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خمس رسائل لإبن بطلان البغدادي و لإبن رضوان المصري - تحقيق الدكتور يوسف شخت و الدكتور ماكس مايرهوف/The medico-philosophical controversy between Ibn Butlan of Baghdad and Ibn Ridwan of Cairo; a contribution to the history of Greek learning among the Arabs/ Khams rasāʼil li-Ibn Buṭlān al-Baghdādī wa-li-Ibn Riḍwān al-Miṣrī by Joseph Schacht; Ibn Buṭlān, d. ca. 1068. ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān, -approximately 1068. Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is خمس رسائل لإبن بطلان البغدادي و لإبن رضوان المصري - تحقيق الدكتور يوسف شخت و الدكتور ماكس مايرهوف/The medico-philosophical controversy between Ibn Butlan of Baghdad and Ibn Ridwan of Cairo; a contribution to the history of Greek learning among the Arabs/ Khams rasāʼil li-Ibn Buṭlān al-Baghdādī wa-li-Ibn Riḍwān al-Miṣrī about?

In the eleventh century two doctors quarrelled in Egypt. One was a visitor, who had come from Baghdad to seek his fortune but found his way blocked by the native. Needless to say, the dispute has lost all scientific importance though the personal, social, and historic interest is great. The dispute began over a question in zoology. One party maintained that the chick of the domestic fowl, which is covered with down when it is hatched, is warmer by nature than those young birds which are hatched without down ; the opponent maintained the opposite and orthodox view. The quarrel grew wider ; personalities were introduced and we are told about the features of the one and the nickname of the other. Mild scandal is not wanting ; a doctor treated a patient unsuccessfully for a tertian ague, so another doctor was called in, who cured the patient of a semi-tertian ague ; thereupon the first demanded half the fee, as he had clearly removed half the disease. The Arabic part of this volume contains the biographies of the men who were most concerned in the dispute with extracts from five pamphlets which were written during it. The English part consists of translations of the biographies and a v

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Author

Joseph Schacht; Ibn Buṭlān, d. ca. 1068. ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān, -approximately 1068. Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945.

Published

1937

Language

AR

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Travel, History, Reference