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set in. The doctor lanced here and there but .o no avail. Poor Hussain
begged to have his leg amputated. He was a mere skeleton. His brother
could promise him bread and water, no more. "Yes,” the doctor said, '*(
can take the leg off but Hussain will probably die of hunger; moreover he
has not the strength for such an operation.” However, the leg was ampu­
tated above the knee. He was placed on the tioor upstairs and we fed him
well with food he never expected to eat. To the surprise of everybody,
Hussain made a complete recovery though short of one leg. This was one
case and every case has its pathetic story. It seems cruel to collect feci
under such circumstances. The people were too poor even to buy a portion

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of Scripture, not to speak of other books. Such poverty is indescnUU®
and to most of the friends of “Neglected Arabia” unthinkable. We
only faintly imagine how the other half lives.
The Doctor found the usual diseases to which the people of Oman
heir, hernias, cysts, tumors, enlarged spleens due to constant nular*,
During sixteen days of work. Dr. Harrison performed eighteen major cp
erations, and twenty-four minor ones, and treated eight hundred
Some patients followed him from Sur, a city eighty miles to the souths
of Muncut. Nut a few came from Meremi ami the Straits of llurnuu