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Title: | Protecting against the unseen: Chazal’s approach to chemical and biological hazards |
Authors: | Krautwirth, Rina |
Keywords: | Sassanian empire Greco-Roman tradition environments to health Akkadian/Babylonian medicine hazardous materials chemical hazards biological hazards |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University |
Citation: | Krautwirth, R. (2021-2022). Protecting against the unseen: Chazal’s approach to chemical and biological hazards. Derech HaTeva, 26, 24-33. |
Series/Report no.: | Derech HaTeva;vol. 26 ; 2021-2022 |
Abstract: | In terms of the outside environments that surrounded the Talmud, the Sassanian empire surrounded the Rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud, whereas the Greco-Roman tradition surrounded those of the Yerushalmi. Regarding the approaches of the surrounding environments to health, Geller points to differences between the Greco-Roman and Akkadian/Babylonian approaches [1]. Greco-Roman medicine attributed disease to an imbalance of the four humours and as such, used diet, purges, changes of environment, and bloodletting as treatments [2]. In contrast, Akkadian/Babylonian medicine attributed disease to demons or other external factors and therefore used external drugs for treatment, rather than diet, purging, and bloodletting [3]. |
Description: | Article |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/8917 |
Appears in Collections: | Library Staff Publications |
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