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The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Yonatan Lukimson

Ancient Rome owed its military superiority partly to innovative medical treatment of its soldiers. Fascinating evidence of a well-oiled health care system has been discovered at the site of the besieging Roman army’s field hospital...

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Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Yeshurun Fisher

One of a handful of Jewish women completing medical school despite Russian quotas, Miriam Duker served prestate Israel’s remote communities through thick and thin, extending medical care even to neighboring Arabs Yeshurun Fisher Such a...

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First among Physicians – Ibn Jumay’

Amir Mazor

Saladin’s personal physician and Maimonides’ friend, Hibat Allah ibn Zayn ibn Jumay‘ left a colorful paper trail of Arabic medical works and fragmentary documents from the Cairo Geniza. Discovering an unsung Jewish hero Amir Mazor...

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Doctor Plotter – Roderigo Lopez

David Lawrence-Young

Elizabethan England was newly freed from Spanish dominance when Roderigo Lopez found shelter there from the Portuguese Inquisition. This Jewish doctor took grave risks to protect his new queen from Spanish conspirators – or was...

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The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

First among Physicians – Ibn Jumay’

Doctor Plotter – Roderigo Lopez

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The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

First among Physicians – Ibn Jumay’

Doctor Plotter – Roderigo Lopez

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