<p style='text-align: justify;'>From Ibn Buṭlān, Daʿwat al-aṭibbāʾ (كتاب دعوة الأطباء, ‘The banquet of the physicians’), corresponding to chapter 9 of the work (ed. Klein-Franke, 1984, pp. 54-57). First published by Colin Baker, 'A Note on an Arabic Fragment of Ibn Buṭlān's The Physicians' Dinner Party from the Cairo Genizah', Journal of The Royal Asiatic Society 3 (1993: 207-213).</p>