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Questions and Answers for Physicians : A Medieval Arabic Study Manual by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulamī / A Medieval Arabic Study Manual by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Sulamī edited by Gary Leiser, Noury Al-Khaledy. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series ; 3 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series ; 3. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9789047402916 9789004136717

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789047402916 DOI

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education, Medical.
Medicine--Study and teaching.
Medicine, Arab--History.
Medicine, Medieval.

LC Class. No.: R143

Dewey Class. No.: 610