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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Ma’aseh Tuviyyah [Works of Tobias]…Hebrew text.

Publication Details

Venice: Stamperia Bragadina, 1708 CE.

The only significantly illustrated early book on medicine in Hebrew. This is an encyclopedia, of which approximately half concerns medicine. One of the first Jews from the Eastern ghetto to obtain a medical education at a German university, Cohn completed his degree at Padua, and served as court physician to the Turkish Sultan.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6496.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/8027
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmaaseh-tuviyyah-works-of-tobiashebrew-text

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice

Mentioned in annotation: Padua