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OverviewMoses 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 from the treatises of Galen, the ancient Greek physician. 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 Maimonides drew from have not survived, these aphorisms provide tantalizing clues about aspects of Galen’s thought that are otherwise unknown. They thus serve as a window onto the ancient medical theories of Galen as well as on the medieval practice of Maimonides. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Moses Maimonides , Gerrit BosPublisher: Brigham Young University Press Imprint: Brigham Young University Press Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9780842527804ISBN 10: 084252780 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 15 February 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA 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) Author InformationGerrit 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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