TY - JOUR
T1 - "Healing" the bodies and souls of immigrant children
T2 - The Ringworm and Trachoma Institute, Sha'ar ha-Aliyah, 1952-1960
AU - Seidelman, Rhona D.
AU - Troen, S. Ilan
AU - Shvarts, Shifra
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partly funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 1217/04. Various people in various parts of the world took the time to comment on earlier drafts of this article, and we are grateful to them: the members of the history of medicine reading group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Journal of Israeli History’s anonymous reviewers offered important and helpful criticism. Particular thanks must go to Dafna Hirsch of the Open University of Israel who graciously gave her time and her expertise to do a thorough and critical reading. We deeply value her insight, her encouragement, and her generosity.
PY - 2010/9/1
Y1 - 2010/9/1
N2 - This article presents the first detailed history of the Sha'ar ha-Aliyah Ringworm and Trachoma Institute. It seeks to clarify the historical details of the controversial issue of ringworm and trachoma treatment during the mass immigration of the 1950s, while contributing to scholarly discussion on Israel's early history as well as the relationship between health and immigration in Israel and the world. Although a localized history, the implications of this story are extensive, shedding light on far-reaching, global themes of biopolitics, body politics, and the ties between immigration, nation-building, medicine, and power.
AB - This article presents the first detailed history of the Sha'ar ha-Aliyah Ringworm and Trachoma Institute. It seeks to clarify the historical details of the controversial issue of ringworm and trachoma treatment during the mass immigration of the 1950s, while contributing to scholarly discussion on Israel's early history as well as the relationship between health and immigration in Israel and the world. Although a localized history, the implications of this story are extensive, shedding light on far-reaching, global themes of biopolitics, body politics, and the ties between immigration, nation-building, medicine, and power.
KW - Sha'ar ha-Aliyah
KW - mass immigration
KW - medicine
KW - public health
KW - ringworm
KW - trachoma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957953606&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13531042.2010.508956
DO - 10.1080/13531042.2010.508956
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:77957953606
SN - 1353-1042
VL - 29
SP - 191
EP - 211
JO - Journal of Israeli History
JF - Journal of Israeli History
IS - 2
ER -