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Portrait of David Nieto
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This portrait of David Nieto was printed by James McArdell after a painting by David Esteves, London. David Nieto studied medicine in Padua and initially served as physician, preacher, and rabbinic…

Contributor:

James McArdell, David Esteves

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

ca. 1745–1765

Subjects:

Portrait, Profession, Rabbis, Philosophy, Medicine

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Portrait of a bearded man seated at desk wearing a wig and collar, holding a quill in his right hand and turning the page of book with his left hand, with bookshelf in background and globe and inkwell on desk.
Medical-Critical Letter Written by Doctor Joseph Vita Castelli to His Friend, a Doctor, Regarding a Serious and Complicated Case of Acute Fever
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Art, which gives men the means to persevere and cure some sicknesses, seems nowadays to depend on philosophy, which is that great and clear source that produces all that is luminous and useful. I am…

Contributor:

Joseph Vita Castelli

Places:

Livorno, Holy Roman Empire (Livorno, Italy)

Date:

1774

Subjects:

Philosophy, Medicine, Health, Politics

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Flagellum calumniantium (The Scourge of Calumniators)
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Contributor:

Benedict de Castro

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1631

Subjects:

Medicine, Health, Jewish identity, Philosophy

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Medicine, History