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TEN

FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

MAIMONIDES THE PHYSICIAN

His Medical Career and Works

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Zurich. Sept. 8, 1929.—Einstein would refuse any war
service, no matter what the cause, he declares unconditionally
before the War Resisters Council here.
Berlin. Sept. 9, 1929.—German Jews mark 200th anni-
versary of Moses Mendelssohn. Federal Minister Severing
officially attended and expieseed the wish that Mendeleeohn's
prsonality be a potent factor in modern Germany.
Zurich. Sept. 10, 1929.—The condition of •Louis Marshall
is reported very grave by his physicians, who resorted to a
blood transfusion.
Jerusalem. Sept. 10, 1929.—Twenty-two Jews under ar-
rest for possessing arms in self-defense corps organized against
Arab attackers.
Providence, II. I. Sept. 10, 1929.—Col. Joseph Samuels.
president of the Outlet Company, has presented $300,000 to
the Rhode Island hospital for a children's dental clinic.
Jerusalem. Sept. 11, 1929.—Palestine returning to nor-
mal conditions, reports indicate; air-craft carrier "Courageous"
and destroyer "Veteran" leave Jaffa for Cyprus. Sir John
Chancellor recommends a police force of equal British, Jewish
and Arab membership.

ELMER B. O'HARA

COUNTY CLERK

On the occasion of Rosh Hashonah, 5695, it is my
sincere wish that the New Year be one of high
achievements, one of progress, one of faith, one of
hope, and one of charity. Let us all take upon our-
selves the responsibility of making it a year of in-
creased toleration, of increased sincerity, of in-
creased friendliness. By doing so we are bound to
make it one of increased happiness for ourselves
and our neighbors.

