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Word: habur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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Jouncing in & out of wadis (valleys) in a locally built truck, the Mallowans scouted for Chaldean 600 B.C. tells (mounds) near the Habur and Jaghjagha rivers. To her consternation, Mrs. Mallowan was drafted as a gynecologist by the Arab women. Reports amateur gynecologist Mallowan: "The commonest gesture is an expressive rubbing of the abdomen. This has one of two meanings: a) acute indigestion, b) a complaint of sterility. Bicarbonate of soda does excellent work in the first case and has attained a somewhat surprising reputation in the second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Christie on the Jaghjagha | 10/28/1946 | See Source »

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