Ibn al-Jazzar on medicine for the poor and destitute.: An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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Author(s)Gerrit Bos
PublisherAmerican Oriental Society
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From the author: The Tibb al-fuqard wa 'l-masakin (Medicine for the Poor and Destitute), a treatise composed by Ibn al-Jazzar of Qayrawan in the tenth century, is part of a literary genre called "medicine for the poor" that has been previously neglected by research. This genre was popular throughout the Middle Ages in Islamic and Western Latin literature. Addressing the needs of the poor and the sick, Ibn al-Jazzar's monograph has a distinctly popular and practical character, especially as it is, in sum, a list of remedies with no attention to aetiology and symptomatology. This character is also evident in the numerous recipes with magical content, and in the frequent advice to use urine and animal excrement as ingredients..However, besides having the features of popular medicine, Ibn al-Jazzar's monograph has a theoretical character as well, since the material is drawn from a variety of literary sources. The treatise thus clearly reflects everyday life in a society in which bookish knowledge and popular lore mutually influenced one another. It combines the data of scientific Galenic medicine with more popular remedies, continuing an old tradition.
Citation Details
Title: Ibn al-Jazzar on medicine for the poor and destitute.
Author: Gerrit Bos
Publication:The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1998
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 118 Issue: 3 Page: 365(1)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: The Tibb al-fuqard wa 'l-masakin (Medicine for the Poor and Destitute), a treatise composed by Ibn al-Jazzar of Qayrawan in the tenth century, is part of a literary genre called "medicine for the poor" that has been previously neglected by research. This genre was popular throughout the Middle Ages in Islamic and Western Latin literature. Addressing the needs of the poor and the sick, Ibn al-Jazzar's monograph has a distinctly popular and practical character, especially as it is, in sum, a list of remedies with no attention to aetiology and symptomatology. This character is also evident in the numerous recipes with magical content, and in the frequent advice to use urine and animal excrement as ingredients..However, besides having the features of popular medicine, Ibn al-Jazzar's monograph has a theoretical character as well, since the material is drawn from a variety of literary sources. The treatise thus clearly reflects everyday life in a society in which bookish knowledge and popular lore mutually influenced one another. It combines the data of scientific Galenic medicine with more popular remedies, continuing an old tradition.
Citation Details
Title: Ibn al-Jazzar on medicine for the poor and destitute.
Author: Gerrit Bos
Publication:The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1998
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 118 Issue: 3 Page: 365(1)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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