HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PHYSICIANS
Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy, 1845. Item #42795
1st English edition, original leather boards. 8vo, 94, [34] pages; 24 cm. Singerman 0887.
Originally published in French as, “Histoire Des Me´decins Juifs,” in 1844.
“Carmoly, who was born in Sulz, Alsace, studied under distinguished rabbis in Colmar. After spending some years examining Hebrew manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, he took up a rabbinical post in Brussels in 1832. He resigned after seven years because of criticism of his reformist tendencies and moved to Frankfurt. There he devoted himself to the collection and study of ancient manuscripts and books, about which he published articles in Hebrew, French, and German journals. However, he was suspected by the Hebrew scholars of his time of carelessness and even forgery….Carmoly was, in addition, one of the pioneers in the study of the history of Jewish medicine and Jewish physicians, and wrote Histoire des Medecins juifs (1844).” (encyclopedia.com)
SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Medicine. Physicians. Food -- Abnormalities. History. Clubfoot -- surgery.
OCLC: 14846431.
Spine rebacked, some wear on boards, ex library with usual marks. Good Condition. (BK5)(AMR- 69-1-BE-’dkk).
Price: $1,000.00