Meziza: ist sie religiös geboten? Wirkt sie heilend oder schädlich?
Frankfurt: Verlag von Sänger & Friedberg, 1913. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 47 pp. Original wrappers. Pages unopened. Work on a very controversial practice in Judaism, the sucking of the wound after the Brith-Milah, the circumcision of a newborn boy [symbolizing the covenant between forefather Abraham and his creator]. This practice is called "Mezizah" in Hebrew and was accused, among others, of spreading syphilis and tuberculosis. Emanuel Rosenbaum, a German Jewish physician practicing in Paris, presents here a thorough scientific defense of "mezizah:, drawing on both classical Jewish sources and contemporary medicine: In defending the practice, Rosenbaum had two main arguments, namely the hypocrisy of the campaign against the practice and evidence from snakebites suggesting that the "mezizah" was not only harmless, but efficacious. (Source: John M. Ephron: Medicine and the German Jews, pp. 222-223). Minor age wear and staining to wrappers, with 1" closed tear on top alongside spine. Browning throughout, with sporadic foxing. Otherwise clean and tight. In German, in Gothic script. Good condition. g. Item #20289
Price: $250.00