Moses Maimonides on the Causes of Symptoms / edited by J. O. Leibowitz and Shlomo Marcus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leibowitz, J. O. (Joshua Otto), 1895- editor.

Marcus, S. (Shlomo), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Medicine.

Jews.

Medicine, Arab.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.) : [2] leaves of plates: facsims.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1974]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The subject of this book is a treatise by Maimonides (1135 - 1204)--Jewish philosopher and at one time physician to the court of Egypt--commonly known as De causis accidentium. The treatise is presented here for the first time in a multilingual critical edition that includes the Hebrew, Arabic and medieval Latin texts as well as commentaries on each of them. The incentive for this publication was the recent discovery of a thirteenth-century Hebrew translation of the treatise, reproduced here in facsimile. Neither the Hebrew nor the Latin texts have previously been published in full. Because the editors have kept in mind the wider issues, this volume is congruent with present-day research on the transmission of ancient knowlege in the Middle Ages. Although his treatise was intended merely to treat specific questions involving a certain patient, Maimonides discusses several medical subjects, such as problems involving the circulatory system, the digestive organs and general dietetics, psychiatry, and specific aspects of physiology. A special feature of the volume is the editors' running commentary, based on the Arabic original as well as on various medieval translations, and designed to clarify some of the obscurities of the text, particularly its medical aspects. The editors suggest that Maimonides may have been familiar with such modern concepts as hemoconcentration and the use of psychotropic drugs. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

THE MEDICAL CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE

A PALAEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE JERUSALEM HEBREW MANUSCRIPT

The Hebrew Text (Hebrew MS. Jerusalem 3941) with Corrections and Annotations

THE EXTANT ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS

THE ARABIC TEXT

THE MEDIEVAL LATIN TRANSLATIONS

THE HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED PART OF THE LATIN TEXT

The Materia Medica of the Treatise

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520312074

0520312074

OCLC:

1198929480