Rufus of Ephesus
Rufus of Ephesus | |
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Born | c. 70 AD |
Died | c. 110 AD |
Occupation | Physician |
Rufus of Ephesus (
Life
Little is known about Rufus's life. According to the
Works
Although Rufus was a voluminous author, the majority of his works no longer survive in full. The most recent attempt to publish his corpus as a whole remains C. Daremberg and E. Ruelle's Oeuvres de Rufus d'Éphèse: texte collationé sur les manuscrits, traduits pour la première fois en français, avec une introduction (1879). Important studies of Rufus' corpus were subsequently published in the 20th century by Johannes Ilberg[5] and Alexander Sideras.[6]
Rufus' principal work on anatomy was entitled On the Names of the Parts of the Human Body. The work contains valuable information about the state of anatomical science before the time of
The names of nearly one hundred works have been preserved by Galen, the
- On the Names of the Parts of the Human Body
- On Diseases of the Bladder and Kidneys (1977 CMG Greek text)
- On Satyriasis and Gonorrhea
- Medical Questions
- On Gout (in Latin)
- On Nabidh (in Arabic)
- On Jaundice (in Latin and Arabic)
- Case histories (in Arabic)
Some of this lost works include:[10]
- On Regimen
- On Ancient Medicine
- On the Diet of Seafarers
- On Harmful Drugs
- On Injuries to the Limbs
- On Milk
His short treatise Medical Questions, is valuable because its advice on how a doctor can gain information from a patient through questions offers a glimpse into the bedside manner of ancient physicians.
Qusta ibn Luqa translated another treatise, on Nabidh, into Arabic. Ibn Menduria Isfahani also edited ‘Risalah al Nabidh’. Fuat Sezgin[15] stated that a copy of the manuscript ‘Risalah al Nabidh’ is extant at present only in the Library of University of Aleppo. But another copy of this manuscript is also preserved in the Library of Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences. This second copy of the manuscript ‘Risalah al Nabidh’ dated 1745 AD was derived from another manuscript dated 1291 AD which was based on an earlier translation by Qusta ibn Luqa from the original text on Nabidh by Rufus of Ephesus. Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman edited the second copy of the manuscript ‘Risalah al Nabidh’ dated 1745 AD with translation and detailed commentary.[16]
Works mentioned by Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿa
The following titles are mentioned by
- On Melancholy (K. al-Mālankhūliyā), written in two books.
- A work in forty books.
- On Naming the Parts of the Body (K. tasmiyat aʿḍāʾ al-insān).
- The Disease of Rabies (Maqālah fī ʿillah allatī yaʿriḍu maʿahā al-fazaʿ min al-māʾ).
- Jaundice and Yellow Bile (M. Fī al-yaraqān wa-l-marār).
- Gout (M. Fī al-amrāḍ allatī taʿriḍu fī l-mafāṣil).
- On the Reduction of the Flesh (M. Fī tanqīṣ al-laḥm).
- Regimen for those Lacking Physicians (K. Tadbīr man lā yaḥḍuruhu al-ṭabīb), in two books.
- On Severe Throat Conditions (M. Fī l-dhubḥah).
- The Medicine of Hippocrates (K. Ṭibb Abuqrāṭ).
- On the Use of Wine (M. Fī stiʿmāl al-sharāb).
- The Treatment of Infertile Women (M. Fī ʿilāj allawātī lā yaḥbalna).
- Precepts to Preserve Health (M. Fī qaḍāyā ḥifẓ al-ṣiḥḥah).
- Epilepsy (M. Fī l-ṣarʿ).
- On Quartan Fevers (M. Fī l-ḥummā al-ribʿ).
- Pleurisy and Pneumonia (M. Fī dhāt al-janb wa-dhāt al-riʾah).
- On Regimen (M. Fī l-tadbīr), in two books.
- On Coitus (K. al-Bāh), in one book.
- On Medicine (K. al-Ṭibb), in one book.
- Hospital Practices (M. Fī aʿmāl allatī tuʿmalu fī l-bīmāristānāt).
- On Milk (M. Fī l-laban).
- On Sects (M. Fī l-firaq).
- On Virgins (M. Fī l-abkār).
- Figs (M. Fī l-tīn).
- The Traveller's Regimen (M. Fī tadbīr al-musāfir).
- On Halitosis (M. Fī l-bakhar).
- To Potamonianus, On Vomiting (M. kataba bihā ilā M-ā-ṭ-w-n-y-w-n fī l-qayʾ).
