The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides: New English Translations based on the Critical Editions of the Arabic Manuscripts

Gerrit Bos (Ph.D. 1989) is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. He has widely published in the fields of Jewish studies, Islamic studies, and medieval science and medicine in Arabic and Hebrew texts.

Preface



Introduction



1 On Asthma

 Chapter One: On the best regimen in general

 Chapter Two: On the provision of rules concerning the foods to be eaten or avoided in relation to this disease

 Chapter Three: On the different kinds of food that should be avoided or consumed, selected from those foods that are readily available and common among us

 Chapter Four: On the composition of different dishes which are beneficial in this disease

 Chapter Five: On the quantity of food

 Chapter Six: On the times of day for the consumption of food

 Chapter Seven: On beverages

 Chapter Eight: On the proper regimen in connection with the air and movements of the soul

 Chapter Nine: On the proper regimen for retention and evacuation

 Chapter Ten: On the proper regimen regarding sleep and waking, bathing, massage, and sexual intercourse

 Chapter Eleven: On the provision of rules for the treatment of this disease

 Chapter Twelve: On the composition of drugs necessary for every different kind of this disease, according to the scope of this treatise

 Chapter Thirteen: On the provision of rules, few in number but of great help for people in general, concerning the regimen of health and the healing of diseases; in hortatory form



2 On Poisons and the Protection against Lethal Drugs

 The First Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the regimen of someone bitten in general

 The Second Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the simple and compound topical remedies that are put on the site of the bite

 The Third Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the simple remedies that are beneficial for the bite of all kinds of vermin

 The Fourth Chapter of the First Part: On the compound remedies beneficial against bites and stings

 The Fifth Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the specific treatment of someone bitten by a certain animal

 The Sixth Chapter of the First Part: Concerning the foods to be given to bite victims in general and in particular, and certain remedies with specific properties which are fitting for this purpose

 The First Chapter of the Second Part: On the prophylaxis against deadly poisons

 The Second Chapter of the Second Part: Concerning the regimen in general of someone who took a deadly poison or who suspects that he took it

 The Third Chapter of the Second Part: Concerning the simple and compound remedies that are generally beneficial for someone who took poison

 The Fourth Chapter of the Second Part: On the regimen for someone who knows which poison he took



3 On Hemorrhoids

 Chapter One: A general discussion of the improvement of the digestions

 Chapter Two: On the food from which one should refrain because of this illness

 Chapter Three: On the foods that one should aim for because of this illness

 Chapter Four: On the simple and compound drugs that one should regularly take

 Chapter Five: On topical remedies which should be taken repeatedly as well

 Chapter Six: On that which one should rely upon when this disease flares up

 Chapter Seven: On the fumigations that should be prescribed for this illness



4 On Rules Regarding the Practical Part of the Medical Art



5 Medical Aphorisms

 The First Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the subject of the medical art, by which I mean the form of the organs of the human body and their functions and faculties

 The Second Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the humors

 The Third Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the principles of the art and general rules

 The Fourth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the pulse and the prognostic signs to be derived from it

 The Fifth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the prognostic signs to be derived from the urine

 The Sixth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the other prognostic signs

 The Seventh Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the causes of diseases which are often not known or which are discussed in a confused way

 The Eighth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the correct regimen for the healing of diseases in general

 The Ninth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning specific diseases

 The Tenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning fevers

 The Eleventh Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the periods and crisis of a disease

 The Twelfth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning evacuation by means of bloodletting

 The Thirteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning evacuations by means of purgatives and enemas

 The Fourteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning vomiting

 The Fifteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning surgery

 The Sixteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning women

 The Seventeenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the regimen of health in general

 The Eighteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning physical exercise

 The Nineteenth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning bathing

 The Twentieth Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning foods, beverages, and their consumption

 The Twenty-First Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning drugs

 The Twenty-Second Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the specific properties of remedies

 The Twenty-Third Treatise: Containing aphorisms concerning the differences between well-known diseases and the elucidation of technical terms that are well known to the physicians but whose exact meanings are sometimes unknown to them

 The Twenty-Fourth Treatise: Containing curiosities, which feature and are related in the medical books, and unusual, rare occurrences

 The Twenty-fifth Treatise: Containing some doubts that befell me concerning Galen’s words



6 On Coitus



7 On the Regimen of Health

 Chapter One: On the regimen of health in general, with respect to all people, in a few words

 Chapter Two: On the regimen of sick people in general, when no physician can be found, or when the available physician is such that one cannot rely upon his knowledge

 Chapter Three: On the regimen of my Master in particular, according to the symptoms he complains about

 Chapter Four: Consisting of sections in the form of hortatory rules that are useful in general and in particular for healthy and sick people in all places and all times



8 On the Elucidation of Some Symptoms and the Response to Them (Formerly Known as On the Causes of Symptoms)



9 Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms

 The First Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms

 The Second Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms

 The Third Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms

 The Fourth Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms

 The Fifth Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms

 The Sixth Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms

 The Seventh Part of the Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms



Glossary of Technical Terms

Glossary of Weights and Measures

Sigla

Index of Quoted Physicians, Philosophers, and Their Works

Index of Diseases and Afflictions

Index of Medicinal Products, Dishes, and Their Ingredients and Components (Including Poisons)