Research Catalog

Title

The medical legacy of Moses Maimonides / by Fred Rosner.

Author

Rosner, Fred

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : KTAV Publishing House, 1998.

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Description

xii, 308 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Maimonides, Moses
• Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 > Contributions in medicine
• Religion and Medicine
• Judaism
• History, Medieval
• History of Medicine
• Medicine in Literature
• Medicine in rabbinical literature
• Medicine, Medieval

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Medical Writings. 1. The Medical Writings of Maimonides. 2. The Treatise on Asthma. 3. The Treatise on Poisons. 4. Maimonides' Medical Aphorisms. 5. The Introduction to the Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates -- Medical Topics. 6. Ophthalmological Aphorisms. 7. Surgical Aphorisms. 8. Geriatric Aphorisms. 9. Diseases of the Chest. 10. The Heart. 11. Headache. 12. Hemophilia. 13. Obstetrics. 14. Dentistry. 15. Urology and Urinalysis. 16. Circumcision -- Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. 17. Preventive Medicine. 18. Human Temperaments and a Regimen of Health. 19. Therapeutic Efficacy of Chicken Soup. 20. The Responsum on Longevity -- Miscellaneous. 21. Medicine in Maimonides' Mishnah Commentary. 22. The Physician's Prayer Attributed to Moses Maimonides.

ISBN

0881255734

LCCN

^^^97016874^

OCLC

• 36817207
• SCSB-10093770

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library