The Diseases of the Bible
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This is one of a series entitled " By-Paths of Bible Knowledge," and is not intended solely for medical men. If it is taken for granted that a "popular" book on the Diseases of the Bible is desirable, Sir Risdon Bennett's little work no doubt answers the purpose fairly well. We are, however, inclined to doubt the wisdom of any such book, and in justification of this feeling Sir Risdon's words in the Introduction may be quoted : " Some of the diseases mentioned in the Bible are simply named, or so briefly described that we can only surmise what they were. And with regard to others it will be well to admit in limine that the most learned physicians of the present day find it difficult to identify them with any particular forms of disease with which they are familiar." (p. 11.) Surmises in reference to sacred subjects ?r matters connected therewith are better avoided. We want firmer ground. Times have changed since Richard. Mead Wrote his Medica Sacra, in the preface to which he says : " I have not writ these essays for the profane or vulgar; but for those only who are well versed, or at least initiated, in theological or medical studies : and for this reason I chose to Publish it in Latin." * Sir Risdon Bennett, like Mead, and Shapter of Exeter in *834, includes old age amongst the Diseases of the Bible. There is no need for this, as the phenomena of senile decay have been the same from the foundation of the world. Statements about the aphrodisiacal powers of the caper are
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دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016