The Doctors' Dinner Party /

The Doctors' Dinner Party / / Ibn Buṭlān; ed. by Jeremy Farrell, Philip F. Kennedy.

A witty satire of the medical professionThe Doctors’ Dinner Party is an eleventh-century satire in the form of a novella, set in a medical milieu. A young doctor from out of town is invited to dinner with a group of older medical men, whose conversation reveals their incompetence. Written by the acc...

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VerfasserIn:
Buṭlān, Ibn,
HerausgeberIn:
Farrell, Jeremy,
Kennedy, Philip F.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Library of Arabic Literature ; 85
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Letter from the General Editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Map: The World of Ibn Buṭlān
  • Note on the Text
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • The Doctors’ Dinner Party
  • Introduction
  • Part the First: The “Opening Chapter” of the Book, in Praise of Baghdad and Denigration of Mayyāfāriqīn for Its Stagnation
  • Part the Second: Concerning the Offering of a Meal, and the Presentation of Decisive Arguments against Eating the Foods Provided
  • Part the Third: A Description of the Symposium and its Pleasures, and a Conversation among the Doctors Present
  • Part the Fourth: In Which the Physiologist Probes the Extent of the Guest’s Competence, Thereby Exposing His Ignorance
  • Part the Fifth: The Ignorance of the Guest Revealed by the Questions of the Oculist
  • Part the Sixth: In Which the Surgeon Considers the Guest’s Knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology
  • Part the Seventh: The Examination of the Phlebotomist on the Requisite Knowledge of the Physiology of Venesection
  • Part the Eighth: The Examination of the Apothecary on the Guest’s Knowledge of Remedies and Medicines
  • Part the Ninth: Concerning Slanderous Doctors who are Scornful of the Sick
  • Part the Tenth: A Defense of the Devoted Doctor and a Denigration of the One Who Displaced Him
  • Part the Eleventh: The Public’s Denigration of the Medical Profession and the Riposte
  • Part the Twelfth: The Conclusion of the Book and a Return Visit Rebuffed
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Further Reading
  • Index of Materia Medica
  • Index of Verse
  • Index
  • About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
  • About the Typefaces
  • Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
  • About the Editor–Translators

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