الطب و الأطباء بمدينة الجزائر في أواخر العهد العثماني من خلال كتاب "الطب الشعبي الجزائري في بداية الاحتلال" لألبر فون شونبيرغ

Abstract EN

The book "Algerian folk medicine at the beginning of the occupation" of the Danish physician Albert von Schonberg, is considered as one of the most important sources on the subject of medicine in the city of Algeria during the Ottoman period, it was published for the first time in Copenhagen Hagen in 1837, with its original title "A Summary of Algeria from the medical point of view" , And when Mr.

Abu Eid Dodo translated it into Arabic, it was published under the title referred to earlier.

The importance of the book "Folk Medicine" lies in the fact that the author is an expert in the subject of his book, he is a senior doctor of his time, and came to Algeria in the French campaign in July 1830, where he spent two years during which he frequented algerian doctors, recorded their observations accuratey, in addition to information reported by a number of European doctors who lived in Algeria before the occupation.

Schoenberg has written a lot of observations based on what he saw himself.

In his book, Schönberg elaborated on the diseases that were prevalent in Algeria and mentioned the medicines and methods used by Algerian doctors for treatment.

He also referred to a number of Algerian doctors and European doctors who had lived in Algeria before the occupation.

He referred to some pharmacies that existed in the city of Algeria then