An Experimental Pharmacological Appreciation of Leviticus XI and Deuteronomy XIV

David Israel Macht (January 14, 1882 - October 14, 1961) was a Pharmacologist and Doctor of Hebrew Literature, responsible for many contributions to pharmacology during the first half of the 20th century. Macht published over 900 scientific studies, and three books. He introduced a number of new methods of treatment of diseases. The most outstanding was his work "An Experimental Pharmacological Appreciation of Leviticus XI and Deuteronomy XIV, (1953). In which Macht used his phytopharmacology technique on samples of both Levitically clean and unclean animals, and showed a markedly higher phytotoxic index for the unclean meats.

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Macht, D.I., (1953). An Experimental Pharmacological Appreciation of Leviticus XI and Deuteronomy XIV,” Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Volume 27. Pages 444-450 [Organ of The American Association Of The History Of Medicine And Of The Johns Hopkins Institute Of The History Of Medicine]

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