Physical Description
275 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Contents
Why medicine? / Natalia Berger
Healing in Jewish law and lore / Samuel S. Kottek
Jewish medical treatises in the Middle Ages / Ron Barkai
The marriage of science and ethics : three Jewish physicians of the Renaissance. Amatus Lusitanus ; Jacob ben Isaac Zahalon ; Abraham Zacuto / Aaron J. Feingold
Jewish folk medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries / Hagit Matras
The Jewish doctor in the era of modern medicine / Thomas Schlich
The contribution of Central European Jewish doctors to medical science / Gerhard Baader
Jewish women in medicine in the early 20th century : the case of Central Europe / Harriet Pass Freidenreich
Sigmund Freud / Peter Gay
Jewish medicine during the Holocaust in the ghettos and forests / Daniel Nadav
Jewish physicians in the United States / Theodore M. Brown
Medical services in the Holy Land in the nineteenth century : 1842-1914 / Shmuel Nissan
The development of the Jewish health care system in Palestine and Israel during the twentieth century / Shifra Shvarts.
Other Authors/Editors
Berger, Natalia.
Bet ha-tefutsot ʻal shem Naḥum Goldman.
ISBN
0827606443
Notes
"Based on the exhibit at Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora."
Originally published: Tel Aviv, Israel : Beth Hatefutsoth, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271).
Why medicine? / Natalia Berger -- Healing in Jewish law and lore / Samuel S. Kottek -- Jewish medical treatises in the Middle Ages / Ron Barkai -- The marriage of science and ethics : three Jewish physicians of the Renaissance. Amatus Lusitanus ; Jacob ben Isaac Zahalon ; Abraham Zacuto / Aaron J. Feingold -- Jewish folk medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries / Hagit Matras -- The Jewish doctor in the era of modern medicine / Thomas Schlich -- The contribution of Central European Jewish doctors to medical science / Gerhard Baader -- Jewish women in medicine in the early 20th century : the case of Central Europe / Harriet Pass Freidenreich -- Sigmund Freud / Peter Gay -- Jewish medicine during the Holocaust in the ghettos and forests / Daniel Nadav -- Jewish physicians in the United States / Theodore M. Brown -- Medical services in the Holy Land in the nineteenth century : 1842-1914 / Shmuel Nissan -- The development of the Jewish health care system in Palestine and Israel during the twentieth century / Shifra Shvarts.
