Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. MEDICAL ETHICS OF MEDIEVAL ISLAM
5. A. NINTH-CENTURY MUSLIM ETHICS 5
6. B. THE NATURE OF THE ETHICS WHICH INFLUENCED THE ARABS 6
7. C. THE AUTHOR, ISHĀQ IBN 'ALI AL-RUHĀWĪ, AND THE MANUSCRIPT 7
8. D. PURPOSE AND GENERAL CONTENTS OF ADAB AL-ṬABIB 8
9. E. SPIRITUAL AND BODILY PHYSICK 9
10. F. THE MORE PERSONAL ASPECTS OF THE PHYSICIAN'S LIFE 11
11. G. THE PHYSICIAN AND THE PATIENT 12
12. H. NURSE, PATIENT, AND PHYSICIAN 13
13. I. VISITORS 13
14. J. DIGNITY OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 14
15. K. CHARLATANS AND QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS FOR PHYSICIANS 14
16. L. PHARMACEUTICAL QUESTIONS AND ETHICS 16
17. M. EARLIEST WORK ON MEDICAL DEONTOLOGY IN ISLAMIC TIMES 16
18. TRANSLATION OF ADAB AL-ṬABIB
19. CHAPTER I On the Loyalty and Faith Which a Physician Must Hold, and the Ethics He Must Follow to Improve His Soul and Moral Character 18
20. CHAPTER II On the Means and Measures by Which the Physician Treats and Improves His Body and Limbs 25
21. CHAPTER III This Chapter Concerns What the Physician Must Avoid and Beware of 55
22. CHAPTER IV On the Instructions Which the Physician Must Give to Those Who Serve the Patient 57
23. CHAPTER V On the Manners of the Visitors 58
24. CHAPTER VI On What the Physician Must Take Care of About Simple and Compound Remedies and their Spoilage 59
25. CHAPTER VII On What the Physician Needs to Inquire of His Patients and Those Who Minister to Him 62
26. SECOND ARTICLE AND CHAPTER VIII On the Real Appreciation Which Healthy and Sick People Should Have toward the Physician in Time of Health and in Time of Illness 64
27. CHAPTER IX On How the Healthy and 111 Must Heed the Advice of the Physician 66
28. CHAPTER X On What the Patient Must Provide in Advance for His People and His Servants 67
29. CHAPTER XI On What the Patient Must Do Regarding His Visitors 69
30. CHAPTER XII On the Dignity of the Medical Profession 70
31. CHAPTER XIII On How All People Must Respect a Physician According to His Skill. It is Necessary He Be Honored More by Royalty and Virtuous People 71
32. CHAPTER XIV Anecdotes, Some of Which Are Amusing, Are Related About Certain Physicians Regarding Prognostics or Forecasting Which Are Intended to Urge the Physician to Acquire for Himself the Ability of Prognosis Lest He Hurt His Reputation by Being Considered Negligent 76
33. CHAPTER XV On the Medical Art That is Not Fit for Everyone Seeking It but for Those Who Are Suitable for It in Nature and in Morals 78
34. CHAPTER XVI On the Examination of Physicians 80
35. CHAPTER XVII On Ways by Which Kings May Remove Corruption of Physicians, Guide the People in Regard to Medicine, and How It Was in Ancient Times. 85
36. CHAPTER XVIII On Warning Against the Cunning of Deceivers Who Use the Medical Title, and the Difference Between Their Quackery and the Medical Arts 88
37. CHAPTER XIX On Bad Habits to Which Many Become Accustomed Despite Their Harm to Patients and Physicians 91
38. [CHAPTER XX] [On Matters Which a Physician Must Observe and Be Careful About During Periods of His Health to Prepare for the Period of Illness, and at the Time of His Youth for His Old Age 92
39. APPENDIX PROPAEDEUTIC FOR PHYSICIANS BY ISAAC ISRAELI 95
40. INDEX 98