Part the Twelfth: The Conclusion of the Book and a Return Visit Rebuffed

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Abbreviations x
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction xii
7. Map: The World of Ibn Buṭlān xxiv
8. Note on the Text xxv
9. Notes to the Introduction xxxii
10. The Doctors’ Dinner Party
11. Introduction 2
12. Part the First: The “Opening Chapter” of the Book, in Praise of Baghdad and Denigration of Mayyāfāriqīn for Its Stagnation 7
13. Part the Second: Concerning the Offering of a Meal, and the Presentation of Decisive Arguments against Eating the Foods Provided 19
14. Part the Third: A Description of the Symposium and its Pleasures, and a Conversation among the Doctors Present 37
15. Part the Fourth: In Which the Physiologist Probes the Extent of the Guest’s Competence, Thereby Exposing His Ignorance 43
16. Part the Fifth: The Ignorance of the Guest Revealed by the Questions of the Oculist 47
17. Part the Sixth: In Which the Surgeon Considers the Guest’s Knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology 51
18. Part the Seventh: The Examination of the Phlebotomist on the Requisite Knowledge of the Physiology of Venesection 59
19. Part the Eighth: The Examination of the Apothecary on the Guest’s Knowledge of Remedies and Medicines 65
20. Part the Ninth: Concerning Slanderous Doctors who are Scornful of the Sick 71
21. Part the Tenth: A Defense of the Devoted Doctor and a Denigration of the One Who Displaced Him 85
22. Part the Eleventh: The Public’s Denigration of the Medical Profession and the Riposte 103
23. Part the Twelfth: The Conclusion of the Book and a Return Visit Rebuffed 115
24. Notes 121
25. Glossary 123
26. Bibliography 129
27. Further Reading 133
28. Index of Materia Medica 136
29. Index of Verse 138
30. Index 142
31. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 154
32. About the Typefaces 155
33. Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 156
34. About the Editor–Translators 161