Medicine

From Biblical Canaan to Modern IsraelStanton, Stuart and Collins, Kenneth (Eds) In chapters that range from Babylonian and Biblical medicine to health and medicine under Ottoman and British Mandate authority to mainstream and complementary medical services in Israel today, this excellent collaborative volume by a diverse range of first-rate scholars presents a panoramic yet rich and detailed account of, as its title states, Medicine: From Biblical Canaan to Modern Israel. It is certain to be widely consulted as the authoritative reference work for years to come.Theodore M. Brown, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History and Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New YorkIn this book leading historians and physicians tell the history of medicine in Israel and the Holy Land. They take us from Babylonian cuneiform medical records and their influence on the Talmud, through the Biblical and Talmudic periods to developments during Ottoman times and finally the British Mandat