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Regimiento de la vida (Regimen of Living)

1564

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Moshia‘ ḥosim (Savior of Those Who Take Refuge)

1587

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Flagellum calumniantium (The Scourge of Calumniators)

1631

Woodcut portrait of man in hat and moustache and beard with Hebrew text on left and right sides of face.

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Be’er mayim ḥayim (Wellspring of Living Waters)

1655

Facing-page manuscript with illustration on right page depicting individual lying on operating table with two men in curly wigs in coats and breeches holding down his wrists and feet and another with his hand on patient's shoulders; and left page with Portuguese text only.

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Tratado das operaçoens da cirugia (Treatise on Surgical Operations)

1744

Manuscript page with two columns of writing in Yiddish and Hebrew and a decorated border.

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Register of a Jewish Midwife

1794–1832

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The Common Names of Plants

1913

Bronze mortar decorated with a seven-branched candelabrum, flanked with the Hebrew letters mem and resh.

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Bronze Physician’s Mortar

16th Century

Illustration of bloodletting knife on right side of a manuscript page, with Judeo-Arabic text surrounding.

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Phlebotomy knife

18th Century

Facing-page manuscript with illustration on right page depicting individual lying on operating table with two men in curly wigs in coats and breeches holding down his wrists and feet and another with his hand on patient's shoulders; and left page with Portuguese text only.

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Surgical Illustration

1699

Facing-page manuscript with left-hand side of three framed images surrounded by flora and birds: the top image of two men holding a book and cup, the middle of man with curly hair and collar, and bottom of a bird; and right-hand side of Latin text surrounded by decorative flora.

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Otsar ha-ḥayim (Treasury of Life)

1683

Facing-page manuscript with Latin text on right-hand page surrounded by floral border and man in circular frame on top and bottom of page, and portrait of man on left-hand side surrounded by floral border and two cherubs with man in frames on top and bottom of page.

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Diploma of Doctor of Medicine (University of Padua)

1695