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Medicinal Substances in Jerusalem from Early Times to the Present Day (Paperback)
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Medicinal Substances in Jerusalem from Early Times to the Present Day (Paperback)
Series: British Archaeological Reports International Series
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Jerusalem has always been a unique city. Hundreds of millions of
people, believers of the three main monotheistic religions
Christianity, Islam and Judaism, have always looked forward to
visiting, living, dying or even being buried in the Holy City.
Throughout its long history, this city was subject to different
kings, sultans and leaders that ruled the city and its inhabitants.
Simultaneously, the population of the city changed in origin,
habitat, language, culture, and in other aspects of life such as
quality of the medical system, physicians and remedies that were
used. This book is a reflection of the growing academic interest in
the history of this fascinating city in general and of medicine in
Jerusalem in particular. The interest that the academic community
has had in the subject of medicine in the holy city can be measured
by the number of articles and books that have been published,
academic courses and seminars that have been taught and conventions
that have been held in various academic institutes in Israel.The
book deals with natural curative substances and healing materials
used by the residents of Jerusalem throughout the ages, but its
scope takes in the use of materia medica in the Land of Israel and
throughout the Levant in this time span. The study represents an
intensive and systematic historical study of the medicinal
substances that were used by the inhabitants and the visitors of
the City of Jerusalem. It deals with the description of the various
substances and their uses. It also deals with comparisons of such
uses in traditional and folk medicine of several ethnic groups of
present day in the region and in other parts of the world. Part A
covers the information gathered from different historical sources
of the medieval and early Ottoman periods (10th-18th centuries.
Part B refers to specific subject matters including institutes and
historical periods that deserve special attention concerning the
uses of medicinal substances in the city of Jerusalem (including
chapters on traditional and folk medicine substances still used in
Jerusalem as well a modern overview.Three appendices provide
information concerning the historical periods dealt with in the
book, the sources, which are mentioned and quoted in Part A, and a
list of medicinal substances used in Jerusalem from the 10th to the
18th century. A bibliography, list of abbreviations, and indices
conclude the study.
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