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Maimonides on the Preservation ofHealth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

Gerrit Bos
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It is well-known that Maimonides (1135–1204), one ofthe greatest philosophers and experts in Jewish law(Halakhah), was an eminentphysician as well. He probably studied medicineduring his sojourn in Fez (Morocco) between 1158 and1165, after he and his family had fled from hisnative city Cordoba, because of the persecutions bythe fanatical Muslim regime of the Almohades.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , July 1994 , pp. 213 - 235
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1994

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