{"product_id":"the-doctors-dinner-party-9781479827473","title":"The Doctors' Dinner Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty satire of the medical profession\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Doctors’ Dinner Party \u003c\/i\u003eis an eleventh-century satire in the form of a novella, set in a medical milieu. A young doctor from out of town is invited to dinner with a group of older medical men, whose conversation reveals their incompetence. Written by the accomplished physician Ibn Buṭlān, the work satirizes the hypocrisy of quack doctors while displaying Ibn Buṭlān’s own deep technical knowledge of medical practice, including surgery, blood-letting, and medicines. He also makes reference to the great thinkers and physicians of the ancient world, including Hippocrates, Galen, and Socrates. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining literary parody with social satire, the book is richly textured and carefully organized: in addition to the use of the question-and-answer format associated with technical literature, it is replete with verse and subtexts that hint at the infatuation of the elderly practitioners with their young guest. \u003ci\u003eThe Doctors’ Dinner Party is \u003c\/i\u003ean entertaining read in which the author skewers the pretensions of the physicians around the table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ibn Buṭlān","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48167150387451,"sku":"9781479827473","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_8e5b367a-12c4-4444-ae14-31f0e2c132ae.jpg?v=1776139942","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-doctors-dinner-party-9781479827473","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}