Magicians, Theologicans and Doctors: Studies in Folk Medicine and Folklore As Reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa
This book gathers together the lore surrounding folk medicine, derived from rabbinic responsa of the twelfth through the nineteenth centuries. Dr. Zimmels has collected rabbinic opinions about various issues related to medicine and healing, including dentistry, obstetrics, the causes of disease, and folk remedies.
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This book gathers together the lore surrounding folk medicine, derived from rabbinic responsa of the twelfth through the nineteenth centuries. Dr. Zimmels has collected rabbinic opinions about various issues related to medicine and healing, including dentistry, obstetrics, the causes of disease, and folk remedies.
PrefaceIntroduction1INotes on the Education of Doctors and on their Social Status. Evolution of Medicine13IIPhysicians, Leeches, and Quacks27IIISome Remarks on Anatomy, Physiology, and Bodily Defects38IVObstetrics60VTheories of the Causation and Character of Disease78VISome Notes on Disease95VIITherapeutics112VIIIRemedies125IXSurgery150AppSome Notes on Hospitals, Infirmaries, and similar Institutions165Notes168Bibliography271List of Abbreviations283Glossary285Index289
