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Phlebotomy knife
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This illustration of a phlebotomy knife appears in an eighteenth-century Judeo-Arabic medical manuscript. Bloodletting, thought to balance the humors of the body, was an accepted medical treatment at…

Contributor:

Atzlan ben Abraham al-Karaji

Date:

18th Century

Subjects:

Medicine, Health, Scholarship, Profession, Arabic

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Medicine, Cartooning & graphic art
Illustration of bloodletting knife on right side of a manuscript page, with Judeo-Arabic text surrounding.
The Journey of the Holy Man Abou Naddara Zarqa from Cairo the Victorious to Paris the Glorious
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A Conversation between Abou Khalil and Abou Naddara Zarqa at Café Riche, Boulevard des Italiens, on the Night of the 14th of July 1878, Paris[ . . . ] Abou Khalil:Good Lord, I’ve missed your banter…

Contributor:

James Sanua

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1878

Subjects:

Scholarship, Travel, Mizrahi, Community, Arabic, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
The Voice of Gladness
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I have merited to make this book, which I named Kol sasson [The Voice of Gladness], for the reason that our masters of blessed memory said that it is obligatory for everyone…

Contributor:

Mordechai Seror

Places:

Algiers, French Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)

Date:

1884

Subjects:

Arabic, Jewish languages, Scholarship, Torah study, Education

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Pedagogy & Schooling