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Medical Aphorisms
Moses Maimonides
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Description for Medical Aphorisms
Hardcover. Covers treatises sixteen to twenty-one. This title includes central subjects of these treatises such as women's diseases, physical exercise, bathing, foods, and the consumption of drugs. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
This fourth volume of the critical edition of the medical aphorisms compiled by Maimonides (1138-1204) covers treatises sixteen to twenty-one. The central subjects of these treatises include women's diseases, physical exercise, bathing, foods, and the consumption of drugs. Most of the aphorisms featured in this volume are based on the works of Galen, but Maimonides also quotes from other ancient and medieval physicians, including some whose work does not survive in any other source. This edition provides both the Arabic text and an authoritative English translation by Gerrit Bos in parallel-column format.
This fourth volume of the critical edition of the medical aphorisms compiled by Maimonides (1138-1204) covers treatises sixteen to twenty-one. The central subjects of these treatises include women's diseases, physical exercise, bathing, foods, and the consumption of drugs. Most of the aphorisms featured in this volume are based on the works of Galen, but Maimonides also quotes from other ancient and medieval physicians, including some whose work does not survive in any other source. This edition provides both the Arabic text and an authoritative English translation by Gerrit Bos in parallel-column format.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Brigham Young University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Medical Works of Moses Maimonides
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Utah, United States
ISBN
9780842528436
SKU
V9780842528436
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About Moses Maimonides
Gerrit Bos is chair of the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne.
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