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Papers by Samuel Kottek
Medical History, Oct 1, 1978
A HEBREW PARAPHRASE OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH (FROM A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT) by S. S. KOTTEK... more A HEBREW PARAPHRASE OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH (FROM A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT) by S. S. KOTTEK, J. 0. LEIBOWITZ, and B. RICHLER* I. DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT** MS NO. Mic. 2469 in the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library in New York (formerly E. N. Adler collection no. 2405) is a collection of nearly forty short works on philosophy, kabbala, and Talmud written in a fifteenth-century rabbinical Byzantine script. In cataloguing the microfilm copy of the manusclipt at the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem," I was able to identify one short piece as a Hebrew adaptation of Hippocrates' oath, apparently the first such text to come to light. The oath in its Hebrew version is found on page 212v of the manuscript under the heading Musar he-hasid Abukrat. It is immediately preceded by the following works (in Hebrew): Liber de Pomo attributed to Aristotle in Abraham ben Ijisdai's well- known translation (fols. 203`-207v); an ethical letter, also attributed to Aristotle in Judah al-Ijarizi's translation from the Arabic version by a certain Ali2 (fols. 209r-21Iv); and a prayer attributed to Socrates in the translation of Zerahia (fol. 212'). It may be noted that in our manuscript the names of the translators of the two latter works were omitted even though they appear in other medieval manuscripts of the same works. Our codex is briefly described in the catalogue of E. N. Adler's collection of manuscripts,3 but no mention is made of Hippocrates' oath. The same is true of the more detailed handwritten description attached to the manuscript. At least three scholars made use of our codex in their publications, and one of them, A. Marx, added a short description of the codex to one of his articles,4 but none of them made mention of our text.
Medicine and Hygiene in the Works of Flavius Josephus, 1994
... par Gad Freudenthal....-Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2003 (Études sur le judaïsme médiéval; T. 24 .... more ... par Gad Freudenthal....-Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2003 (Études sur le judaïsme médiéval; T. 24 ... L'Enarratio brevis de senum affectibus («Bref commentaire aux maladies des vieillards») de David de ... 1789 251 JEAN GOLDMAN, La contribution des juifs à la chirurgie française depuis ...
Israel journal of medical sciences, 1993
Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on th... more Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on that topic.
Obesity Surgery, 1997
... And Eglon was a very fat man [Hebrew ish bari me'odl.2 Ehud smote him with his left ha... more ... And Eglon was a very fat man [Hebrew ish bari me'odl.2 Ehud smote him with his left hand, and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly. We are not told whether Eglon was sick or healthy, but we again learn that bari meant fat. ...
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1996
The American Historical Review, 1999
Introduction. 1. Political Beginnings. 2. The Apologies des Juifs. 3. A Revolutionary Jewish Voic... more Introduction. 1. Political Beginnings. 2. The Apologies des Juifs. 3. A Revolutionary Jewish Voice. 4. The Frustrations of Emancipation. 5. Revolutionary Illusions. 6. A Would--Be Ideologue. 7. In Retreat. Conclusion.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 1993
Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on t... more Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on that topic.
Medicina nei secoli, 2010
David Macht already stated that in several ancient languages the same term is used for kidneys an... more David Macht already stated that in several ancient languages the same term is used for kidneys and testes. "Preparation or elaboration of the semen was considered to be one of the functions of the kidneys in man". In the Bible, however, this confusion does not exist, at least not on the anatomical level. Together with the heart, the kidneys are paradigmatic of the innermost organs, wherefrom result their metaphoric association in being the seat of emotions and of wisdom. Some of these aspects will be delineated in the present study, briefly in Bible and Talmud, while stressing medieval Jewish sources, including the works of Shabtai Donnolo, Judah Halevi, Shem-Tov Falaquera, and Meir ibn Aldabi.
... praised, when (on condition that) both patient and physician entrusted the Lord to allow the ... more ... praised, when (on condition that) both patient and physician entrusted the Lord to allow the healing process to succeed (Book of Ben Sira, chapter 38 ... rofé (physician, healer) is only used in the Pentateuch (the Five Books of Moses) in the context of the embalming of Jacob and of ...
Children's clothing is a subject that forms part of the history of pediatrics. Many studies f... more Children's clothing is a subject that forms part of the history of pediatrics. Many studies focus on the ideas developed by Locke and Rousseau. Here we choose to focus our study on an author who is rarely quoted: Jacques Ballexserd (1726-1774), "citizen of Geneva," who is little known to historians of pediatrics. However, George Frederic Still (1868-1941) devotes two pages to his views in his Histoire de la Pédiatrie.
The Healing Past
... This passage should be compared with the scene of exorcism allegedly witnessed by Josephus, p... more ... This passage should be compared with the scene of exorcism allegedly witnessed by Josephus, performed by a certain Eleazar in the presence of Vespasian." He put to the nose of the possessed man a ring which had under its seal one of the roots prescribed by Salomon, and ...
