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In Collected Studies (Volume 4): Jews in the Medical Profession, Joseph Shatzmiller, the prominent scholar of Provence Jewry, presents a fascinating glimpse into the world of Jewish doctors and medicine in medieval Western Europe. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources and intellectual history, Shatzmiller delves into the lives and experiences of Jewish physicians who played a crucial role in the medical profession during the Middle Ages. From their scientific collaborations with Christian colleagues to their role as leaders within the Jewish community, this book provides a rich portrait of the complex and dynamic world of medieval medicine. The book covers topics such as the Jewish students in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montpellier, Jewish women in medicine, doctors' salaries, pharmacology, and medical books. With its insightful analysis and meticulous research, Jews in the Medical Profession is a valuable contribution to the history of medicine and Jewish studies.
"The collection of studies that these four volumes offer is the result of more than sixty years of commitment to scholarship. Like many colleagues, I relied in the beginning on printed material in books that dealt with law, religion, and secular literature. Then, as a disciple of George Duby, I discovered the world of archives and hand-written Latin manuscripts. The present collection relies, to a great extent, on previously unknown information discovered during years of search in the archives of Southern France, mostly on those of the county of Provence. They are situated in the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence as well as the town of Digne. The legal registers of the High Middle Ages (1250-1350) as well as those produced by the counties' administration introduce us to the ordinary people of the region, to their daily life and to their preoccupations; their names are spelled out, the dates are recorded and the localities in which they were active are designated. At times these documents encourage us to endorse information found in contemporary literary sources and to overcome our hesitation and excessive caution concerning their value as historical evidence."
— Joseph Shatzmiller
Contents
I The Making of Jewish Doctors
1 On Becoming a Jewish Doctor in The High Middle Ages*
2 Apprenticeship or Academic Education: The Making of Jewish Doctors
3 Livres médicaux et éducation médicale : à propos d'un contrat de Marseille en 1316
II Attending the Medieval University
1 Un cercle de savants de Montpellier vers 1300 : Contacts et Échanges entre erudits juifs et chretiens
2 Étudiants juifs à la faculté de médecine de Montpellier, dernier quart du XIVe siècle
3 La faculté de médecine de Montpellier et son influence en Provence: Témoignages en hébreu, en latin et en langue vulgaire
III Activity North and South
1 Notes sur les médecins juifs en Provence au Moyen Âge
2 Médecins municipaux en Provence, Catalogne et autres régions de l'Europe méridionale (1350-1400)
3 Jewish Physicians in Sicily
4 Doctors and Medical Practice in Germany around the Year 1200: The Evidence of Sefer Hasidim
5 Doctors and Medical Practices in Germany around the Year 1200: The Evidence of Sefer Asaph
IV The Medicalization of Society
1 Femmes médecins au Moyen Âge: Témoignages sur leurs pratiques (1250-1350)
2 Doctors' Fees and Their Medical Responsibility: Evidence from Notarial and Court Records*
3 Médecins et expertise médicale dans la ville médiévale: Manosque 1280-1348
4 The Jurisprudence of the Dead Body: Medical Practitioners at the Service of Civic and Legal Authorities
V The Range of Medical Services
1 Médecine et gynécologie au Moyen-Âge : un exemple provençal
2 Soigner le corps souffrant : Pratiques médicales au tournant du XIVe siècle
3 Soins de beauté, image et image de soi : le cas des juifs du Moyen Âge
4 Herbes et drogues dans la médecine provençale du Moyen Âge
5 Roger Bacon's Critique of the Pharmaceutics of His Day
