Anecdotes and Antidotes: A Medieval Arabic History of Physicians

by Geert Jan Van Gelder and Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah

To my knowledge...no one...has ever written a comprehensive book dealing with physicians through the ages and recounting their history in a coherent fashion.

So wrote Syrian physician Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah, circa 1243, as he embarked on the first world history of medicine ever attempted. Many physicians served at the royal courts of their time and were firmly part of the intellectual and cultural scene, where the ability to write...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019882792X
• ISBN13: 9780198827924
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.6"