Health and disease in the holy land : studies in the history and sociology of medicine from ancient times to the present
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Health and disease in the holy land : studies in the history and sociology of medicine from ancient times to the present
Edwin Mellen Press, c1996
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text examines the history and sociology of medicine from ancient times to the present. Chapter topics include: paleopathology in the Middle East; hygiene and health care in the Bible; public health in the Holy Land - classical influence and its legacy; health and healing in Medieval Muslim Palestine; disease to death during the Crusades; medicine in the Crusaders' Kingdom of Jerusalem; Pilgrims, Crusades and plagues; Ottoman Palestine (1516-1800) - health, disease and historical sources; Sir Moses Montefiore and medical philanthropy in the Holy Land; hospitals and European Colonial policies in the 19th and early 20th centuries; Henrietta Szold - American profressivism, Zionism and modern public health; British public health policy in Palestine, 1918-1947; Kupat Holim and Jewish health services during the Mandate; the Hadassah medical organization critical years, 1928-1959 - oral history interviews with Dr. Eli Davis; the conquest of malaria; Judea-Samaria and Gaza - 25 years of changing health, 1967-1992; and health and disease in Israel.
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