Al-Kashkari
Appearance
Al-Kashkari(Arabic:الكسكري;322 inAH/c. 934 CE inKashkar– 414 AH/1023 CE inFushanj)[1]was a hospital physician fromBaghdad.[2]
In diagnosing mental disorder, al-Kashkari 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Al-Dhahabi(1983).سير أعلام النبلاء(in Arabic). مؤسسة الرسالة. p. 293.
- ^Pormann, Peter E.;Savage-Smith, Emilie(2007).Medieval Islamic Medicine.Edinburgh University Press.p. 54.ISBN978-0-7486-2066-1.
- ^Meri, Josef W.; Bacharach, Jere L. (2006).Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia.Routledge.p. 496.ISBN0-415-96691-4.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.