Medical Aphorisms: Treatises 22-25

ISBN-13: 9780842528764 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 250 str.

Moses Maimonides; Gerrit Bos

Opis

Celebrated medieval rabbi Moses Maimonides wrote many philosophical, legal, and medical works. Of these, Medical Aphorismsis among his best-known. Consisting of approximately fifteen hundred maxims compiled from the works of the ancient Greek physician Galen, it is arranged as twenty-five treatises organized according to traditional medieval subspecialties such as gynecology, hygiene, and diet. Because the source texts no longer survive, Maimonides s version provides vital clues about Galen s thought that would otherwise remain unknown. This fifth volume of Gerrit Bos s critical edition includes both the definitive Arabic text and a masterly English translation.
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