A nurse saves steps between patients in the tenements by crossing over roofs, 1910, Archives & Special Collections, Columbia University Health Sciences, Courtesy of Visiting Nurse Service of New York.

Yeshiva University Museum presents Trail of the Magic Bullet
Now on view at the Center for Jewish History

Modern medicine emerged in the second half of the 19th century, as innovative technologies and new theories of disease paved the way for extraordinary medical advances. For Jews—and for the Jewish community at large—the field of scientific medicine presented new opportunities, new challenges, and new ways to engage with modernity. Through an array of original medical instruments, artifacts, documents, letters, photographs, and video, Trail of the Magic Bullet explores the Jewish encounter with modern medicine on an individual, communal, and religious level. The exhibition brings the conversation up to the present, concluding with a specially produced film that examines key issues in contemporary Jewish bioethics. Trail of the Magic Bullet was developed in conjunction with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Curated by Josh Feinberg 

Hours: Mon. 5pm-8pm (Free) | Sun., Tue. and Thu. 11am-5pm | Wed. 11am to 8pm (Free 5pm to 8pm) | Fri. 11am-2:30pm (Free)

Admission: $8 for adults | $6 for seniors and students | Free for YU Museum members, YU students and alumni and employees of reciprocal museums

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