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Medical Aphorisms
Moses Maimonides
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Description for Medical Aphorisms
Hardcover. Consists of approximately 1,500 maxims compiled by Maimonides arranges the aphorisms into twenty-five treatises, organizing them by traditional medieval subspecialties such as gynecology, hygiene, and diet. This title include fevers, periods and crises of a disease, and surgery. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Moses Maimonides is among the most celebrated rabbis in the history of Judaism and the author of enduring works on philosophy, law, and medicine. "Medical Aphorisms" is the best-known and most comprehensive of his works, and Gerrit Bos offers here a masterly English translation with detailed annotations. "Medical Aphorisms" consists of approximately 1,500 maxims compiled by Maimonides arranges the aphorisms into twenty-five treatises, organizing them by traditional medieval subspecialties such as gynecology, hygiene, and diet. The central subjects of the treatises presented in this volume include fevers, periods and crises of a disease, and surgery. Because the original texts that ... Read more
Moses Maimonides is among the most celebrated rabbis in the history of Judaism and the author of enduring works on philosophy, law, and medicine. "Medical Aphorisms" is the best-known and most comprehensive of his works, and Gerrit Bos offers here a masterly English translation with detailed annotations. "Medical Aphorisms" consists of approximately 1,500 maxims compiled by Maimonides arranges the aphorisms into twenty-five treatises, organizing them by traditional medieval subspecialties such as gynecology, hygiene, and diet. The central subjects of the treatises presented in this volume include fevers, periods and crises of a disease, and surgery. Because the original texts that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Brigham Young University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Medical Works of Moses Maimonides
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Utah, United States
ISBN
9780842527804
SKU
V9780842527804
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About Moses Maimonides
Gerrit Bos, chair of the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne, is widely published in the fields of Jewish studies, Islamic studies, Judeo-Arabic texts, and medieval Islamic science and medicine.
Reviews for Medical Aphorisms
"A project like this... is a most welcome addition to the growing international bibliography of ancient and medieval medical authors." (Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences)"