The History of Medieval Medicine Through Jewish Ma

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  • What manuscripts can teach us that other printed works cannot
  • The basics of three important medical texts
    1. Sa’ ?d b. Hibat All?h, al-Mughn? f? Tadb?r al- Amr?? (All You Need to Manage Diseases)
    2. Ab? ‘Al? Ibn S?n? (Avicenna), al-Adwiya al- Qalbiyya (On Cardiac Drugs)
    3. Al? b. al-’Abb?s al-Maj?s?, al-K?mil f? ?in?’at al- ?ibb (The Complete Art of Medicine)
  • Some basic premise of medieval Jewish medical training and thought
  • What paratexts are and how to read them
  • Cues to lexicography and philology

Offered By:  PennX

Course Duration:  4 Weeks

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