Frontmatter
Letter from the General Editor
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Map: The World of Ibn Buṭlān
Note on the Text
Notes to the Introduction
The Doctors' Dinner Party
Introduction
Part the First: The "Opening Chapter" of the Book, in Praise of Baghdad and Denigration of Mayyāfāriqīn for Its Stagnation
Part the Second: Concerning the Offering of a Meal, and the Presentation of Decisive Arguments against Eating the Foods Provided
Part the Third: A Description of the Symposium and its Pleasures, and a Conversation among the Doctors Present
Part the Fourth: In Which the Physiologist Probes the Extent of the Guest's Competence, Thereby Exposing His Ignorance
Part the Fifth: The Ignorance of the Guest Revealed by the Questions of the Oculist
Part the Sixth: In Which the Surgeon Considers the Guest's Knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology
Part the Seventh: The Examination of the Phlebotomist on the Requisite Knowledge of the Physiology of Venesection
Part the Eighth: The Examination of the Apothecary on the Guest's Knowledge of Remedies and Medicines
Part the Ninth: Concerning Slanderous Doctors who are Scornful of the Sick
Part the Tenth: A Defense of the Devoted Doctor and a Denigration of the One Who Displaced Him
Part the Eleventh: The Public's Denigration of the Medical Profession and the Riposte
Part the Twelfth: The Conclusion of the Book and a Return Visit Rebuffed
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index of Materia Medica
Index of Verse
Index
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
About the Typefaces
Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
About the Editor-Translators