Dr. S. Tchernichovsky, the famous Hebrew poet and linguist, has taken over the work of completing the Hebrew Dictionary of Medicine and Natural Science which was being compiled by the late Dr. Mazia, and was interrupted by his death. Dr. Tchernichovsky, who came to Palestine several months ago and has been requested to edit the manuscript of the unfinished dictionary, explained that in Dr. Mazia’s collection of 5,000 books there were volumes, mainly medical, in which he had marked the words which he intended should go into the dictionary. The words will be written in Latin and the explanation in Hebrew. It is anticipated that between forty and fifty thousand medical terms will be elucidated.
Dr. Mazia’s family intend to establish a library in his memory and to republish the first Hebrew medical book by Dr. Assef, of which only three copies remain in the world, and are treasured in the museums of Mannheim, London and Paris.
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