The Physician's Prayer

<p>Originally written in 1665 by Rabbi-Physician Jacob ben Isaac Zahalon of Rome <em>The Physician's Prayer</em> is one of history's most moving reflections on medicine faith and moral duty. Composed in the aftermath of the plague it calls upon the physician to act as an instrument of divine compassion-guided by humility ethics and love for humankind.</p><p></p><p>Reissued and introduced by Dr. Aaron J. Feingold a modern cardiologist and author of <em>Tales of a Cardiologist</em> this timeless prayer reminds us that medicine beyond being a science is also a sacred calling. Reverent poetic and profoundly human it speaks as urgently to today's healers as it did to those of seventeenth-century Rome.</p>