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Evaluation of anthrax treatment from ancient history may help healthcare providers to handle this serious disease more efficiently.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>OBJECTIVE:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate the biblical descriptions of anthrax, focusing on its therapy in ancient times.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>STUDY SELECTION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All biblical texts associated with anthrax were examined and passages relating to this disease were studied closely.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>DATA SYNTHESIS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Biblical passages such as: \u201cTake a cluster of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil [anthrax], and he recovered,\u201d and \u201cLet them take a cluster of figs, and lay it upon the boil [anthrax], and he shall recover,\u201d convincingly indicate that figs have healing properties in cutaneous anthrax lesions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>On the basis of this study, the National Institutes of Health together with the pharmaceutical industry may consider to work on isolation of compounds from fig plants to develop products against cutaneous and possibly other forms of anthrax once screening tests are completed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/106002800303700224","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,6]],"date-time":"2017-01-06T07:39:55Z","timestamp":1483688395000},"page":"297-300","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Figs \u2014 The Earliest Known Ancient Drug for Cutaneous Anthrax"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Liubov Louba","family":"Ben-Noun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Liubov Louba Ben-Noun MD, Senior Lecturer, Family Physician Specialist, Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Health in the Community, Department of Family Medicine, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 572, Kiryat-Gat 82104, Israel, FAX 972 8 6883376"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2003,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/516268"},{"key":"bibr2-106002800303700224","first-page":"2","volume":"141","author":"Ben-Noun L.","year":"2002","journal-title":"Harefuah"},{"key":"bibr3-106002800303700224","first-page":"729","volume-title":"Vaccines","author":"Brachman PS","year":"1994"},{"key":"bibr4-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.281.18.1735"},{"key":"bibr5-106002800303700224","first-page":"1735","volume-title":"Principles and practice of infectious diseases","author":"Lew D.","year":"2000"},{"key":"bibr6-106002800303700224","first-page":"2079","volume-title":"Topley and Wilson's principles of bacteriology, virology and immunity","author":"Wilson GS","year":"1975","edition":"6"},{"key":"bibr7-106002800303700224","first-page":"1182","volume-title":"Principles and practice of infectious diseases","author":"LaForce FM","year":"1985","edition":"2"},{"key":"bibr8-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/clinids\/19.6.1009"},{"key":"bibr9-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra012892"},{"key":"bibr10-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199909093411107"},{"key":"bibr11-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.50.2.329"},{"key":"bibr12-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.7973702"},{"key":"bibr13-106002800303700224","first-page":"939","volume-title":"Infectious diseases","author":"Brachman PS","year":"1983"},{"key":"bibr14-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.1800840622"},{"key":"bibr15-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.1984.33.144"},{"key":"bibr16-106002800303700224","first-page":"335","volume-title":"Current clinical topics in infectious diseases","volume":"20","author":"Friedlander AM","year":"2000"},{"key":"bibr17-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9343(77)90358-8"},{"key":"bibr18-106002800303700224","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.1987.tb07500.x"},{"key":"bibr19-106002800303700224","first-page":"117","volume":"40","author":"Kutluk MT","year":"1987","journal-title":"Cutis"},{"key":"bibr20-106002800303700224","first-page":"434","volume-title":"Stickland G. 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