[MAIGNE'S THORACOLUMBAR JUNCTION SYNDROME].

The characteristic of thoracolumbar junction syndrome (TLJS( described by Maigne are pain in the iliac crest and tenderness on palpation at the level of the junction between the lower dorsal and the upper lumbar vertebra. It is an often unrecognized and treatable cause of low back pain. TLJS is commonly associated with those who have low back pain, although it does not always present pain in this region.

[ON THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE].

The inter-relationship between botany, medicine and horticulture started long before the 20th century, but it became an important modality during World War 1. Horticulture became an essential part of the multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of patients and disabled people with physical or mental problems. It enhances calmness, and enjoyment together with other modalities like music and art therapies, therapy with animals and more.

[Post-Covid Syndrome, Sick Building Syndrome, Silicone Breast Syndrome, Choric Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia -Autoimmunity to the Autonomic Nervous System].

Post-Covid Syndrome, Sick Building Syndrome, Silicone Breast Syndrome, Choric Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia -Autoimmunity to the Autonomic Nervous System.

On Professor Robert Lipschitz, MB, ChB, PhD(Med), FRCS(Edin) and the Spinal Cord Injury Service, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Professor Robert Lipschitz, MB, ChB, PhD(Med), FRCS(Edin) was a pioneer who established the Spinal Cord Injury Unit, at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. A brief description of his academic and clinical accomplishments is given.

[HE GAVE EVERYTHING HE HAD: DR. SHLOMO GURFINKEL - A LAST DESCENDANT].

Holocaust survivors gave a significant contribution to Israel's fighting forces and to the victory in the War of Independence. Many of them lost their lives in the battlefields. Many doctors who were survivors took an active part in the war, and afterwards in the building of the base of public medicine in the country.

[MEDICAL STUDIES IN EXTREME SITUATION: THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN WARSAW GHETTO].

MEDICAL STUDIES IN EXTREME SITUATION: THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN WARSAW GHETTO.

To reappraise or not to reappraise? Emotion regulation strategies moderate the association of loneliness during COVID-19 with depression and anxiety.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in heightened feelings of loneliness due to lockouts and social restrictions.

Objective: In the present study, we examined the association of loneliness during the pandemic with anxiety and depression, while exploring the moderating role of the tendency to use two emotion-regulation strategies (expressive suppression, cognitive reappraisal).

Design: We chose to examine these associations in a sample of older adults, because they faced higher risk for loneliness and health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bernard Bornstein (1900-1977): His life and contribution to Polish and Israeli neurology.

Bernard Bornstein (1900-1975) was one of a few Polish-Jewish neurologists who escaped the tragic fate of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland. Educated at the University of Vienna and practicing until the war in Cracow, Bornstein in his scientific work dealt comprehensively with various neurological topics, bringing to Israeli medicine the best of pre-War European neurological diagnostics and combining them with the latest achievements of genetics. He was a teacher of many prominent Israeli neurologists.

[ON THE TREATMENT OF HOSTAGES AND PRISONERS OF WAR].

ON THE TREATMENT OF HOSTAGES AND PRISONERS OF WAR.

["AN UNFINISHED SYMPHONY": MEDICINE DURING THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING].

This year marks the anniversary of the 80th year of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943 -2023), a very important and significant turning point in the history of the Holocaust. The Uprising is not the only demonstration of courage and strength, in rebelling against the brutal Nazi oppressor: there was another form of intellectual and spiritual resistance in the ghetto - medical resistance. Physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals resisted.

[ON PHYSICIAN -ASSISTANT AND OTHER ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS].

During the late 19th century and the 20th century, many allied health and technical professions, joined physicians and nurses in their formal medical and surgical comprehensive work. The professionalization process of the various medical and surgical fields demanded true incorporation of allied health professions into the medical infrastructure. Non-academic professions such as the "feldsher ", barber-surgeon, bone-setters and the midwife, transferred into realms of the academic medical and the health professions fields.

[ABOUT ZONDA, PENROSE, STENT AND HEBREW AS A BONDWOMAN: SHOULD WE SEASON OUR LANGUAGE OR RATHER IMMERSE INTO IT?].

The Israeli everyday medical slang includes foreign names. Some of these terms had already been translated to Hebrew, but are rarely in use. Terms such as "staung, schpadel, penrose, pinzette, tourniquet, gauze pad, PEG or retractor" are most frequently in use in foreign languages, as well as nouns like pasteurization, mesmerizing (hypnotizing) which originated from their historical developer.

Vulnerability reawakened: Increased substance use among aging traumatized veterans during COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: This study prospectively assesses the implication of (a) exposure to distant trauma of war captivity, (b) stressful life events across the life span, and (c) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) trajectories and current PTSD, on substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: One hundred and twenty Israeli ex-prisoners of war (ex-POWs) and 65 matched veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War filled out self-report questionnaires in 4 waves of assessment (T1-18, T2-30, T3-35, and T4-42 years after the war). A fifth wave of assessment (T5) was conducted in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, 47 years after the war.

Hunger Disease in Southern France Internment Camps during World War II: The Pioneering Studies of Dr. Joseph Weill.

Dr. Joseph Weill was a French Jewish doctor who made significant contributions to the knowledge of hunger disease in the refugee camps in southern France during World War II. He was involved with the clandestine network of escape routes for Jewish children from Nazi-occupied France to Switzerland.

[ON THE BED AND BESIDE IT].

Hospital beds are essential equipment for any hospital and clinical work. Various types of beds are in regular use in different medical branches. We survey historical points regarding the development of different types of beds, and medical eponyms, which connected to hospital beds.