Medicine and the German Jews : a history / John M. Efron.

  • Efron, John M.
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[2001], ©2001
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Publication/Creation

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2001], ©2001.

Physical description

viii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents

The emergence of the medieval Jewish physician -- Jewish physicians: in and out of the German ghetto -- Haskalah and healing: Jewish medicine in the age of enlightenment -- The Jewish body degenerate? -- The psychopathology of everyday Jewish life -- In praise of Jewish ritual: modern medicine and the defense of ancient traditions -- Before the storm: Jewish doctors in the Kaiserreich and Weimar Republic.

Bibliographic information

Includes index and bibliography: p. 271-338.

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    History of Medicine
    BFH.37
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  • 0300083777