The Arts Of Medicine Medical Perspectives A roundup of recent nonfiction and fiction books with medical themes. NONFICTION J.2k , ant. 1 I WE NOW SERVE LIQUOR 1 - ROOM ' ' for up to 8 4.10 ... person A s . — Fli eating ,, rge Sus CARRY-OUT ONLY ..,,, -euring fi pa and Sushirrt ($15 or more) Carry-Out Phone No. Ptci r.iey.4‘attie., P t a a fon (248) 538-7080 .17 .,. . . -:. . . -- Lunch and Dinner Openf Sugar ifeii 6239 Orchard L lkoact - . West Bloomfield T2 48) 58 7081 — 4111■1•1001.1.1. - Sero's Restaurant is remodeling. We will be closed beginning Sunday, October 8th & looking to reopen on Thursday, October 12th! We appreciate your patience. FAMILY RESTAURANT 29221 NORTHWESTERN HWY. (Corner of 12 Mile Rd.1 Southfield • [248]358-2353 10/6 2000 86 Illness and Health in the Jewish Tradition: Writings from the Bible to Today (The Jewish Publication Society; $24.95) is an anthology of traditional and modern Jewish writ- ings on the experience of illness and healing. Editors David Freeman, M.D., and Rabbi Judith Abrams, Ph.D., focus on coping with, enduring and overcoming disease, even that which is incurable. They cover topics including the role and duties of the physician, reflections on suffering, prayers for healing, the pastoral role of the rabbi and the ethics of caregiving. Comprised of memoirs, stories, essays, prayers and poetry, the selec- tions have been taken from ancient, medieval and modern sources. Contributors include scholars, rabbis, poets and writers, medical profession- als, storytellers and illness survivors. David Freeman is a practicing physi- cian and instructor at Harvard Medical School. Rabbi Abrams is the director of Maqom, a school for adult Talmud study in Houston, Texas. From biblical times to the present, the special relationship between Jews and medicine is traced in Jews and Medicine: Religion, Culture, Science (The Jewish Publication Society; $50). Edited by Natalia Berger and origi- nally published in 1995, the book chronologically traces the most signifi- cant points of encounter between the history of the Jewish people and the history of medicine. It includes 11 essays on such topics as "Healing in Jewish Lore and Law," "Jewish Folk Medicine" and "Jewish Women in Medicine." Sprinkled with full-color pictures of manuscripts, posters, postcards, photo- graphs and sketches taken from Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldman Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Israel, this work examines two ques- tions: Does Judaism in itself foster a special attitude toward medicine? To what extent did life in the Diaspora influence the Jewish contribution to medicine? Distinguished physicians Meyer Friedman and Gerald W. Friedland describe the 10 most significant med- ical discoveries of the past 450 years in Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries (Yale University Press; $30). In selecting and presenting these tales of scientific discovery, the authors utilize the expertise of antiquarian book dealers, collectors of medical publications and medical school pro- fessors, and draw on more than 100 years' combined experience in study- ing, practicing, writing and teaching medicine. Beginning with the 1543 publica- tion of De 1-nimani corporis Pbrica, Libre septum by Vesalius — "the great- est medical book to ever appear" — and ending with the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, the authors single out the top 10 medical breakthroughs from thousands of can- didates. Published in 1998. this book will interest anyone fascinated by the mysteries of medicine. Meyer Friedman, M.D., is the dis- coverer of "Type A" behavior and its relation to heart disease and the direc- tor of the Meyer Friedman Institute, University of California San Franscisco-Mount Zion Medical Center. Gerald W. Friedland, M.D., is professor emeritus in the department of radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.