{"product_id":"medical-aphorisms-moses-maimonides-9780842527804","title":"Medical Aphorisms: Treatises 10-15","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoses Maimonides is among the most celebrated rabbis in the history of Judaism and the author of enduring works on philosophy, law, and medicine. \u003ci\u003eMedical Aphorisms\u003c\/i\u003e is the best known and most comprehensive of his works, and Gerrit Bos offers here a masterly English translation with detailed annotations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedical Aphorisms\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moses Maimonides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 084252780X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780842527804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brigham Young University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Moses Maimonides","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447799656703,"sku":"9780842527804","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0cc79aa-453d-4494-b214-47646023634b.jpg?v=1777234893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medical-aphorisms-moses-maimonides-9780842527804","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}