RT Journal
A1 Rosner F
T1 PSychosomatic heart disease
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2001
FD March 12
VO 161
IS 5
SP 771
OP 778
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
The third chapter of Maimonides' medical treatise Regimen of Health4 contains his concept of "a healthy mind in a healthy body," one of the earliest descriptions of psychosomatic medicine. He indicates that the physical well-being of a person is dependent on his mental well-being and vice versa. Maimonides here teaches public and private hygiene for the preservation of the health of body and soul. He emphasizes preventive medicine and mental hygiene as factors of fundamental importance in the maintenance of health.