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medieval worlds • no. 17 • 2022
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
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medieval worlds • no. 17 • 2022 ![]() ISSN 2412-3196 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9354-8 Online Edition 2022 License: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ![]() Indexed by: ERIH-PLUS, Crossref, DOAJ, EZB
Ignacio Sánchez
S. 73 - 96 doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no17_2022s73 ![]() Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no17_2022s73
Abstract: Naṣīḥat al-muḥibb fī dhamm al-takassub bi-l-ṭibb, a largely autobiographical treatise by the otherwise unknown Cairene physician Ibrāhīm ibn Yuḥannā al-Wajīh al-Qalyūbī (fl. second half of the seventh century AH/ thirteenth century CE), offers a unique account of the lives of street medical practitioners. Although written as a piece of advice warning students about the dangers that the practice of medicine poses for them in this world and the hereafter, this work is a treasure trove of information about the life of physicians beyond the walls of the court and the attitude of the common people towards them and their art. In this essay I will survey and discuss al-Qalyūbī’s complaints about the poor living conditions of physicians, the challenge of their authority by female medical practitioners, the predominance of Jews in the profession, and the dangers that the practice of medicine entails, according to al-Qalyūbī, for the intellect and the religious convictions of physicians. Keywords: Islamic medicine, history of science, Mamluks, religious polemics, female medical practitioners, midwives, Jews, antisemitism, unbelief in Islam Published Online: 2022/11/30 06:57:49 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003dd9b3 Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
medieval worlds provides a forum for comparative, interdisciplinary and transcultural studies of the Middle Ages. Its aim is to overcome disciplinary boundaries, regional limits and national research traditions in Medieval Studies, to open up new spaces for discussion, and to help developing global perspectives. We focus on the period from c. 400 to 1500 CE but do not stick to rigid periodization.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |