Von der semiotischen zur diagnostischen Medizin: Die Entstehung der klinischen Methode zwischen 1750 und 1850

of Shatzmiller's evidence points in that direction also. One might also add that the claims made at the end of the century for a new Greek-based medicine would have helped to speed up this process, for few Jews had the opportunity to learn Greek, and their preference for practical medicine in the Arabic tradition was easily dismissed as.old-fashioned. In short, this is a fascinating little book, that opens up many new perspectives on medieval medicine.