The Doctors' Dinner Party [electronic resource].

Cover
Letter from the General Editor
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Map: The World of Ibn Bu.lan
Note on the Translation
Notes to the Introduction
The Doctors' Dinner Party
Part the First: The "Opening Chapter" of the Book, in Praise of Baghdad and Denigration of Mayyafariqin 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
About the NYUAD Research Institute
About the Translators