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Medicine As A Cultural Connection Between Jews And Christians In Early Modern Italy, Berns Andrew
Medicine As A Cultural Connection Between Jews And Christians In Early Modern Italy, Berns Andrew
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
This presentation explores cultural connections between Jews and Christians in sixteenth-century Italy through the lens of medicine. I present and analyze two texts. The first (from 1587) is a letter from Girolamo Mercuriale, a Catholic, to Moses Alatino, a Jew. The second (from 1592) is an excerpt from a consilium sent by the Jewish physician David de' Pomi to Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.
It discusses the following texts:
1. Girolamo Mercuriale to Moses Alatino,"On a Uterine Tumor, Painful Urination, and Constipation, for a noble young Jewess, [sent] to the Jewish Physician Moses Alatino. Consultation #16" From: Hieronymi …