“Hashem sent the fiery serpents against the people and they bit the people. A large multitude of Israel died” (Bamidbar 21:6). Second, the pasuk tells us (21:7) that the people asked Moshe to pray to ...
Dracunculiasis (commonly known as guinea-worm disease), is a parasitic infection caused by drinking stagnant water contaminated with parasite-infected water fleas of the cyclops genus, according to ...
The Rev. Eugene Curry, senior pastor, Park Hill Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo.: Translating animal names in ancient documents is notoriously tricky because the specific identity of the things ...
Translating animal names in ancient documents is notoriously tricky because the specific identity of the things mentioned can’t always be deduced from context alone. The “cockatrice” of the Old ...
The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...
Italian researchers examining a medieval painting may have found the earliest visual depiction of dracunculiasis, a horrifying parasitic infection in which a worm up to 3 feet long creeps out of the ...
Italian researchers examining a medieval painting may have found the earliest visual depiction of dracunculiasis, a horrifying parasitic infection in which a worm up to 3 feet long creeps out of the ...