Next to the sign is a photo of the pharmacy in 1965:
In the photo, from right to left: Yitzhak Mamlock, Na’ama Levenstein, Miriam Mamlock
Photographer: Gad Lavi (Levenstein), 1965
Click for a larger image The display in front of the sign was photographed on the same day -
Click for a larger image The following photos show close-ups of the items in the display:
Baby scale -
Click for a larger image Baby bottles -
Click for a larger image Jars for storing ointments -
Click for a larger image Alcohol and measuring bottles -
Click for a larger image (Probably) cupping glasses, on the top shelf, medicine bottles -
Click for a larger image Syringes -
Click for a larger image Tablets for internal use, and on the shelf above - a prescription book (probably from 1959) -
Click for a larger image Tablets for internal use -
Click for a larger image First-aid bandaging kit -
Click for a larger image Medicine storage containers and measuring spoons -
Click for a larger image Medicines, and on the shelf below - droppers and more -
Click for a larger image The pharmacy in Giv’atayim mentioned on the sign is part of the "Pioneers Route" in the Borochov neighborhood and appears on the site
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So is the pharmacy in the Sarona complex
Click for sign's details and the medicinal herb garden
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Translation of the text on the sign:
This display was donated to the Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, by Yonatan Mamlock and his family in memory of the family’s patriarch, Yitzhak Isidore Mamlock - the first pharmacist of Giv’atayim, a proud Zionist who followed in the path and vision of Theodor Herzl, the visionary of the State. He was born in 1877 in West Prussia to a traditional family. In 1895, the family moved to Berlin. He studied at the universities of Rostock and Strasbourg, becoming a pharmacist and food chemist. At the beginning of the 20th century, he opened a pharmacy and a food standards laboratory in the Berlin district of Berlinz.
Under the influence of Theodor Herzl, who was his friend, and Chaim Weizmann, he absorbed his Zionist consciousness during his studies in Berlin. Over the years, he participated in Zionist Congresses (in Basel, The Hague, and Hamburg in the early 20th century).
Upon immigrating to the Land of Israel in 1907, he worked as a pharmacist at the Templer pharmacy in Jaffa. As a German national, he returned to serve in the German army during World War I as a pharmacist officer - assistant to the chief medical officer at the General Staff in Berlin. At the end of the war in 1918, he worked for two years in the Zionist institution Hachshara (“Preparation”) for bringing Jews to the Land of Israel.
In 1921, he returned to the Land of Israel and married Miriam (née Appenzeller). They built their home among the first houses of the Borochov neighborhood, later Giv’atayim.
Yitzhak Isidore Mamlock returned to work as a pharmacist at the Templer hospital in Jaffa, and from there moved to the pharmacy they established in Sarona, where he served as the settlement’s pharmacist until 1945.
When the Templers were transferred to Australia at the end of World War II, he opened a pharmacy at the front of his home in the Borochov neighborhood, Giv’atayim.
Pharmacist Mamlock was a vegetarian and an advocate of natural healing. He was among the first to import homeopathic medicines from Germany to the country, distributing them to pharmacies. As a homeopath and naturopath, he promoted vegan healing using medicinal herbs grown in the pharmacy’s garden. He prepared garlic pills to treat intestinal diseases common at the time in the country. From minerals brought from the Dead Sea, he prepared ointments for treating various skin conditions.
At a time when the nearest doctor to the neighborhood was an hour’s ride away, Mamlock diagnosed the illnesses of those in need, and when patients could not afford to pay the pharmacist, they received the medicines for free or in exchange for the fruits of their land. Yitzhak Isidore Mamlock’s pharmacy became the neighborhood center and also served as a venue for residents’ meetings.
Yitzhak Isidore Mamlock passed away at a ripe old age in 1970, and the pharmacy closed.
The display was donated to the Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, to commemorate the “pharmacy of old” as part of the history of the Land of Israel, and in memory of Isidore Mamlock.