"Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Moses Maimonides, is among the most celebrated rabbis in the history of Judaism and the author of works on many subjects." "On Asthma, designed for the needs of a unidentified high-ranking patient, is in fact a complete regimen of health. In true Galenic fashion, Maimonides stresses that a healthy lifestyle is the most important preventive measure against chronic illnesses such as asthma. He advises the patient to pay close attention to the types of food ingested and describes good and bad foods in detail, including many recipes for beneficial dishes and drugs." "On Asthma, Volume 2 supplements the first volume by providing critical editions of all three surviving Hebrew translations of Maimonides' work. The volume also contains critical editions by Michael R. McVaugh of the two medieval Latin translations of Maimonides' treatise, one probably made by Giovanni da Capua at Rome c. 1300 and the other begun by Armengaud Blaise in Montpellier in 1294 but completed eight years later. It concludes with a section of addenda and corrigenda to the first volume."--BOOK JACKET.