Ludwig Edelstein
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Ludwig Edelstein was a classical scholar and historian of medicine. He left Germany in 1933, and took up an appointment at Johns Hopkins University
in 1934. Subsequently he taught at the University of Washington
, the University of California
, and the Rockefeller Institute.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in 1934. Subsequently he taught at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, and the Rockefeller Institute.
Works
- The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation, Interpretation (1943
- Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies (1945) with Emma J. Edelstein
- Wielands "Abderiten" und der Deutsche Humanismus (1950)
- Plato's Seventh Letter (1966)
- The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity (1967)
- The Meaning of Stoicism (1968) Martin Classical Lectures Volume XXI
- Ancient Medicine: Selected Papers of Ludwig Edelstein (1967) edited by Owsei TemkinOwsei TemkinOwsei Temkin was a Russian-born, German-educated, American medical historian. He served as director of the Institute of the History of Medicine and was the William H. Welch Professor Emeritus of the History of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University...
and C. Lilian Temkin - Posidonius: Volume I: The Fragments (1972) editor with Ian G. Kidd