Moses Maimonides (1135 to 1204)
1965; American College of Physicians; Volume: 62; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.7326/0003-4819-62-2-372
ISSN1539-3704
Autores Tópico(s)Medical History and Research
ResumoMedical History1 February 1965Moses Maimonides (1135 to 1204)FRED ROSNER, M.D.FRED ROSNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-2-372 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMoses Maimonides, rabbi, physician, philosopher, and mathematician, was born in Cordova, Spain, on March 30, 1135 (Nissan 14, 4895, in the Jewish Calendar), to an illustrious ancestry tracing back to the Royal House of King David of Israel. Upon his father Maimon fell the task of raising the precocious Moses Ben Maimon, whose mother had died giving him birth. Under constant persecution of the Almohades, the Maimon family wandered throughout Spain, North Africa, and Palestine, finally setting in Fostat (old Cairo), Egypt, in 1165. During these early, difficult years Maimonides wrote a brilliant work on logic and completed a work...References1. MEYERHOF M: L'Explication des noms de drogues: un glossaire de matière médicale compose par Maimonide. Bull. Inst. Egypte (Cairo): 41, 1940. Google Scholar2. KRONER H: Die haemorrhoiden in der medicin des XII und XIII Jahrhunderts. Janus 16: 441, 654, 1911. Google Scholar3. KRONER H: Ein Beitrag Zur Geschichte der Medizin des XII Jahrhunderts. Oberdorf-Bopfingen, 1906. Google Scholar4. KRONER H: Fi tadbir as sihhat. Janus 27: 1923-1925. Google Scholar5. KRONER H: Der medicinische schwanengesang des Maimonides. Janus 32: 12, 1928. Google Scholar6. MUNTNER S: Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, Mossad Harav Kook, Jerusalem, 1961. Google Scholar7. MUNTNER S: Medical Aphorisms of Moses, Mossad Harav Kook, Jerusalem, 1959. Google Scholar8. MUNTNER S: The Book on Asthma, Rubin-Mass, Jerusalem, 1940. (2nd edition, Geniza, Jerusalem, 1963.) Google Scholar9. MUNTNER S: Poisons and their Antidotes, Rubin-Mass, Jerusalem, 1942. Google Scholar10. MUNTNER S: Regimen Sanitatis: Letters on the Hygiene of the Body and of the Soul, Mossad Harav Kook, Jerusalem, 1957. Google Scholar11. RABBINOWICZ IM: Traité des Poisons, Lipschutz, Paris, 1935. Google Scholar12. DE MARTINI U: Segreto dei Segreti. Institute of the History of Medicine of the University of Rome, Rome, 1960. Google Scholar13. GORDON HL: The Preservation of Youth, Philosophical Library, New York, 1958. Google Scholar14. GORLIN M: Maimonides "On Sexual Intercourse," Rambash, Brooklyn, 1961. Google Scholar15. MUNTNER S: Treatise on Asthma, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1963. Google Scholar16. BRAGMAN LJ: Maimonides on physical hygiene. Ann. Med. Hist. 7: 140, 1925. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. BRAGMAN LJ: Maimonides' treatise on poisons. Med. J. Rec. 124: 103, 169, 1926. Google Scholar18. BRAGMAN LJ: Maimonides' treatise on hemorrhoids, New York J. Med. 27: 598, 1927. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.From the Division of Chronic Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Fred Rosner, M.D., 834 Berkshire Drive, Hyattsville, Md.*Translated from the Hebrew Text. In "Ram-bam, Iggeroth Utshuvoth." (Letters and Responsa of Maimonides), Lewin-Epstein Bros., Jerusalem, 1961. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA contemporary look at FVIII inhibitor development: still a great influence on the evolution of hemophilia therapiesFAMOUS GASTROENTEROLOGY QUOTESMilestones in Hemophilia and Concepts in Future Clinical Trial DesignReformers in Medical Education and PracticeLiteraturCircumcision in Hemophilia: The Use of Fibrin Glue for Local HemostasisLetters to the EditorHemophilia in the Talmud and Rabbinic WritingsFRED ROSNER, M.D. 1 February 1965Volume 62, Issue 2Page: 372-375KeywordsBirthMedical services Issue Published: 1 February 1965 PDF downloadLoading ...
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