European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday december 25,1987 Seal that came in from the cold Maude an elephant Seal who never really liked the rigid pc Meier of Antarctica bristles with pleasure in her new Home at tilling Park zoo in s deny Australia. Maude was one of three seals on Board an Antarctic australian Supply ship which ran aground at Mcquarie Island. A Rescue ship look Maude and her companions to Tasmania and an australian air Force plane flew them to Sydney. World today experts say biblical practices showed medical knowledge Jerusalem a experts have found a Strong basis in Medicine for seemingly bizarre biblical practices such As babylonian and Koman military leaders who studied the livers of grazing animals to choose campsites and battlegrounds. Other scientists say current physical and mental fitness crazes find resonance in the holy scriptures and that contrary to popular belief women were never meant 10sutler pain in childbirth the curse of these findings were contained in some of the 40 papers presented by american. British Canadian. French West German and israeli researchers at a re cent International symposium on Medicine in Bible and talmud at Jerusalem s hebrew University. We always think they knew nothing about medi Cine in biblical times or. Elinor Liber a physician and medical historian at England s Oxford University said in an interview. But they knew quite a bit. They did t have microscopes then but they had their own methods. All we have to do is figure out what they Lieber s research focused on Lepalo copy or inspection of the liver which she traced 10 the Days of the Prophet Ezekiel. It was then that King of Babylonia Nebuchadnezzar of the Early 6th Century . Looks at the liver to decide whether first to invade Amman the capital of modern Day Jordan or Jerusalem Ezek. 21 21 the King s method was later picked up by roman rulers in Palestine around the Lime or Jesus Liber said. The ancients linked liver disease in animals to out Breaks of malaria. Lieber said that although the two diseases arc not directly related the insects that carry both Are bred in the same wet marshy environment. Thus she said the examination of livers was not a religious superstition but a scientific Way of determining where soldiers ran less of a risk of getting disease like malaria which claimed More lives than Battles. This was a clearly invaluable method for military planning she said ancient tablets unearthed in Babylonia in Modem Iraq and in Israel show models of livers from sheep or other grazing animals that were examined to see whether they had holes caused by flukes or other Para Sites. According to the writings of an ancient Engineer named Vel Revius roman soldiers who camped near Jerusalem in the 1st Century . Used similar methods to decide on the Sites of their bases Liber added. At the symposium rabbi Ruven p. Bulka of Ottawa Canada cited the Bible As a source of support for today s fitness fads. He noted numerous old testament admonitions to maintain sound mind and body such As be exceedingly needful of yourselves deut. 4 15. He said the old testament also attached much significance to mental stability in numerous command ments including the passage deut. 2fi l 1rejoice in All of the Good that god has Given other researchers noted the Bible made Little refer ence to methods of maintaining sound mental health although it spoke often of avoiding psychological afflictions such As depression. A Bible researcher Danielle Gourevitch of Paris reported a biblical practice that was once prescribed by doctors but which proved to be unfounded. Called Shuna mutism the practice involves a teen aged girl sleeping with in elderly Man for purposes of his rejuvenation. The practice was begun by israelite King David who in his old age kept a Young woman named Abi shag the Shulamite Kings 1,1 1-4. It was subsequently promoted by doctors As a restorative beginning in 18th-Century France Goure Vilch said. Another Challenge to popular interpretations of the Bible came from Helen Wessel. A childbirth educator from san Diego Calif Wessel said the scripture contained Little evidence to support Modem notions that god punished eve for eating forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden by decreeing All women would suffer pain in childbirth. She traced the phrase the curse of eve 10 3rd and Ullh Century Christian theologians who she said sought to promote the religious Virtues of female Vir during childbirth became common in the 16th Century when overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in Western cities caused the deaths of Many women during delivery Wessel added. In support of her thesis Wessel said that out of dozens of references to Chil Binh in the old Testa ment there is Only one delivery with hard ship the birth of Benjamin to the ancient matriarch Rachel in the Book of genesis Ansel said that according to the Bible Rachel died during a delivery complicated by the baby bans in a Breech position. Tokyo businesses taking fresh look at local items Tokyo a odor eating locks and toothpaste chewing gum arc popping up on japanese store she Vesas business Smen Here rack their brains to tap into the Domestic Market. The reason according to a report released by Japan s lop advertising Agency dents inc., is hat the Rise of the japanese yen is making it harder to sell japanese products abroad. Some of the More conventional products developed because of recent technological advances Are four wheel automobile steering systems compact disc components and concentrated detergents the report said. Other items such As Home bakery systems air purifiers and odor eating socks which contain a chemical to pre vent he growth of bacteria also have been developed la Titi Laic finicky japanese Consumers the report said. One unusual product being marketed is a toothpaste substitute called notice a new chewing gum that acts As a breath freshener and also Breaks Down 80percent to 90 percent of the food residue in the Mouth. Soviets dedicate stamp to signing of inf treaty Moscow a the soviet Union has issued postage sump commemorating last week s signing of the superpower treaty to scrap intermediate Range nuclear missiles. According to the official soviet news Agency Tass the stamp depicts the . Capital the Kremlin s spas sky Tower and the Flag of both superpowers. An inscription says the treaty on eliminating so Viet and american medium and Short Range missiles is the first step toward a nuclear free world. Soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev and president Reagan signed the pad during their meeting in Washington to ban nuclear othites with ranges of from 300 to 3,000 Miles. Taiwan gives defector $3 million Gold Reward Taipei Taiwan a a chinese air Force Pilot who flew a Mig-19 Jet fighter to Taiwan last month received a Gold Reward Worth about s3 million tues Day from Taiwan s nationalist government. The defense ministry said Liu Chin Yuan. 28. Also was commissioned a major in Taiwan s air Force at the ceremony during which he renounced his membership in chivas communist party. Late egyptian King s train set sold for $33,725 London a an Anonymous buyer has paid18,414 pounds s33,725 for a Model train set that belonged to Egypt s late King Farouk. A spokesman for Christie s auctioneers said tuesday. The hand painted tinplate train set was made by the German toy company Merklin Between 1920 and 192s and was bought by the King s father. King Ahmed Faud i said spokesman Tim Matthews. The lot sold included a railway station modelled on the one that exists in Leipzig East Germany mat thews said. It sold for 4,200 pounds 17.692. There also were several coaches with open roofs showing passenger seated within a restaurant car that sold for 2.000 pounds $3,663 and a wine Wagon with two wine barrel that sold for 1,400 pounds $2,564. Matthews said the set included a pair of miniature Street lamps with the original Glass and tiny candles. They sold for 1,000 Pound ji.83is. A destination Board lit by candles fetched 1,200 pounds 12,197. Poll shows silent night a West German favorite Saa Brucken Germany a the i9th-cr Tury Christmas hymn silent night is still the West germans favorite song a new Survey shows. Johannes Brahms Lullaby was in second place and Franz Schubert s popular song am Brunnen Vor dem Tore or at the Fountain by the Gate was i third according to the Survey results reported by the religious Magazine Sonnig Gruss sunday greeting. Sonntag5grus5, published by the West Gentian lutheran Church noted that the wartime song Lili Mark in wus in eighth position in popularity. Fran Gruber an austrian wrote silent night in1818
