Illustration of the parts of the body as a house

Item Information

Title:
Illustration of the parts of the body as a house
Title (alt.):
Ma'aseh Tobiyyah
Description:
Polish physician Tobias ben Moses Cohn knew nine languages and was court physician to five sultans in Adrianople. In 1724, he moved to Jerusalem. The Ma’aseh Tobiyyah [“Works of Tobias”] is an encyclopedia of theology, botany, astronomy, and medicine, and is remarkable for being the first work in Hebrew to mention the medicinal properties of tobacco. The illustration here compares the rooms and functions of a house with the organs of the human body. Woodcut showing the parts of the body as a house, from Tobias ben Moses Cohn's Ma'aseh Tobiyyah
Creator:
Cohn, Tobias ben Moses, 1652-1729
Date:
1721
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Boston Medical Library
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (1.Mmh.5)
Series:
Boston Medical Library
Subjects:
Cohn, Tobias ben Moses, 1652-1729
Woodcuts (prints)
Anatomy
Extent:
1 woodcut
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/25
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Publisher:
Ye’snits : Nidpas paʻam rishon be-Ṿinitsiʼah, ṿe-ʻatah nidpas paʻam shenit poh ḳ.ḳ. be-Yesnits ... Be-mitsṿat baʻal ha-madpis Yiśraʼel bar Avraham,
Language:
Hebrew
Notes:
Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934