- Lethal Drugs (M. Fī l-adwiyah al-qātilah).
- Drugs to Treat the Illnesses of the Kidneys and the Bladder (M. Fī adwiyat ʿilal al-kulā wa-l-mathānah).
- On Whether the Frequent Imbibing of Medicaments at Banquets is Beneficial (M. fī hal kathrat sharb al-dawāʾ fī l-walāʾim nāfiʿ).
- Hard Swellings (M. Fī l-awrām al-ṣulbah).
- On Memory (M. Fī l-ḥifẓ).
- The Disease of Dionysius, i.e. Suppuration (M. Fī ʿillat Diyūnūsiyūs wa-huwa al-qayḥ).
- On Wounds (M. Fī l-jarāḥāt).
- Diet for the Elderly (M. Fī tadbīr al-shaykhūkhah).
- The Advice of the Physicians (M. Fī waṣāyā al-aṭībbāʾ).
- On Clysters (M. Fī l-ḥuqan).
- On Childbirth (M. Fī l-wilādah).
- On Luxation (M. Fī l-khalʿ).
- The Treatment of Amenorrhea (M. Fī iḥtibās al-ṭamth).
- Chronic Diseases according to Hippocrates (M. Fī l-amrāḍ al-muzminah ʿalā raʾy Abuqrāṭ).
- Classes of Drugs (M. Fī marātib al-adwiyah).
- Questions Physicians Must Ask Patients (M. Fīmā yanbaghī li-l-ṭabīb an yasʾala ʿan al-ʿalīl).
- On Raising Children (M. Fī tarbiyat al-aṭfāl).
- Vertigo (M. Fī dawarān al-raʾs).
- On Urine (M. Fī l-bawl).
- The Drug Named Liquorice (M. Fī l-ʿaqqār alladhī yudʿā sūsan)
- On the Congestion of the Lungs (M. Fī l-nuzlah ilā l-riʾah).
- Chronic Diseases of the Liver (M. Fī ʿilal al-kibd al-muzminah).
- On the Occurrence of Shortness of Breath in Men (Fī annahu yaʿriḍu li-l-rijāl inqiṭāʿ al-tanaffus).
- On Purchasing Slaves (M. Fī shirā l-mamālīk).
- The Treatment of Epileptic Children (M. Fī ʿilāj ṣabī yuṣraʿu).
- Diet for Pregnant Women (M. Fī tadbīr al-ḥabālā).
- On Indigestion (M. Fī l-tukhamah).
- On Rue (M. Fī l-sadhāb).
- On Sweating (M. Fī l-ʿaraq).
- Intestinal Obstruction (M. Fī īlāws).
- On Epilepsy (M. Fī ʾ-b l-m-s-ī-ā).
Notes
- ^ "Texts and Translations – Word Doctors". Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Suda ρ 241
- ^ ap. Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. "Prorrhet. I., ii. 58. vol. xvi. p. 636
- ^ ap. Mai, Class. Auct. e Vatic. Codic. editi, vol. iv. p. 11
- ^ Ilberg, Johannes (1930). Rufus von Ephesos: ein griechischer Arzt in trajanischer Zeit.
- ^ Sideras, Alexander (1994). "Rufus von Ephesos und sein Werk in Rahmen der antiken Medizin". In Haase, W. (ed.). Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Vol. 37. pp. 1077–1253.
- ^ "Rufus Ephesius" entry in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 669. Volume 3. (1869)
- ^ John Scarborough, (1993), Roman Medicine to Galen, page 45. ANRW
- ^ Robert J. Littman, (1996), Medicine in Alexandria, page 2703. ANRW
- ^ Suda ρ 241
- ^ Vivian Nutton, (2004), Ancient Medicine, page 209. Routledge
- ^ Vivian Nutton, (2004), Ancient Medicine, page 210. Routledge
- ^ Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. Epid. VI., i. 10. vol. xvii. pt. i. p. 849
- ^ Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. Prorreht. I., ii. 58, vol. xvi. p. 636
- ^ Fuat Sezgin, Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums, Vol 3; page 273
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- ^ "Brill's Scholarly Editions". dh.brill.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
References
- ISBN 0-19-866172-X
- Vivian Nutton, Ancient Medicine. London, Routledge, 2004.
- Pormann, Peter E. (ed.). Rufus of Ephesus. On Melancholy. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008, 340 pp.(Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam Religionemque pertinentia, 12).
- Worddoctors.org