This volume, the first printed edition of Maimonides’ interpretation of Hippocratic and Galenic doctrine, also includes the Aphorismi of St. John of Damascus, Razi’s De Secretis in Medicina, and Hippocrates’ Prognostica. Maimonides, born at Córdoba in 1135, was not only a physician, but also a rabbinical scholar, scientist, and philosopher. This text is based on a 9th-century Arabic translation of Hippocrates’ Aphorisms together with Galen’s commentary. All of Maimonides’ medical works were composed in Arabic, and subsequently translated into Hebrew and Latin. The Hebrew translations of this work and De Regimine Sanitatis were the work of Moses ibn Tibbon; the Latin translator is unknown. Excerpt from Moses Maimonides' Aphorismi Secundum Doctrinam Galeni [Aphorisms According to Galen's Teachings]
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