Eliakim Carmoly. History of the Jewish Physicians. Translated from the French and with notes by John R.W. Dunbar.

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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Lot 178
(MEDICINE).

Eliakim Carmoly. History of the Jewish Physicians. Translated from the French and with notes by John R.W. Dunbar.

<<FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.>> Engraved portrait Dr. Samuel Solomon tipped onto opening blank. pp. 94. Ex-library, worn. Contemporary roan, needs rebinding. 8vo. Singerman 887; Rosenbach 558.

Baltimore: John Murphy (1845)

Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
Covered here are the Jewish medical practitioners of antiquity, as recorded in the Bible and Talmud, and on through until the Middle Ages. See H. Friedenwald, The Jews and Medicine, p. 116.