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The British Library and the History of Dutch Jewish Medical Students
Eighteenth-century dissertations.
In October, the British Library suffered a major cyberattack, apparently launched to extort money. The London-based library, which is an offshoot of the venerable British Museum, has still not succeed in fully restoring its online resources. Edward Reichman, an expert on the history of Jews in medicine, examines some of the rare Jewish manuscripts found in the library, which include dissertations composed by Dutch Jewish medical students in the 17th and 18th centuries:
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The British Library and the History of Dutch Jewish Medical Students
Eighteenth-century dissertations.