The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-03-04
,osES THE AUTHOR OF "A HEALTH
CODE.
W i Recognized by Modern Physi-
elan as the Father Of Preventative
Medicine.

WITH 70 IN hFGU$AI1Uu ~ -AU1A -
.iau as the Father of Preventative
Medicine.
careful investigation into the in
NJ -ancv OF the practice OF medicine and
snrgery by Dr.. Herman Pomeranz OF
NJ M York city has led him to The con-
VI omsion that Moses stands alone in
m nIedical history as the first inconoc-
lasric physician worthy OF the name. n
Tbe writer says, in the New York
Modical Journal, that Moses ''recog-
ni7ed and propounded, as we Of the
-Tentieth century do to-day, the value
" nrophylaXis-the great basic prin-
o;nIe of medical science. He may in
III verify be called the father of pro-
/ phylaxis.
+bo absurdities Of Egyptian curative
Il measures, he gave to the world a
haalth code which, intrinsically to our
modern conception, appears well nigh
IN nnrfect. Among many enactmentS,
\ he most important related to the pre-
rontion of disease, and with this aim
NJ - view commanded notification, in
H snection, isolation, and disinfection of
Tho suspected persons and their eff
fects.
writers of medical history invari-
ahly contend, and with little reason,
that ancient Jewish medicine was al
IA most wholly founded on Egyptian
theories and practices. That the con-
tnntion is erroneous is easily proved
bv perusal Of the Bible and the Tai
mud. The former does not mention
anv drugs, while the latter refers only
TO few. The Egyptians were &C
nuainted with hundreds of herbs and
their products. 1t Is therefore OBJ
yious that medicine among the He
brevs was very little Influenced by the
teachings of the Egyptian priests, who,
a. il known, kept their remedial meas
ures to themselves. Among the Jews
any person could practice medicine
and impart his knowledge to whomso-
ever he wished. Scripture does not
mention instances of priests acting as
musicians. The prophets, however,
occasionally practiced medicine"
Here is some of the medical lore Of
the Talmud
The pathology of the Talmud has
It that diseases are caused by consti-
tutional defects and by evil influences
acting on the body without.
The remedial measures advised and
medical statements generally in the
Talmud are often ludicrouse in the
extreme. Thus, if a man has eaten
onions in the evening and is found
dead the next morning there is no
need to make inquiry of the cause of
death God signs in an invalid are
sneezing, perspiration, sleep and
dreaming The most painful of all
deaths is that by quinsy.
Wise Rabbi Samuel said We
know remedies for all diseases eX-
cept three; that induced by unripe
dates 'on" an empty stomach; that
caused by wearing a damp linen CIR
die around ones loIns; and that oc-
casioned by falling asleep after meals
without having first walked dis
lance of at least four cubits. For
asthma, take funnel, mint, and worm
wood God created nothing without
a reason. He created the snail and
the leech as remedies for cOntusiOnS;
the fly for the sting of bees; the gnat
for the bite of a serpent; and the liz
ard for the sting of scorpion In
jaundice feed the patient with ASS
flesh. Whoever is bitten with a mad
dog may be fed with the left lobe of
the dogs liver. For the bite of SER
pent, hen may be cut up and applied
10 the wound.
" For continued "fevers," the
weight in sea salt of a brand-new
sauez (coin) suspended on papyrus
fibre around the patients neck SO that
it rests in the hollow in front. For
tertian fever, take seven small grapes
from seven different vines and seven
grains of caraway seed and tie them
to the hollow in front of the neck.
Babylonian broth made up of moldy
bread, sour milk, and salt, retards the
heart action and emanciates the body.
A certain cure for nausea il mixture
of cabbage, beet root, water distilled
from dry moss, and honey. Garlic
destroys cancer Aphasia is cured by
bread baked upon Goals, soft-boiled
eggs without salt, and the continued
use of olive oil.
OLIVES strengthen the memory.
Cinnamon, myrrh, and galbanum are
disinfectants. He who eats turnips
and beef and sleeps out in the open
air during the night of the fourteenth
and fifteenth days of the month of
Summer full noon will most likely
bring on an ague fever, (Gittin.)