Medicine and Power in Tunisia, 17801900 (Cambridge Middle East Library)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780521529396
Subjects: History of medicine; Public health & preventive medicine; World history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Middle East - General; History; History - General History; History: World; Tunisia; History / Middle East
First sentence: Today, walking up the hill on the main street of the old city of Tunis, one passes former Ottoman barracks, stately Arab villas closed off from the narrow lane by wooden gates, shops selling hand-woven carpets, perfumes, and inlaid metalware.