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The epitome of all human ' sition which he declined, choosing
knowledge of the twelfth century to work in Fostat in the capacity
is centered in the gigantic intel- of communal chief and councilor,
lect of Maimonides. Philosopher, physician and rabbi. His power-
theologian, codifier, astronomer. ful genius and his indefatigable
' physician, Maimonides combined industry enabled him, amidst his
' the abstruse metaphysics of an manifold occupations to produce
Aristotle with the rigid analysis monumental works, answer nu-
of the Arabic school; the inexor - merous response on difficult sub-
' able exactness of mathematics jects, and take fictive part in the
with the inspiring poetry of reli- affairs of the Cairan community.
gion; the categoric imperative of
His Medical C
ethics with the theorietcal dic-
In addition to what was men-
cordial Season's Greetings,
tates of an Avicenna and Galen.
tioned above, it may be said at
dYeent ,,,orriohnae veoffotrheasemdo empeanrttuernegs in this juncture that he embodied
we desire to express our ap-
intellectual
nstelilnecthuias liefne
ciie
the best in medical knowledge of
Make •
en. that period. This must not be
preciation for your valued
New Year'.
enf
t dheeredvasi tncofine sidisto
. compared with our present knowl-
■ life that flowed on like a limpid edge and no parallel can be drawn.
and friendly co-operation,
Resolution
stream undimmed by the under- It would be absurd to attempt
to use
currents of doubt. And this ver- one, for one finds a gap of cen-
and we sincerely hope that
utility and mastery of all human tunes of intense study and re-
PHILLIPS
s
him
as in om-
learning
c search. Suffice it to say, how-
i stamp
hi
a an
the New Year will be for
Magnes.
The
present
spiritual
lead
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
ever, that in his medical practice
er of the congregation is Dr. Israel parable genius.
Ushers in 110th Year
you and yours one of happi-
Goldstein, who has occupied that -"Without entering deeply into he was prompted by rare judg-
The approach of the Jewish New position since 1018. Dr. Goldstein his absorbing activities in these ment and simplicity of procedure.
Year 5695 will usher in • special is also president of the Jewish Na- various pursuits, I shall dwell The method adopted by Maimon-
ness and prosperity!
milestone for one of the oldest con- tional Fund of America, Jewish solely on the medical aspect of ides in his practice was to begin
gregations in America, Congregat- Conciliation Court of America, for- his endeavors and briefly portray with a simple treatment, endeav-
tion B'nai Jeshurun of New York, mer president of the New York Maimonides, the physician, to- oring to treat by prescribed diet
whose spiritual leader is Rabbi Is- Board of Jewish Ministers, former gether with a brief resume of his b e f o r e administering drugs,
rael Goldstein.
president of Young Judaea, and au- numerous works on medical sub- Speaking of his medical career to
Founded in 1825, when the Jew- thor of the book, "A Century of jects.
his pupil, Joseph ibn Aknin,
ish population of New York num- Judaism in New York.
Maimonides says, "You know how
His Life
bered no more than 2,000, this yen-
Moses
ben
Maimon,
usually
difficult
this profession is for one
Table congregation has seen the
I. B. DWORMAN, Gen. Mgr.
Slevin Rally Friday
called Maimonides or better known who is conscientious and exact,
Jewish population of New York
A
Democratic
massmeeting
and
and
who
states only that which
in Arabic literature as Abu' lin-
grow to nearly 2,000,000.
The Congregation's spiritual rally for John H. Slevin, candidate ran Musa Ben Maimon ibh Abed he can support by argument and
leaders have held a high place in for Congress in the 13th Congres- Allah, was born in Cordova, authority." To Samuel ibn Tib-
Phone Hogarth 3275
30, 1135, and died Decem- bon,
"on, n a communication, he re- ,
the American Jewish ministry, in- siona Dstrict, will be held at the M
marks, My professional duties
clut:ing such names as Samuel I. Cass Technical High School Audi- bar 13, 1204.
torium,
on
Friday,
Sept.
7,
at
8
From his father, Maimon, him- are very arduous afid occupy the I
Isaacs, Morris J. Raphall, Henry S.
whole day and very often a great
Jacobs, Stephen S. Wise, Joseph p. m. There will be prominent self a scholar of high merit, he deal
of the night."
Mayor Ascher and Judah L. speakers, entertainment and music. received his rabbinical instruction
"Maimonides had made vast
and was placed at an early age
under the guidance of the most strides forward in medical profl-;
distinguished Arabic masters, who ciency. He showed less origin.;
He Kept His Economy
instructed him in all branches of ality than learning in his medical I
learning. He was as familiar with works, yet this does incomplete
Pledge
WOODWARD at WA MILE ROAD
Greek philosophy with the justice to him. He certainly used
constellations'in the .ky. Imbued experience as well as precedent
with the spirit and philisophy of as his guide. He -tested his reme• I
religion and ethics, he could at dies by actual experiment. He
the same time conceive the most maintained, with a strong touch
stern. nrohlems of mathematics or of modernity, that the aim of the
t illness more
ponder over the rules of Mice- doctor a. to p
bra. And yet, not a single con- than to cure it. It was in time of
health
that
the
patient
might pre-
tradiction, not a shadow of dis-
crepancy to darken his convic- pare to meet and conquer the as-
saults
of
disease."—(Yellin
and
DEMOCRAT
tions! He made all analytical
knowledge subservient to his mind, Abrahams "Maimonides".)
The contemporary poet Alsaid
a handmaid to his desire for learn-
i Sins Almuk sings of Maimon-
ing. When Cordova fell into the ibn
tgrea
ic v etrnsee:ss as a physician in
hands of the fanatical Almohades ecstatic
For Economical County
he had to flee. In 1160 he settled
Government
in Fez, but not for very long. ..(lalen's art heal. only the hotly,
Islam tried to make a convert of not Attu Aniram .. the nosy
d ' ,old.
the
DESERVES
him and the zealots endangered H.' " ,n1 heal len his wisdom
e.
his
his
life,
so
that
in
1165
he
had
If the `nion:ir w
.71",o
n
e
it
t
o
hi. art,
RE-ELECTION
to embark, going to Cairo, Jeru- lie could deliver her of her epots at the
salem, and after many futile wan- compi teitTe rg ;i14
denote,
derings finally settled in Fostat Anti at the time of her conjunction re-
slurs her from her waning..
(a suburb of Cairo).
His Medical Works
The first years of his sojourn
We wish all our friends ana patrons a very Happy New Year
in Egypt were fraught with many
Among the most outstanding
and desire to remind them that we 'are
misfortunes. His father died scientific works by Maimonides,
still serving the finest
and his brother David, who eug• the following deserve a permanent
CAKES, COOKIES, PASTRIES AND
ported the family by trading in place in historical medicine. All
precious stones, perished at sea, his medical works were written
COFFEE CAKES
and, with him was lost not only primarily in the Arabic.
his own fortune but also large
Downtown Store—with
"Fri al Jame 'eh" on Sexual
sums with which he had been en- Hygiene, in three parts, dedicated
trusted.
Maimonides
was
now
en-
to
Malkal
Mustafir,
Sultan
of
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After several years of practice his Into Hebrew under the title of
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he was appointed private physician al—Adwiyyah al-Kittalah" on var-
4TH DISTRICT
to Saladin's vizier, Al-Kadi al ious poisons and their antidotes
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Richard I or Couer de Lion of was made by Armengaul Blasius for the office of a state senator in
sours limns:ay
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England offered him a similar po- of Montpelier. A French transla- the 3rd District, consisting of the
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under the title "Traite de Pois- and 7th and also of the City of
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bearing the caption "Gifte and
Largest and rinent Ilarbecue In
lhre Ileilungen."
the 1.115
"Fi al Bawasir" (On Hemmor-
hoids), a small volume of seven
chapters, translated into Hebrew
under the title "Ha Ma'amar be-
Refu' at ha Tehorim" and in Span-
Rosh Hashonah Greetings!
ish under the title "Sabre los
Milagros."
"Fusel Musa" or the Sayings
of Moses, an adaptation of the
aphorisms of Hippocrates. A He-
brew and Latin translation are ex-
tant
Makalah fi al Rabw" (Consid-
erations on Asthma) translated
Ideal Furnaces
into Hebrew by Samuel ben Ben-
Radiant
Boilers
venisto and Shatibi.
He also wrote essays on hygiene
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Fadi," son of Saladin. Transla-
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Rosh
Hashonah
Greetings!

