...Shaul G. Massry; Miroslaw Smogorzewski; Elizur Hazani; Shaul M. Shasha Both the Old Testament and the Talmud contain a great deal of information on medicine, nephrology, health and disease. The basic premise of early Jewish medicine is based on the notion that disease is due to structural changes...

...Estée Dvorjetski The kidneys, the bladder and nephrology in general were discussed in the Talmudic literature from their anatomical, pathological and philological aspects. The Sages’ deliberations were based on the Biblical texts. The characteristic phraseology of the scriptures uses the kidneys...