Krikler D M
Postgrad Med J. 1970 Dec;46(542):687-97. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.46.542.687.
The relative social and genetic isolation of Jews from other communities, which was much more marked in the past than now, has led to the belief that they are unusually prone to a variety of illnesses. Until the last few decades assessments of the incidence of various diseases among them were usually based on impressions rather than planned surveys or careful analyses, and many misconceptions still persist. It is proposed to consider the present state of knowledge as well as to indicate the historical and social basis for any tendencies for Jews to suffer from, or perhaps to resist, some diseases. No attempt has been made to analyse every single report in which Jewish pre-disposition to various diseases is mentioned; attention will be focused on those conditions that have received greater attention or from which it is possible to draw meaningful conclusions.
犹太人相对于其他群体在社会和遗传上的相对隔离，在过去比现在更为显著，这导致人们认为他们异常容易患上各种疾病。直到过去几十年，对他们中各种疾病发病率的评估通常基于印象而非有计划的调查或仔细分析，许多误解仍然存在。本文旨在考量当前的知识状况，并指出犹太人患某些疾病或可能抵抗某些疾病的任何倾向的历史和社会基础。并未尝试分析每一篇提及犹太人对各种疾病易感性的报告；注意力将集中在那些受到更多关注或有可能得出有意义结论的疾病上。
