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This edition contains the collected English translations of the series The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides (17 vols., 2002–2021) that were published by Gerrit Bos in parallel critical editions along with the original Arabic texts. The collection offers three main medical treatises by Maimonides (1138–1204) (Medical Aphorisms; Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms; On Poisons and the Protection against Lethal Drugs and six minor ones (On Coitus; On the Regimen of Health; On the Elucidation of Some Symptoms and the Response to Them; On Hemorrhoids; On Asthma; On Rules Regarding the Practical Part of the Medical Art, presented for the first time in one harmonized volume, supplemented by indexes of diseases, medicinal ingredients, and quoted physicians.

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Author:   Gerrit Bos
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   1.149kg
ISBN:  

9789004498877

ISBN 10:   9004498877
Pages:   676
Publication Date:   25 November 2021
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1 On Asthma  Chapter One: On the best regimen in general  Chapter Two: On the provision of rules concerning the foods to be eaten or avoided in relation to this disease  Chapter Three: On the different kinds of food that should be avoided or consumed, selected from those foods that are readily available and common among us  Chapter Four: On the composition of different dishes which are beneficial in this disease  Chapter Five: On the quantity of food  Chapter Six: On the times of day for the consumption of food  Chapter Seven: On beverages  Chapter Eight: On the proper regimen in connection with the air and movements of the soul  Chapter Nine: On the proper regimen for retention and evacuation  Chapter Ten: On the proper regimen regarding sleep and waking, bathing, massage, and sexual intercourse  Chapter Eleven: On the provision of rules for the treatment of this disease  Chapter Twelve: On the composition of drugs necessary for every different kind of this disease, according to the scope of this treatise  Chapter Thirteen: On the provision of rules, few in number but of great help for people in general, concerning the regimen of health and the healing of diseases; in hortatory form 2 On Poisons and the Protection against Lethal Drugs  The First Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the regimen of someone bitten in general  The Second Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the simple and compound topical remedies that are put on the site of the bite  The Third Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the simple remedies that are beneficial for the bite of all kinds of vermin  The Fourth Chapter of the First Part: On the compound remedies beneficial against bites and stings  The Fifth Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the specific treatment of someone bitten by a certain animal  The Sixth Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the foods to be given to bite victims in general and in particular, and certain remedies with specific properties which are fitting for this purpose  The First Chapter of the Second Part: On the prophylaxis against deadly poisons  The Second Chapter of the Second Part: Concerning the regimen in general of someone who took a deadly poison or who suspects that he took it  The Third Chapter of the Second Part: Concerning the simple and compound remedies that are generally beneficial for someone who took poison  The Fourth Chapter of the Second Part: On the regimen for someone who knows which poison he took 3 On Hemorrhoids  Chapter One: A general discussion of the improvement of the digestions  Chapter Two: On the food from which one should refrain because of this illness  Chapter Three: On the foods that one should aim for because of this illness  Chapter Four: On the simple and compound drugs that one should regularly take  Chapter Five: On topical remedies which should be taken repeatedly as well  Chapter Six: On that which one should rely upon when this disease flares up  Chapter Seven: On the fumigations that should be prescribed for this illness 4 On Rules Regarding the Practical Part of the Medical Art 5 Medical Aphorisms  The First Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the subject of the medical art, by which I mean the form of the organs of the human body and their functions and faculties  The Second Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the humors  The Third Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the principles of the art and general rules  The Fourth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the pulse and the prognostic signs to be derived from it  The Fifth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the prognostic signs to be derived from the urine  The Sixth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the other prognostic signs  The Seventh Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the causes of diseases which are often not known or which are discussed in a confused way  The Eighth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the correct regimen for the healing of diseases in general  The Ninth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning specific diseases  The Tenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning fevers  The Eleventh Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the periods and crisis of a disease  The Twelfth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning evacuation by means of bloodletting  The Thirteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning evacuations by means of purgatives and enemas  The Fourteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning vomiting  The Fifteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning surgery  The Sixteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning women  The Seventeenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the regimen of health in general  The Eighteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning physical exercise  The Nineteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning bathing  The Twentieth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning foods, beverages, and their consumption  The Twenty-First Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning drugs  The Twenty-Second Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the specific properties of remedies  The Twenty-Third Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the differences between well-known diseases and the elucidation of technical terms that are well known to the physicians but whose exact meanings are sometimes unknown to them  The Twenty-Fourth Treatise: Containing curiosities, which feature and are related in the medical books, and unusual, rare occurrences  The Twenty-fifth Treatise: Containing some doubts that befell me concerning Galen’s words 6 On Coitus 7 On the Regimen of Health  Chapter One: On the regimen of health in general, with respect to all people, in a few words  Chapter Two: On the regimen of sick people in general, when no physician can be found, or when the available physician is such that one cannot rely upon his knowledge  Chapter Three: On the regimen of my Master in particular, according to the symptoms he complains about  Chapter Four: Consisting of sections in the form of hortatory rules that are useful in general and in particular for healthy and sick people in all places and all times 8 On the Elucidation of Some Symptoms and the Response to Them (Formerly Known as On the Causes of Symptoms) 9 Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms  The First Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms  The Second Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms  The Third Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms  The Fourth Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms  The Fifth Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms  The Sixth Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms  The Seventh Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms Glossary of Technical Terms Glossary of Weights and Measures Sigla Index of Quoted Physicians, Philosophers, and Their Works Index of Diseases and Afflictions Index of Medicinal Products, Dishes, and Their Ingredients and Components (Including Poisons)

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Gerrit Bos (Ph.D. 1989) is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. He has widely published in the fields of Jewish studies, Islamic studies, and medieval science and medicine in Arabic and Hebrew texts.

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