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## THE MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 439 Enrique Schorr' has recently published an article entitled "Maimonides Medico" which gives a balanced account of the position of the great Rabbi in the history of medicine. Though he was no Galen, he was yet outstanding in his practice and in his writings. Asthma, poisons and their antidotes, hremorrhoids, diet and baths are some of the subjects dealt with. In certain respects he was a true pioneer. Thus he vigorously championed hygiene. Here are some of his aphorisms on tbis topic: "The principal aim of medicine is not so much the cure of diseases as their prevention." "One should hold the view that medicine is a science very necessary for humanity at all times and in all places, not cnly in illness but in health." "Out of every thousand men only one dies a natural death, the others are victims of ignorance or vice." Perhaps his greatest contribution to medical theory and practice was in the realm of psychotherapy. As an Arab poet put it: "The art of Galen was concerned with the cure of the body, that of Maimonides with the cure of body and mind." His advice to disciples was: "Study each causal factor and treat it; treat each psychic conditi

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AMPCo

Published

1959

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EN

Field

Social Sciences