Ludwig Edelstein

Ludwig Edelstein (1902-1965) 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.

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 Temkin and C. Lilian Temkin
* "Posidonius: Volume I: The Fragments" (1972) editor with Ian G. Kidd

References

*Rütten, Thomas, "Ludwig Edelstein at the Crossroads of 1933. On the Inseparability of Life, Work, and Their Reverberations", Early Science and Medicine, Volume 11, Number 1, 2006, pp. 50-99(50) [http://docserver.ingentaconnect.com/deliver/connect/brill/13837427/v11n1/s3.pdf?expires=1162676337&id=32996123&titleid=10643&accname=Guest+User&checksum=6B9E3A9ADD3902E2038F441BFA26664C PDF]