Questions and Answers for Physicians: A Medieval Arabic Study Manual by Abd Al-Aziz Al-Sulami (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series)

"This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtihan al-alibba' li-kaffat al-atibba' ["The Experts' Examination for All Physicians"]. It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by 'Abd al 'Aziz al-Sulami who was chief of medicine to the Ayyubid sultan in Cairo between 596/1200 and 604/1208. It is composed of ten chapters on ten fields of medicine; the pulse, urine, fevers and crises, symptoms, drugs, treatment, ophthalmology, surgery, bonesetting, and fundamentals. Each chapter contains twenty questions on the respective subject with the answer to each question. In addition an authority is cited for each answer. This work sheds light on medical education in the medieval Middle East and is an epitome of the medical knowledge of the time."--BOOK JACKET

This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtiḥān al-alibbā' li-kāffat al-aṭibbā' ("The Experts' Examination for All Physicians"). It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by Abd al-Azīz al-Sulami who was chief of medicine to the Ayyūbid sultan in Cairo between 596/1200 and 604/1208. It is composed of ten chapters on ten fields of medicine: the pulse, urine, fevers and crises, symptoms, drugs, treatment, ophthalmology, surgery, bonesetting, and fundamentals. Each chapter contains twenty questions on the respective subject with the answer to each question. In addition an authority is cited for each answer. This work sheds light on medical education in the medieval Middle East and is an epitome of the medical knowledge of the time.

Annotation This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imti??n al-alibb?' li-k?ffat al-a?ibb?' ["The Experts' Examination for All Physicians"]. It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by Abd al-Az?z al-Sulami who was chief of medicine to the Ayy?bid sultan in Cairo between 596/1200 and 604/1208. It is composed of ten chapters on ten fields of medicine: the pulse, urine, fevers and crises, symptoms, drugs, treatment, ophthalmology, surgery, bonesetting, and fundamentals. Each chapter contains twenty questions on the respective subject with the answer to each question. In addition an authority is cited for each answer. This work sheds light on medical education in the medieval Middle East and is an epitome of the medical knowledge of the time This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtiḥān al-alibbā'li-kāffat al-aṭibbā'('The Experts'Examination for All Physicians'). It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by Abd al-Azīz al-Sulami who was chief of medicine to the Ayyūbid sultan in Cairo between 596/1200 and 604/1208. It is composed of ten chapters on ten fields of medicine: the pulse, urine, fevers and crises, symptoms, drugs, treatment, ophthalmology, surgery, bonesetting, and fundamentals. Each chapter contains twenty questions on the respective subject with the answer to each question. In addition an authority is cited for each answer. This work sheds light on medical education in the medieval Middle East and is an epitome of the medical knowledge of the time. The Imtihan al-alibba li-kaffat al atibba (The Experts' Examination for All Physicians) is the oldest known Islamic medical examination, prepared by al-Sulami, the chief of medicine to the Ayyubid sultan in Cairo 596-604 AH (1200-08 AD). Gary Leiser, a historian now running an air museum in California, and Semitic language scholar Noury al-Khaledy (1918-95) offer an Arabic edition and an English translation based on the three extant manuscripts from Vienna, Bursa, and Cairo. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Annotation This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtihan al-alibba' li-kaffat al-atibba' ["The Experts' Examination for All Physicians"]. It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by Abd al-Aziz al-Sulami who was chief of medicine to the Ayyubid sultan in Cairo between 596/1200 and 604/1208. This work sheds light on medical education in the medieval Middle East and is an epitome of the medical knowledge of the time