Days of Ticho: Empire, Mandate, Medicine & Art in the Holy Land Contributor(s): Reifler, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 9652296651 ISBN-13: 9789652296658 Publisher: Gefen Books OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine |
Dewey: 956.940 |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 7" W x 9.5" (2.51 lbs) 473 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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Publisher Description: Dr. Avraham Albert Ticho was a Viennese-trained ophthalmologist who immigrated to Ottoman-ruled Jerusalem in 1912. There he married his cousin, the artist Anna Ticho, and together they made their mark on the history of the Land of Israel. In Days of Ticho, the Tichos' story is told in all its fascinating detail. Their personal history is presented against the backdrop of a variety of historical perspectives histories of medicine, art, civilian institutions, governments, and war; the struggles and growth of the Yishuv, the Jewish community in Palestine; and the conflicts that arose between Jews and their Arab neighbors. Among the stories in this book are Dr. Ticho's supervision of the first Hadassah nurses in Palestine and the early years of Hadassah Hospital, as well as the near-fatal stabbing of Dr. Ticho by an Arab would-be assassin in November 1929, during the murderous riots that took place throughout Palestine. |
Contributor Bio(s): Reifler, David: - David M. Reifler, M.D., is an ophthalmologist who specializes in oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery. A graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, he trained in ophthalmology at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and in oculoplastic and orbital reconstructive surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. Dr. Reifler is currently on-call professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He is the editor and author of ASOPRS: The First Twenty-Five Years (1994), describing the subspecialty and the organization of which he served as president in 2004, and has written dozens of medical articles and book chapters. He lives with his wife, Karen, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is the proud father of three children and Saba to three grandchildren. |