Al-Kashkari
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Al-Kaŝkarī (Template:Lang-ar; fl. 930 CE) was a hospital physician from Baghdad.[1]
In diagnosing mental disorder, Al-Kaskari used criteria such the temperament of the patient as indicators to ascertain the nature of the mental disorder: sluggishness and forgetfulness point to a cold temperament, which requires a different treatment from a warm one, which is revealed through insomnia.[2]
References
- ^ Pormann, Peter E.; Savage-Smith, Emilie (2007). Medieval Islamic Medicine. Edinburgh University Press. p. 54. ISBN 0-7486-2066-4.
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(help) - ^ Meri, Josef W.; Bacharach, Jere L. (2006). Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 496. ISBN 0-415-96691-4.
Further reading
- Pormann, Peter E (2003). "Theory and Practice in the Early Hospitals in Baghdad — Al-Kaškarī On Rabies and Melancholy". Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften. 15: 197–248.