%0 Journal Article
%T Mois¨¦s Maim¨®nides, "m¨¦dico de pr¨ªncipes, pr¨ªncipe de los m¨¦dicos"
%A Cerda L
%A Jaime
%J Revista chilena de infectolog¨ªa
%D 2009
%I Sociedad Chilena de Infectolog¨ªa
%R 10.4067/S0716-10182009000500013
%X moses maimonides (1135-1204) is considered the most prominent figure of judaism during the middle ages. born within the sephardic jewish community of c¨®rdoba, his rich intellectual education (theological, philosophi-cal and medical) together with a deep spirituality gave birth to the figure of a highly humanitarian, rational and dedicated physician. his medical legacy includes ten treatises, among them 'medical aphorisms of moses', a set of 1,500 aphorisms organized in 25 chapters, each dealing with a different ¨¢rea of medicine. his theological works and the renowned 'guide for the perplexed' raised his figure as a theologist and modern philosopher, being the latest his most universal creation. his life and legacy are an invitation to raise the medical vocation and practice beyond a simple occupation.
%K maimonides
%K judaism
%K history.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0716-10182009000500013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en