Tobias Cohn
Tobias Cohn · Science & Medicine
Physician and encyclopedist; author of 'Ma'aseh Tobiyyah', an illustrated Hebrew compendium of medicine, astronomy and the sciences
1652, Metz, France — 1729, Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
France · Poland · Germany · Italy · Ottoman Empire · Jerusalem
Tobias Cohn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician and encyclopedist; author of 'Ma'aseh Tobiyyah', an illustrated Hebrew compendium of medicine, astronomy and the sciences
Tobias Cohn was a Jewish physician and encyclopedist who studied medicine at Frankfurt and Padua and served as court physician to several Ottoman sultans. His Hebrew work 'Ma'aseh Tuviyyah' (Venice, 1707) was a richly illustrated compendium of medicine, anatomy, astronomy, cosmography and the natural sciences, one of the most important Hebrew scientific encyclopedias of its age. He ended his life in Jerusalem.
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Physician and encyclopedist; author of 'Ma'aseh Tobiyyah', an illustrated Hebrew compendium of medicine, astronomy and the sciences
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
