A Literary History of Medicine The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah. Volume 2-2: Arabic Edition

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 th...

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Other Authors: Swain, Simon,, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2020.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 134/2-2.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009807526706719
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (734 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004545588