Al-Kashkari

Al-Kashkari (Arabic: الكسكري; 322 in AH/c. 934 CE in Kashkar – 414 AH/1023 CE in Fushanj)[1] was a hospital physician from Baghdad.[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

  1. ^ Al-Dhahabi (1983). سير أعلام النبلاء (in Arabic). مؤسسة الرسالة. p. 293.
  2. ^ Pormann, Peter E.; Savage-Smith, Emilie (2007). Medieval Islamic Medicine. Edinburgh University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-7486-2066-1.
  3. ^ 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.
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