Maimonides (Cordoba 1138-Cairo 1204) was a Jewish doctor, rabbi and philosopher of al-Andalus. By 1168 he was exiled to Egypt with his family, where he devoted himself to the practice of medicine and obtained a great prestige that took him to the service of the vizier's court. He is undoubtedly the most important and prolific author in the history of medieval medicine. His work, as varied and extensive as deep and interesting, had a great impact in the context of Jewish literature in general.
   
This first volume includes two treatises: The health regime and The treatise on the cure of hemorrhoids. As in the other medical treatises, Maimonides does not limit himself to speaking here of specific ailments or remedies, but reveals at all times his conception of medicine, in general, and of medical praxis, in particular, with the erudition , Intelligence and ethics of the greatest of hispano-wise sages.

This four-volume edition, translated and edited by Professor Lola Ferre, is the reissue of the first published Spanish version of the medical works of Maimonides.