, to the author's own colleagues of the 13th century. As such, his work includes important accounts of medical activity in medieval hospitals. Through this book, a window opens not only on to the origins of the medical profession, but also into the truly multi-cultural, multi-religious world of the medieval Middle East." --Amazon.com.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Language note

Translated from the Arabic.

Other title(s)

Anecdotes and antidotes

ISBN

• 019882792X ((paperback))
• 9780198827924 ((paperback))

OCLC

1192359956

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