Illustration of the parts of the body as a house

Illustration of the parts of the body as a house

Ma'aseh Tobiyyah

Cohn, Tobias ben Moses, 1652-1729

Woodcuts (prints)

Anatomy

Polish physician Tobias ben Moses Cohn knew nine languages and was court physician to five sultans in Adrianople. In 1724, he moved to Jerusalem. The Ma’aseh Tobiyyah [“Works of Tobias”] is an encyclopedia of theology, botany, astronomy, and medicine, and is remarkable for being the first work in Hebrew to mention the medicinal properties of tobacco. The illustration here compares the rooms and functions of a house with the organs of the human body.

Woodcut showing the parts of the body as a house, from Tobias ben Moses Cohn's Ma'aseh Tobiyyah

Cohn, Tobias ben Moses, 1652-1729

Ye’snits : Nidpas paʻam rishon be-Ṿinitsiʼah, ṿe-ʻatah nidpas paʻam shenit poh ḳ.ḳ. be-Yesnits ... Be-mitsṿat baʻal ha-madpis Yiśraʼel bar Avraham,

1721

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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (1.Mmh.5)

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Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934