The History of Medicine in Jerusalem

ISBN-13: 9781841714127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 174 str.

Opis

In its time, Jerusalem has been ruled by some of the world's greatest cultures and many of these have contributed to medical science. This study touches on historical evidence from Biblical and Classical Jerusalem but the emphasis is firmly on the different types of medicine that were practised in the city between the Byzantine period and the 18th century and, particularly, the interplay between eastern and western ideologies. Amar examines the status and training of Muslim physicians, the Knights Hospitaller and medical services provided by other military orders during the crusade period, including the Leper knights, Ayyubid and Ottoman medicine and the arrival of European medicine during the 18th century. The volume includes a list of known physicians.

This book joins a long series of studies conducted in recent years at the Department for Land of Israel Studies at Bar-Ilan University in the Unit for the History of Medicine in Ancient Times. Since the field of study is extensive, the special focus of this treatise is the study of medicine in Greater Jerusalem, but it may serve as a faithful reflection of the nature of medicine and the changes it underwent throughout Israel and Syria in ancient times. The study is based primarily on historical sources. The first part of the book consists of a short history of medicine in Jerusalem from various historical aspects, followed by an evaluation of the physicians, their status, professional training, etc. The second part presents a list of physicians who were active in Jerusalem between the 10th-18th centuries.