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Organització social i atenció mèdica a la Cocentaina baixmedieval: el procés a Abrahim Abengalell (1318)
2005
In the bordering judicial courts of the valencian Kingdom could be seen a characteristic fellowship between christian and jewish sanitary practitioners, who attended patients, men and women, that belonged to both religions, in the same professional practice where a new system based on the academic medicine was being developed.
The Jewish doctors involved in the development of health resorts in eastern Galicia at the late 19th and early 20th century (Central and Eastern Euro…
2018
Summary Background The involvement of Jewish doctors and scientists in the development of health resorts in eastern Galicia (part of the Austrian monarchy after 1772, and since 1918 as part of independent Poland, now part of Ukraine) is unquestionable; however, awareness of this fact is not that common. Meanwhile, also due to their work and activity, small borderland resorts became important medical, cultural and social centers of the region. The involvement of Jewish doctors in the development of Galician health resorts resulted from, among others, the rich and multi-layered tradition and integration of Judaism with the hygiene regulations and moral principles of the religion. The eastern …