Anecdotes and Antidotes: A Medieval Arabic History of Physicians by Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah. I started reading it last year and got distracted and didn't finish it,

Anecdotes and Antidotes: A Medieval Arabic History of Physicians by Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah. I started reading it last year and got distracted and didn't finish it, but it's very interesting. It's basically a chronicle of all the physicians this guy knew of. There's some genuinely interesting history in there, like how much they respected Galen and still referenced those works. And then there's some esoteric stuff like diagnosing a sick sultan by looking at a vial of his urine, or copious warnings of not to have sex with older women as they'll steal your life-force. Also oddly specific accounts of how much these physicians were paid and what in. Hopefully the sort of thing you're looking for. I just found it in a book store one day. edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Abi_Usaybi%27a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Abi_Usaybi%27a - this fella, as that work goes under a few names.