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NOTE XXVII. CERTAIN EMINENT PHYSICIANS i
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order. For the authorities to which reference is most constantly made
the following abbreviations are used. By Ba'rhebraeus 1
is meant the
*M'hkhtasaru'd-Duu'ai>(BeycQ\it ed. of 1890) of Gregorius Abu'l-Faraj ibn, '
Ahrun commonly called Ib*nu'l-'Ibri or Barhebraeus. The Fihrist *i
Abu'l-Faraj Muhammad ibn Abi Ya'qiib Ishaq an-Na'dim al-Warraq is,
of course, quoted from Hfigel's (the only) edition. Ibn Abi Usaybi'a
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means that author's 'Uytinu'l-inbdfi Tabaq&ti l-Atibbd, Cairo edition of
, 1299/1882, two volumes. Qifti means Jamalu'd-Din Abu'l-Hasan 'All
'ibn' Ytisuf al-Qifti's Ta'Hkhu'l-Hukamd,tA. Lippert (Leipzig, 1903). Trie
chief European authorities quoted are Wiistenfeld's Geschichte der
Arabischen Aerzte und Naturforscher (Gottin'gen, 1840), a small book
but compact with useful information; Lucien Leclerc's Histoire de la
Medecine Arabe (2 vqls., Parjs, 1876); Max Neuburger's Geschichte
der Medizin ("Stuttgart, 1908), especially vol. ii, pp. 142-228, "Die
Medizin beiden Arabern," and the complementary Literarhislorische Uber-
sicht ; Pagel's Einfiihrungin die Geschichte der Medizin (Berlin, 1898),
ninth lecture (pp. 146-160) on Arabian Medicine; Xdolf Fonahn's
Zur Quellenknnde der Persischen Medizin (Leipzig, 1910) ; E. T.
Withington's Medical History from the earliest times (London, 1894);
a.nd F. H. Garrison's Introduction to the History of Medicine (London
and Philadelphia, 1917)- As a rule, however, in these brief notes reference
will only be made to the original Arabic sources.
i. Sukht-Yishtf.
Ten members of this great medical family, which fof three centuries
(eighth to eleventh of our era) produced some of the most eminent
physicians of that time, are enumerated by -Wiistenfeld (pp. 14-18,
Nos. 26-35). They were Christians, as indicated by the family name,
for the correct explanation of which ( Bukht- Yishti' = "Jesus hath de-
livered") we are indebted to Noldeke 1 . The
chief members of the
family, with their affiliation, so far as it is known, were as follows :
i. Bukhl-YishA 1
i. Jurjis* I
(physician to al-Mansiir, d. 152/769)
H 3. Bukht- YisM' II
(physician 19 -Mahdi, -Hadi and Haninu'r-Rashid, d. 185/801)
4. Jibrcfil (physician to Haninu'r-Rashid, 5. Jurjis II
-Amin and -Ma'mun, d. 213/828-9)
6. Bukht^Yish^ III (physician to
-Mu'tazz, d. 256/870)
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8. Yahyd or Yuhannd
10. Bukht-Yishu 1
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IV (physician to
-Muqtadir, d. 329/940-1)
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Ubaydii 1
llah
(physician to -Muttaqi)
9. Jibratt (physician to 'Adudu d-
Dawla, d. 397/1006-9)
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n. Abu Sa'td '
Ubayddlldh
(d. 450/1058-9)
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Wiistenfeld (p. 14), following Ibn Abi Usaybi'a (i, 123), inserts a Jibra'il between
Jurjis and Bukht- Yishu', but Qifti (p. 158 etc.) represents Jurjis
I as the son, not the
of Bukht- Yishu' I.
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grandson,
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