Questions and answers for physicians : : a medieval Arabic study manual / / by Abd al-Aziz Al-Sulami ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Gary Leiser and Noury Al-Khaledy.

• Superior document: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian studies ; v. 3
• Author: Sulami, Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Jabbar, d. 1207 or 8.
• TeilnehmendeR: Leiser, Gary, 1946-; Al-Khaledy, Noury, 1918-1995.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian studies ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Imtiḥān al-alibbāʼ li-kāffat al-aṭibbāʼ.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-124) and index.
• ISBN: 128046531X; 9786610465316; 1423714512; 904740291X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Abd al-Aziz Al-Sulami ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Gary Leiser and Noury Al-Khaledy.

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.