Medicine and Hygiene in the Works of Flavius Josephus
Medicine and Hygiene in the Works of Flavius Josephus
Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. Wissenschaften (Medizin und Biologie [Forts.]), 1996
Medical History, Oct 1, 1978
A HEBREW PARAPHRASE OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH (FROM A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT) by S. S. KOTTEK... more A HEBREW PARAPHRASE OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH (FROM A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT) by S. S. KOTTEK, J. 0. LEIBOWITZ, and B. RICHLER* I. DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT** MS NO. Mic. 2469 in the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Library in New York (formerly E. N. Adler collection no. 2405) is a collection of nearly forty short works on philosophy, kabbala, and Talmud written in a fifteenth-century rabbinical Byzantine script. In cataloguing the microfilm copy of the manusclipt at the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem," I was able to identify one short piece as a Hebrew adaptation of Hippocrates' oath, apparently the first such text to come to light. The oath in its Hebrew version is found on page 212v of the manuscript under the heading Musar he-hasid Abukrat. It is immediately preceded by the following works (in Hebrew): Liber de Pomo attributed to Aristotle in Abraham ben Ijisdai's well- known translation (fols. 203`-207v); an ethical letter, also attributed to Aristotle in Judah al-Ijarizi's translation from the Arabic version by a certain Ali2 (fols. 209r-21Iv); and a prayer attributed to Socrates in the translation of Zerahia (fol. 212'). It may be noted that in our manuscript the names of the translators of the two latter works were omitted even though they appear in other medieval manuscripts of the same works. Our codex is briefly described in the catalogue of E. N. Adler's collection of manuscripts,3 but no mention is made of Hippocrates' oath. The same is true of the more detailed handwritten description attached to the manuscript. At least three scholars made use of our codex in their publications, and one of them, A. Marx, added a short description of the codex to one of his articles,4 but none of them made mention of our text.
Medicine and Hygiene in the Works of Flavius Josephus, 1994
... par Gad Freudenthal....-Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2003 (Études sur le judaïsme médiéval; T. 24 .... more ... par Gad Freudenthal....-Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2003 (Études sur le judaïsme médiéval; T. 24 ... L'Enarratio brevis de senum affectibus («Bref commentaire aux maladies des vieillards») de David de ... 1789 251 JEAN GOLDMAN, La contribution des juifs à la chirurgie française depuis ...
Israel journal of medical sciences, 1993
Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on th... more Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on that topic.
Obesity Surgery, 1997
... And Eglon was a very fat man [Hebrew ish bari me'odl.2 Ehud smote him with his left ha... more ... And Eglon was a very fat man [Hebrew ish bari me'odl.2 Ehud smote him with his left hand, and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly. We are not told whether Eglon was sick or healthy, but we again learn that bari meant fat. ...
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1996
The American Historical Review, 1999
Introduction. 1. Political Beginnings. 2. The Apologies des Juifs. 3. A Revolutionary Jewish Voic... more Introduction. 1. Political Beginnings. 2. The Apologies des Juifs. 3. A Revolutionary Jewish Voice. 4. The Frustrations of Emancipation. 5. Revolutionary Illusions. 6. A Would--Be Ideologue. 7. In Retreat. Conclusion.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 1993
Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on t... more Medical Prayers and Oaths in Jewish Lore. The introduction of a series of five short essays on that topic.
Medicina nei secoli, 2010
David Macht already stated that in several ancient languages the same term is used for kidneys an... more David Macht already stated that in several ancient languages the same term is used for kidneys and testes. "Preparation or elaboration of the semen was considered to be one of the functions of the kidneys in man". In the Bible, however, this confusion does not exist, at least not on the anatomical level. Together with the heart, the kidneys are paradigmatic of the innermost organs, wherefrom result their metaphoric association in being the seat of emotions and of wisdom. Some of these aspects will be delineated in the present study, briefly in Bible and Talmud, while stressing medieval Jewish sources, including the works of Shabtai Donnolo, Judah Halevi, Shem-Tov Falaquera, and Meir ibn Aldabi.
... praised, when (on condition that) both patient and physician entrusted the Lord to allow the ... more ... praised, when (on condition that) both patient and physician entrusted the Lord to allow the healing process to succeed (Book of Ben Sira, chapter 38 ... rofé (physician, healer) is only used in the Pentateuch (the Five Books of Moses) in the context of the embalming of Jacob and of ...
Children's clothing is a subject that forms part of the history of pediatrics. Many studies f... more Children's clothing is a subject that forms part of the history of pediatrics. Many studies focus on the ideas developed by Locke and Rousseau. Here we choose to focus our study on an author who is rarely quoted: Jacques Ballexserd (1726-1774), "citizen of Geneva," who is little known to historians of pediatrics. However, George Frederic Still (1868-1941) devotes two pages to his views in his Histoire de la Pédiatrie.
The Healing Past
... This passage should be compared with the scene of exorcism allegedly witnessed by Josephus, p... more ... This passage should be compared with the scene of exorcism allegedly witnessed by Josephus, performed by a certain Eleazar in the presence of Vespasian." He put to the nose of the possessed man a ring which had under its seal one of the roots prescribed by Salomon, and ...
Medicine and Hygiene in the Works of Flavius Josephus
Medicine and Hygiene in the Works of Flavius Josephus
Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. Wissenschaften (Medizin und Biologie [Forts.]), 1996