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“Faço uma refeição leve, a única em vinte e quatro horas. Depois vou atender os meus pacientes, faço prescrições e oriento-os sobre como tratar a doença. Atendo um doente após outro até o anoitecer, e às vezes . . . fico tão cansado que mal consigo falar.”

Moisés Maimónides, 1174
(Médico da corte no Egipto, passava a maior parte do tempo no palácio. Fala aqui sobre o seu regresso a casa ao fim do dia.)

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