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Title: The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback ..
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Newman, John Philip, 1826-1899
Subjects: Babylonia -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ade of stiff black hoise-hair, w^hich imparts anair of poverty and gloom. And so completely are therich and the poor disguised by the veil, that a husbandcan not recognize his w4fe on the street. Those who areallied to the Arab race, whether by blood or habits oflong intercourse, have a passion for adorning their per-sons wdtli blue stains, that are not only indelible, butmost forbidding in appearance. They stain their lowerlip with the deadly hue, their ankles with anklets, theirwrists with bracelets, their breasts with wreaths of flow-ers, and their necks with a zone, in imitation of somebeautiful necklace. And this work of decorating thefemale form in the latest approved style is performed byprofessional artists in Bagdad. But there is one ornament worn by both men andw^omen of which none are proud. It is to them what theAleppo button and the Delhi boil are to the peopleof those more distant cities. It is a frightful ulcer thatappears on the lip, on the nose, on the chin, or on the
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BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 117 forehead, and the scar left is carried through life. I didnot see a native man or woman of Basfdad who had notthis ornamental mark. It appears on every child bornin the city some time between the sixth and twelfthmonth after birth, and lasts for one year. It is general-ly superficial, but sometimes it sloughs to the bone. Thenatives divide it into the male, which is superficial,and into the female, which is the sloughing ulcer.There is no known remedy, either to prevent or to cure.The Jews tried inoculation, but without success. For-eigners and strangers are suVjject to it, and have it onthe ankle, the wrist, or the nose; and it has made its ap-pearance on them long after they have left the city. Noris the brute exempt from the malady, as it attacks dogs,and terminates frequently in their death. Dr. Colville,the learned and distinguished English surgeon and phy-sician of the city, has given the subject long and carefulstudy, and to him I am indebted for the ab

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