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MEDICAL APHORISMS
TREATISES 10-15 |
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Treatises 10-15 |
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Moses Maimonides, Gerrit Bos |
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Hardback |
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ISBN 10: |
084252780X |
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9780842527804 |
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Publisher: |
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 February, 2011 |
Series: |
Medical Works of Moses Maimonides |
Pages: |
200 |
Description: |
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. |
Synopsis: |
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 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. |
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Brigham Young University Press |
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