Sirach’s praise of physicians is mixed with Jewish concern for usurping God’s position and affirmation that healing is ultimately the work of God. … Read the post Sirach, emphasizing God's primacy, ambivalently praised physicians
Trubert presents a sociopathic trickster carrying out random acts of violence. One trick assumes the medical superiority of an Oriental physician. … Read the post Trubert, 13th-century French fabliau, parodies Oriental physician
Physicians, sickness, medical treatments, and healing covered a wide conceptual range in 7th-to-10th-century texts of Josaphat Buddha’s life. … Read the post physicians and medical treatments in Josaphat Buddha's life
Jesus the Good Physician healed without cost through a word or a touch. Bad physicians traded on complex, costly, and dangerous treatments & medicines. … Read the post Jesus the good physician amid bad ancient medicine
Al-Jahiz the litterateur deployed linguistic logic. Yūhannā ibn Māsawayhi the physician advocated test and observation. The latter triumphed. … Read the post al-Jahiz the litterateur versus Yūhannā ibn Māsawayhi the physician