Nava Blum
Biographic Data
| ID | 6057539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nava Blum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nava |
| FAMILY NAME | Blum |
| SIGNATURE | BLUM N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Air We Breathe
article focuses on a poster, The Air We Breathe, from the American Lung Association which was created as part of its environmental education program in the 1980s. It comments on the two most dominant forms of air pollution in the United States, particulate pollution and ozone, and mentions hazards include sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead. It talks about the increased risk of premature death caused by ozone pollution and reflects on the h…
Blum et al. Respond
We thank Tulchinsky for commenting on and for expanding the discussion of Natan Goldblum's contributions. We are aware that he was involved in many important projects, such as the one Tulchinsky mentions, but because of space limitations, we had to focus on only one aspect of his work—the first steps in producing the inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine in the 1950s. We are pleased to have more of Goldblum's significant projects brought to the atten…
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) and Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865)
IN THE EARLY TO MIDnineteenth century in Europe and America, thousands of young women died from childbed fever, also known as puerperal fever, a disease rampant in the charity maternity clinics of the time.1 Women were generally affected within the first three days after childbirth. The disease progressed rapidly and caused acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever, and debility. Therapy usually involved bloodletting, but with or without thi…
Justina Siegemund and the Art of Midwifery
The article profiles German midwife Justina Siegemund. Published in 1960, Siegemund's book was the first German medical text written by a woman. She decided to study and practice midwifery in 1959 after suffering from the care of midwives who assumed she was pregnant. In 1701 she was appointed Court Midwife of Berlin, Germany by Elector of Brandenburg Frederick William
Professor Natan Goldblum
A PANDEMIC OF POLIOMYELITIS struck Israel in the early 1950s and created an urgent need for immunization against the disease. By 1956, there were 5835 cases of poliomyelitis, 85% to 90% of whom were children aged 5 years and younger.1 This pandemic began in part as a result of the massive immigration of Jews from post-war Europe and Middle Eastern and North African countries, which doubled the Israeli population within 3 years. It is possible tha…
The St John Eye Hospital
The article offers information on the Saint John Eye Hospital in east Jerusalem. It is stated to be a bridge for peace in a world at war. It serves as the main center for specialized eye care in the West Bank, Gaza, and east Jerusalem. The eye hospital started in 1882, and was then located in Ottoman Empire Jerusalem. It closed in 1914, during World War I, but reopened in 1919. It is said to be the only public hospital in the region specializing …
Critical Shortcomings at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Create Doubt
This photograph shows an amputee soldier undergoing occupational therapy at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Walter Reed) in the early 1950s. Walter Reed was then well known for its comprehensive approach to rehabilitation based on the patient's physical, vocational, social, and emotional capacities, leading to the maximum recovery of injured and disabled military personnel.1 An amputee soldier undergoing occupational therapy at the Walter Re…
The Sungari River Flood and the Jewish Community in Harbin, China
Not a single death was reported in the Jewish community. During and after the flooding, community leaders immediately organized the delivery of bread and water to families in need, physicians made rounds by boat, and Betar, the Jewish youth organization, moved Jews living in flooded areas to the synagogue and the cemetery, both located on high ground. Volunteers assisted the elderly and the sick by bringing them food from a central soup kitchen u…
The First Mental Hospital in China
AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS of planning and fundraising, American medical missionaries opened the first mental hospital in China in 1898. In 19th century China, the mentally ill were usually confined by their families in a dark room of the house, essentially neglected.1 If left to wander in the streets, they were often mocked and laughed at, and sometimes stoned. If they did anything wrong, they could be arrested and thrown into prison. Because the …
The Polio Epidemic in Israel in the 1950s
numbers of disabled individuals forced the young state to focus attention on the problem of rehabilitation. Policy- and decisionmakers recognized the need but did not have the resources to provide adequate rehabilitation
Professor Natan Goldblum
A PANDEMIC OF POLIOMYELITIS struck Israel in the early 1950s and created an urgent need for immunization against the disease. By 1956, there were 5835 cases of poliomyelitis, 85% to 90% of whom were children aged 5 years and younger.1 This pandemic began in part as a result of the massive immigration of Jews from post-war Europe and Middle Eastern and North African countries, which doubled the Israeli population within 3 years. It is possible tha…
The First Mental Hospital in China
AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS of planning and fundraising, American medical missionaries opened the first mental hospital in China in 1898. In 19th century China, the mentally ill were usually confined by their families in a dark room of the house, essentially neglected.1 If left to wander in the streets, they were often mocked and laughed at, and sometimes stoned. If they did anything wrong, they could be arrested and thrown into prison. Because the …
The Polio Epidemic in Israel in the 1950s
numbers of disabled individuals forced the young state to focus attention on the problem of rehabilitation. Policy- and decisionmakers recognized the need but did not have the resources to provide adequate rehabilitation
The Polio Epidemic in Israel in the 1950s
numbers of disabled individuals forced the young state to focus attention on the problem of rehabilitation. Policy- and decisionmakers recognized the need but did not have the resources to provide adequate rehabilitation
Critical Shortcomings at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Create Doubt
This photograph shows an amputee soldier undergoing occupational therapy at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Walter Reed) in the early 1950s. Walter Reed was then well known for its comprehensive approach to rehabilitation based on the patient's physical, vocational, social, and emotional capacities, leading to the maximum recovery of injured and disabled military personnel.1 An amputee soldier undergoing occupational therapy at the Walter Re…
The Sungari River Flood and the Jewish Community in Harbin, China
Not a single death was reported in the Jewish community. During and after the flooding, community leaders immediately organized the delivery of bread and water to families in need, physicians made rounds by boat, and Betar, the Jewish youth organization, moved Jews living in flooded areas to the synagogue and the cemetery, both located on high ground. Volunteers assisted the elderly and the sick by bringing them food from a central soup kitchen u…
The First Mental Hospital in China
AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS of planning and fundraising, American medical missionaries opened the first mental hospital in China in 1898. In 19th century China, the mentally ill were usually confined by their families in a dark room of the house, essentially neglected.1 If left to wander in the streets, they were often mocked and laughed at, and sometimes stoned. If they did anything wrong, they could be arrested and thrown into prison. Because the …
The St John Eye Hospital
The article offers information on the Saint John Eye Hospital in east Jerusalem. It is stated to be a bridge for peace in a world at war. It serves as the main center for specialized eye care in the West Bank, Gaza, and east Jerusalem. The eye hospital started in 1882, and was then located in Ottoman Empire Jerusalem. It closed in 1914, during World War I, but reopened in 1919. It is said to be the only public hospital in the region specializing …
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) and Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865)
IN THE EARLY TO MIDnineteenth century in Europe and America, thousands of young women died from childbed fever, also known as puerperal fever, a disease rampant in the charity maternity clinics of the time.1 Women were generally affected within the first three days after childbirth. The disease progressed rapidly and caused acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever, and debility. Therapy usually involved bloodletting, but with or without thi…
Justina Siegemund and the Art of Midwifery
The article profiles German midwife Justina Siegemund. Published in 1960, Siegemund's book was the first German medical text written by a woman. She decided to study and practice midwifery in 1959 after suffering from the care of midwives who assumed she was pregnant. In 1701 she was appointed Court Midwife of Berlin, Germany by Elector of Brandenburg Frederick William
Professor Natan Goldblum
A PANDEMIC OF POLIOMYELITIS struck Israel in the early 1950s and created an urgent need for immunization against the disease. By 1956, there were 5835 cases of poliomyelitis, 85% to 90% of whom were children aged 5 years and younger.1 This pandemic began in part as a result of the massive immigration of Jews from post-war Europe and Middle Eastern and North African countries, which doubled the Israeli population within 3 years. It is possible tha…
Blum et al. Respond
We thank Tulchinsky for commenting on and for expanding the discussion of Natan Goldblum's contributions. We are aware that he was involved in many important projects, such as the one Tulchinsky mentions, but because of space limitations, we had to focus on only one aspect of his work—the first steps in producing the inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine in the 1950s. We are pleased to have more of Goldblum's significant projects brought to the atten…
The Air We Breathe
article focuses on a poster, The Air We Breathe, from the American Lung Association which was created as part of its environmental education program in the 1980s. It comments on the two most dominant forms of air pollution in the United States, particulate pollution and ozone, and mentions hazards include sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead. It talks about the increased risk of premature death caused by ozone pollution and reflects on the h…
Medicine (10 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Poliomyelitis (3 works) · Virology (3 works) · Virology (3 works) · China (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)