Reuven Kalisher
Jewish Doctor
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| Intro | Jewish Doctor | |||
| Places | Ukraine | |||
| was | Doctor Physician | |||
| Work field | Healthcare | |||
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| Birth | 25 April 1828, Dubno, Dubno Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine | |||
| Death | 20 August 1896Kyiv, Ukraine (aged 68 years) | |||
| Star sign | Taurus | |||
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Biography
Reuven Kalisher, resident of Zhytomir, was a Jewish doctor and Hebrew-language literist.
Vitiligo and Tzaraath
Kalisher maintained the view that the Torah mentioned Tzaraath is not Leprosy but in fact Vitiligo, Yehuda L. Katzenelson quotes Kalisher's view in his work on medicinal talmudic work (הרפואה וחכמת התלמוד berlin, 1928).
Literary works
- Natural works and medicine (Hebrew) Warsaw, 1862.