Chapter XIII: Pioneer Medical Mission Work in Mosul (Nineveh)

Winning the confidence of the people--Native surgery--Difficulties
to be overcome--Backward patients--Encouraging work--Prevalent
diseases--Lunatics--Possible future of Mesopotamia 317

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Author and her Husband in Bakhtian Costume Frontispiece
Persian Conveyances 26
A Halt for Lunch 26
A Novel Drying Ground 46
Persian Mode of Irrigation 46
A "Chimney" of Yezd 54
A Korsi Or Heating Contrivance 54
House-building in Persia 72
Persian Shops 72
Scene from the Roof of our House at Kerman 76
A Street in Kerman 76
The Mosque Gate, City of Kerman 86
A Mountain Pass 132
A Caravanserai 132
A Very Ancient Bridge 142
A Typical Street in Baghdad 142
Using the X Rays in Julfa Hospital 148
A Ward in the Julfa Hospital 148
Opium Making 158
The Rich Beggar 158
Types of Persian Jews 166
The Water Square 166
Our Home in Nineveh 174
A Bridge of Boats 176
The Bridge of Boats Over the Frozen Tigris 180
A Picnic Party 188
Mutrar Paulus, Syrian Roman Catholic Bishop 192
Dr. Hume-Griffith's Study in Mosul 210
Our Drawing-room in Julfa 210
A Group of Persian Girls 216
The Camera in Mosul 222
Tired of Play at a Picnic 222
An Itinerant Cook preparing Kabobs 224
Bread-making 240
A Mosul Bride 246
A Wonderful Vision 259
Travelling in Winter 296