Subhaktha P K J P, Prasad P V V, Narayana A
Indian Institute of History of Medicine, Osmania Medical College Building, Putlibowli, Hyderabad 500095.
Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad. 2007 Jul-Dec;37(2):107-16.
Every Society, in its unending process of evolution, devises its own methods of survival in ethical, medical and emotional aspects. The urge for good and healthy living, the desire for longevity of life are not only inherent but also largely evident in all the societies right from the time of its primitivity. Jews are a wonder community. Though negligible in numbers, they managed to win 17.5% of noble prizes announced so far. Besides, almost all the major inventions in the world are by Jews. This despite the years of persecution and trials the community was subjected to in the history. The pages of the human history are smeared with the blood patches of the Jews in the hands of oppressors for several centuries. Apart from the fact that theirs is the community chosen specially by God, the intellectual prowess and tenacity of the Jewish community basically stems from the discipline and dietary code they received from their leader Moses in wilderness. Jewish nation was conceived in the vision of their patriarch Abraham but in fact, born on the night they left as slaves from Egypt for good under the dynamic leadership of Moses. Mosaic code for all aspects of life has made Jews or Israelites what they are today. A modest effort is being made in this article to trace their community's health and hygiene social behavioral precepts as given by Moses.
每个社会在其无休止的进化过程中，都会在伦理、医学和情感方面设计出自己的生存方式。对美好生活和健康生活的渴望，对长寿的向往，不仅是与生俱来的，而且从原始时代起就在所有社会中大体上很明显。犹太人是一个神奇的群体。尽管人数微不足道，但他们赢得了迄今为止公布的17.5%的诺贝尔奖。此外，世界上几乎所有的重大发明都是犹太人做出的。尽管在历史上这个群体遭受了多年的迫害和磨难。在几个世纪里，人类历史的篇章上沾满了压迫者手中犹太人的血迹。除了他们是上帝特别挑选的群体这一事实外，犹太群体的智力才能和坚韧基本上源于他们在荒野中从领袖摩西那里得到的戒律和饮食规定。犹太民族是在他们的族长亚伯拉罕的愿景中构想出来的，但实际上，是在摩西的有力领导下，他们作为奴隶永远离开埃及的那个夜晚诞生的。摩西关于生活各方面的律法造就了今天的犹太人或以色列人。本文将做出适度努力，追溯摩西所赋予他们群体的健康与卫生社会行为准则。
