title: An early glimpse at western medicine in Jerusalem 1700-1840: the case of the Jews and the Franciscans' medical activity.
abstract: During the Mamluk and Ottoman periods, the monks of the Franciscan Order were the only representatives of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem and they provided medical treatment for Christians. This article looks at the activities of the Franciscans, in particular in their pharmacy, which was associated with the production of Jerusalem balsam, famous both in the East and in Europe. It compares these activities with those of Jewish physicians in Jerusalem and looks at the relationships between the two groups and their effects on medical development in the Levant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archeology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Zohar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Amar
authors.forename: Efraim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lev
mesh_terms: D018436:Ancient Lands; D002410:Catholicism / Q000266:history*; D000077406:History of Pharmacy; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000266:history*; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000266:history*; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000266:history*; D008514:Medicine, Arabic / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica