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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [375] (379/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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HYGIENE AND DISEASE
the presence of typhoid it is impossible to be too clean, or too careful
over all measures of sanitation.
There are two kinds of paratyphoid germs, called A and B. The
methods of spreading, and the risk of carriers, and the precautiona
against infection, are the same in paratyphoid as in typhoid.
Paratyphoid A fever is milder in type than either typhoid or para
typhoid B fever and is common in the East.
Typhus Fever. Sir William Jenner, about 1850, proved that
typhoid and typhus are two wholly different diseases. Typhus is
conveyed by lice, and cannot spread in clean and wholesome sur
roundings. Note that the Germans use the word typhus for what
we in this country call typhoid and Fleck-typhus for typhus.
Undulant Fever (Mediterranean fever) is more common in Arabian
seaports than is generally supposed. It is due to a specific microbe
which occurs in greatest abundance in the milk of infected goats. All
risk of this fever may be prevented by the avoidance of raw goat's
milk.
Small-pox. Endemic, and sometimes there are severe outbreaks
Every one ought to have been vaccinated against small-pox within
three or four years of coming to Arabia.
Venereal Diseases. Both syphilis and gonorrhoea are common.
Syphilis does not seem to be of a specially virulent kind in Arabia,
as it is in some parts of Africa. Remember that syphilis can be and
is spread by the saliva. Chancres on the hps may be produced from
smoking the water-pipe {arkllah). This pipe has only one stem,
and perhaps as many as ten or twelve people smoke from the same
mouthpiece, one after the other. It is not a clean habit, and there
is certainly a danger of getting a chancre on the lips. Such pipes
are very nice to smoke if you have your own mouthpiece.
Pyorrhoea alveolaris, or serious inflammation of the gums, is very
common in Arabia. The inflammation is caused by microbes which
infect the mouth. It is common in Arabia because of the terrible
amount of dust. The gums become swollen and very red, and the
breath becomes foul. An antiseptic mouth-wash—boracic acid, or
carbolic acid 1 in 100—ought to be used, or the disease becomes
very difficult to treat and many teeth may be lost.
Parasitic Worms. (1) Guinea-worm. Fairly common in some
coast towns of Arabia. Natives try to drag the worm out of their
feet by rolling the worm, as it protrudes through the skin, round
a stick, very slowly; but this is not a good way, as the worm is likely
to break, and then myriads of young escape and a severe inflammation
is set up. Douching the part with water will very often bring the
whole worm out. But the best way is to inject a solution of cor-
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume II, Routes (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1917) and contains details on routes in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as information on transport and lines of communication arranged on a geographical basis. Chapters concerning meteorological information, hygiene and disease, and vocabularies have also been incorporated. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. The sources from which the routes have been compiled, together with notes on directions and distance, appear at the head of each chapter, while some sections have been compiled on the basis of native information. Authorities cited include: George August Wallin, William Gifford Palgrave, Carlo Claudio Camillo Guarmani, Lady Anne Blunt, Charles Huber, Julius Euting, Gerard Leachman, Gertrude Bell, Anders Christian Barclay Raunkiær, William Henry Irvine Shakespear, and John Gordon Lorimer.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Methods of Transport;
- Chapter 2: Communications, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 3: Routes, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 4: Meteorological Observations;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene and Disease;
- Chapter 6: Vocabularies;
- Appendix: Note on the System of Transliteration and Glossary of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
There is also a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Terms'.
There is one map contained in this volume: 'Map 5. Key Map of Routes'. In addition, there are nine plates by Douglas Carruthers, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Captain Gerard Leachman, and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.
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- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the map which is inserted at the back of the volume, on number 271.
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