DDRIG: An Historical Study of the Circulation and Growth of Medical Knowledge

这项研究深入研究了犹太内科医生和外科医生的网络，他们忍受了西班牙宗教裁判所设在美洲的神圣办公室的法庭的审判。目的是揭示这些从业者如何在17世纪的西班牙帝国传播医学知识，因为他们面临着宗教裁判所的监视和起诉。除了进行的研究之外，这些资金还将用于一个名为“大西洋世界的犹太人和早期现代医学”（JEMMAW）的数字人文数据库项目。该网页将以时间轴、地图、档案图像、参考书目、上下文信息以及与每个从业者相关的档案资源链接为特色。JEMMAW旨在作为美洲医学史、知识流通和科学史的开放获取学术资源。它是为各级学生以及高中和大学教师设计的。对收集到的文件进行档案研究和分析是数据收集的主要方法。本研究主要关注三个问题：第一，宗教裁判所所依赖的大众监管和社会“他者化”是如何阻碍或影响医学知识的创造和流通的？第二，犹太民族是否作为犹太和神秘犹太医学从业者的知识流通手段？最后，美国在科学史和医学史叙事中的地位如何影响我们对过去医疗实践的解读？这项研究强调了生活在大众治安社会中的外科医生的生活经历和迫害，他们仍然设法生产和传播有价值的医学和科学知识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This research delves into the networks of Jewish physicians and surgeons who endured trials by the tribunals of the Holy Office of the Spanish Inquisition based in the Americas. The goal is to uncover how these practitioners circulated medical knowledge in the 17th-century Spanish Empire as they faced surveillance and prosecution by the Inquisition. In addition to the research conducted, these funds will also contribute to a digital humanities database project called Jews and Early Modern Medicine in the Atlantic World (JEMMAW). This webpage will feature timelines, maps, archival images, bibliographies, contextual information, and links to archival sources relevant to each practitioner. JEMMAW is intended as an open-access academic resource for the history of medicine, knowledge circulation, and the history of science in the Americas. It is designed for use by students of all levels as well as high school and college teachers. Archival research and analysis of collected documents serves as the primary methodology of data collection.This research focuses on three questions: First, how did the popular policing and social ‘otherizing’ relied upon by the Inquisition hinder or otherwise affect the creation and circulation of medical knowledge? Second, did the Jewish nation function as a means of knowledge circulation for Jewish and crypto-Jewish medical practitioners? And lastly, How does the America’s position within narratives of history of science and history of medicine inform our interpretation of past medical practice? This research emphasizes the lived experiences and persecution of surgeons who lived within societies of popular policing, who still managed to produce and circulate valuable medical and scientific knowledge.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.