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Maimonides on the Preservation of Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

Extract

It is well-known that Maimonides (1135–1204), one of the greatest philosophers and experts in Jewish law (Halakhah), was an eminent physician as well. He probably studied medicine during his sojourn in Fez (Morocco) between 1158 and 1165, after he and his family had fled from his native city Cordoba, because of the persecutions by the fanatical Muslim regime of the Almohades.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1994

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