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We would like to introduce a new publication by The Hebrew University Magnes
press.
Korot -The Israel journal of the history of medicine and science vol. 23
Embryology in Jewish and Ancient Middle Eastern Sources
Edited by: Samuel S.
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The present volume 23 of Korot has as
main topics, first, embryology in Jewish and ancient Middle Eastern sources,
and second, medicine in the Holocaust.
[http://www.magnes-press.com/NetisUtils/srvrutil_getImg.aspx?unitId=5040]The
section on embryology consists of six articles, four of which were presented in
a symposium entitled “On Fetuses, Infants and everything in-between through the
Ages,” which was held at the Van Leer Institute on March 30, 2015. The meeting
was sponsored by the Israel Society for the History of Medicine and by Korot,
and organized by Dr. Israela Nili. Three of the papers concentrate on ancient
Mesopotamia: Dr. Couto-Ferreira describes embryological data in Akkadian and
Sumerian texts, Prof. Klein expounds embryological issues in the omen
literature, and Prof. Fleishman discusses some of the legal aspects of
parenthood. Prof. Cohen analyzes the influence of Septuagint translation in the
debate concerning abortion. Two additional papers deal with later Hellenistic
sources: Prof. Kottek and Dr. Paavilainen discuss the contribution of Philo the
Alexandrian and Prof. van der Horst examines Hellenistic Christian sources,
respectively.
The section on the Holocaust includes three studies. Dr. van den Ende’s paper
describes the ethical dilemmas faced by the Jewish doctors in Holland during
the Nazi occupation. It was first presented in the workshop of the 15th
Nahariya Conference on Medicine and the Holocaust (May 6, 2015), convened by
Prof. Shaul Shasha. Dr. Schwoch deals with the same issue from the point of
view of the Jewish Krankenbehandler in Germany. Dr. Offer’s bibliographical
review, the first part of which has been published in Korot, volume 22,
describes the development of academic research in Jewish medicine in the
Holocaust from the third decade after the Holocaust until the first decade of
the 21st century.
The rest of the articles presented in this volume concentrate on the life and
work of several Jewish physicians, the only exception being Prof. Nissan’s
paper on hybrid animals in Jewish sources.
Prof. McDonald analyzes the story of the Jewish personal physician of Charles
the Bald, accused by later authors of having poisoned the king.
Prof. Gath discusses a similar topic: Jan III Sobieski and his Jewish
physician, who was later blamed for having caused his death.
Dr. Nevins casts new light on the mystery of Vesalius’ Jewish friend and
adviser in Hebrew medical terms.
Prof. Shḥori-Rubin’s work on Dr. Fanny Lvova continues her series of articles
on Jewish pioneer women doctors.
Dr. Paavilainen describes Isaac Israeli’s way of diagnosing the complex
symptoms of consumption.
Prof. Freudenthal summarizes the different pressures affecting medieval
Jewish physicians and explains on the basis of a contemporary source why
science did not thrive among the Jewish scholars of Provence.
The volume is, as usual, bilingual (12 articles in English, 4 in Hebrew), with
contributions from Spain, Holland, Germany, Britain, USA, France, and of course
Israel.
Language: English + Hebrew
Price: $ 33.00
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