Moses Maimonides created a lot of works. He was able to describe diseases and its causes, different existed poisons and drugs. Here are the most popular works which were created by that great physician, and their truth was proved by practice.
The Art of Cure contains the most important works of Galen. Moses wanted to make the book not very big but informative and useful. Also he published the book named as Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. In this book the author underlined that his standpoints were rather different to those of Greeks. So, he tried to point out the main issues concerning such topic. One more work was The Aphorisms of Moses. There are twenty five chapters covering rather different medical themes such as anatomy, fevers, blood transfusion, surgical treatment, different types of diet, using of drugs and many other topics which were really important. Particularly through this work we could see how aware he was. He could define the difference between the cause of the disease and the symptoms. For that time it was really great and it was wonderful that Moses did not afraid to show his knowledge in order to help people.
When he examined the patient he paid attention not only his physical health, it was very important to take into consideration the emotion and mental conditions. Such approach was not widespread for that period that is why it was good. It also was the indicator of more correct diagnosis and way of treatment.
There are also several works which were the indicators of his extraordinary knowledge such as Treatise on Hemorrhoids, on Cohabitation and Asthma. The structure of the book was easy: symptoms of the disease and the treatment. The treatment was not usual as it covers not only the treatment of the disease but the treatment of the person in general. He described necessary surrounding, kinds of food, the actions for the patient in order to be healthy as quickly as possible. Such types of advice were not usual. The ways of treatment were rather different and the degree of them as well. One of the most dangerous was the bite of the snake. It was unusual, interesting and helpful.
Andrew
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