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Qusṭā ibn Lūqā's medical regime for the pilgrims to Mecca : the Risālā fī tadbīr safar al-ḥajj

Title
  1. Qusṭā ibn Lūqā's medical regime for the pilgrims to Mecca : the Risālā fī tadbīr safar al-ḥajj / edited with translation and commentary by Gerrit Bos.
Published by
  1. Leiden ; New York ; Köln : Brill, 1992.
  2. ©1992
Author
  1. Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912

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Additional authors
  1. Bos, Gerrit, 1948-
Description
  1. 184 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. This work by Qusta Ibn Luqa, the only known health guide for the pilgrim to Mecca, discusses in a concise and logical manner the best regime for the traveller, the diseases which may befall him and their treatment. It is an eloquent witness to the author's profound knowledge of the works of ancient physicians, especially those of the Byzantine physician Paul of Aegina. After an exposition of the best regimen for the traveller, Qusta mentions the different diseases which may befall him, namely, fatigue, earache, diseases of the bronchial tubes and those caused by dust. Recommended remedies are simple and compound drugs, bathing and massage. Qusta then discusses criteria to determine the quality of water, means to improve bad water, and means to quench one's thirst. In the next chapter Qusta treats the prophylaxis against vermin and the treatment of stings and bites caused by them. After a lucid exposition of spontaneous generation, Qusta concludes his treatise by discussing the occurrence of the Dracunculus medinesis and its treatment. -- Jacket.
Series statement
  1. Islamic philosophy and theology, 0169-8729 ; v. 11
Uniform title
  1. Risālah fī tadbīr al-abdān fī safar li-salāmah min al-maraḍ wa-al-khaṭar. English & Arabic
  2. Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 11.
Alternative title
  1. Risālah fī tadbīr al-abdān fī safar li-salāmah min al-maraḍ wa-al-khaṭar.
  2. Medical regime for the pilgrims to Mecca.
Subject
  1. Qusṭā ibn Lūqā, approximately 820-approximately 912
  2. Medicine, Arab
  3. Travel > Health aspects > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800
  4. Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Health aspects > Saudi Arabia > Mecca > Early works to 1800
  5. Medicine, Medieval
  6. Medicine > History
  7. History, Medieval
  8. Medicine, Arabic
  9. History of Medicine
  10. history of medicine
  11. Medicine, Medieval
  12. Medicine
  13. Medicine, Arab
  14. Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Health aspects
  15. Hadj
  16. Medische aspecten
  17. Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages > Saudi Arabia > Mecca
  18. Médecine arabe
  19. Pèlerins et pèlerinages musulmans > Arabie saoudite > La Mecque (Arabie saoudite) > Aspect médical
  20. Saudi Arabia > Mecca
Genre/Form
  1. History
  2. Early works
  3. Manuals (Handbooks)
Contents
  1. I. Introduction. 1. Biography -- 2. Literary activity -- 3. Manuscripts of the Risala -- 4. Literary genre to which the Risala belongs -- 5. Survey and evaluation of the content of Risala -- II. Arabic text and translation -- III. Commentary.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Text of Risālah fī tadbīr al-abdān fī safar li-salāmah min al-maraḍ wa-al-khaṭir with parallel English translation; editorial matter in English.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-184) and indexes.