Letter, 1969, Apr. 25 : California, to Dr. Goldwater.

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Letter, 1969, Apr. 25 : California, to Dr. Goldwater.

TLS. Refers Goldwater to his book, Non-venereal syphilis, in which he discusses the use of mercury inhalations for the treatment of bejel among Syrian Bedouins, and other practices of Arab medicine.

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