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"Makalah fi-Biyan al A'rad" on
the case of the Prince of Rikkah,
translated into Hebrew. A Latin
translation was published in 1519
bearing the title "De Causis Ac-
cidentium Apparentium."
The above are only his prom-
inent essays and works on medi-
cine. Many more of a less impor-
tant character may be found in
manuscript form or in translations.
All his writings exhibit rare judg-
ment and keen penetration; his
arguments and deductions are sci-
entific and exact. He never spec-
ulates but quotes authority and
precedent.
He favored the theories of
Avicenna and Galen—who held in-
domitable sway over him—in his
medical treatises. He never devi-
ated from them in word or deed,
and which was common usage
among physicians during early
medieval medicine.
The summum bonum of the life
of Maimonides is a life replete
with the best of intellectual pur-
suit. His life was rich in learn-
ing,. rich in thought. rich in ex-
pe r n ience and rich in tolerance.
The old adage may be equally ap-
plied to this second Moses. "From
Moses unto Moses there was none
like Moses."

JOSEPH C. CZARNECKI

Hamtramck, is a prominent at-
torney and a former Justice of the
Peace, Joseph C. Czarnecki.
Attorney Czarnecki, as a can-
didate on the Republican ticket, has
presented a progressive platform.
Ile is considered to be not only an
able man but of very progressive
and constructive views.
With his political training and
experience of former offices, Judge

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Madison 5501

Rosh Hashonah Greetings to
all my many Jewish friends
in Michigan and extending
best wishes for a happy and

prosperous New Year!

Czarnecki is considered by his
friends more qualified than any
other candidate for a state senator
in the 3rd District.

Margaret K. Soifer's New

One-Act Play

Margaret K. Soifer, author of a
number of plays, has written a new
play for children, "Chaff or
Cheese," published by the Furrow
Press, 115 Eastern Parkway,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
I This play is based on Aesop's

old fable, "The Town Mouse and

the Country Mouse," and is mod-
ernly arranged for presentation by

young children.
Ably written and well arranged
this play deals with Squeak, who by

; marriage became a city mouse and
was envied by her sister. Squeak
entered into the life of her sister
' and the latter's family when she
fethnebler. .An orderly resume of
I came to ridicule their food, their
lialmonides'•
h der A r•Iiite hen ■ chaff, by bragging about the cheese
Weetetenfeld
Attest."
she had for her meals in the city.
The result was that the country
•
Jewish Firm Refuse. t• Hire Jews - mouse, her husband and three chil-
i
SALONICA — (JTA) — Indig- dren followed Squeak to the city—
nation reigns among the local Jew- there to discover that the cheese
ish population following the news is on a trap and that there are also
cats after the bides ofthe mice. And
that the tobacco firm of Lazar*
Benveniste, which belongs to • Jew, no they return to their country
represents a group of German abode, preferring their chaff to the
cheese and its dangers.
buyers.

Jewish Eneyclopedis
To n and Abraham. "Wairnonitle..
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Primary • September 11