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" Among the date-groves are some Arab huts belonging to the cultivators of the soil, chiefly of the Lahyan tribe ; the more wealthy of them belong to the tribe of the Sherifs of Mekka, called Dwy Barakat, who live here like Bedouins, in tents and huts.... "
Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hadjaz ... - Page 86
by John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829
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Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories ..., Volume 2

John Lewis Burckhardt - Arabian Peninsula - 1829 - 454 pages
...every thing is ready for departure, and mount their camels the moment they have finished the ceremony. JOURNEY FROM MEKKA TO MEDINA. ON the 15th of January,...their female relations. I think it probable that the Oaditas of Ptolemy were the inhabitants of this valley, (Wady, Oadi). We found at our halting-place...
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The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects..

James Rennie - Elephants - 1829 - 440 pages
...they repose in a valley, covered with Saracen buildings, Arab huts, and date-groves ; and remarkable for its numerous henna-trees, with the odoriferous...to powder, the people of the East dye the palms of their hands, the soles of the feet, or the nails of both : the pilgrims always carry henna home as...
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British Magazine, and Monthly Register of Religious and ..., Volume 4

Theology - 1833 - 866 pages
...oflndia,$c. by Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali, I. 102. " Wady Fatme is also distinguished for its numerous henna trees, with the odoriferous flowers of which, reduced to...the East dye the palms of the hands, the soles of die feet, or the nails of both." — Burckhardt's Trawls in Arabia, II. 92. These extracts will, perhaps,...
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Natural History of Quadrupeds

James Rennie - Mammals - 1839 - 346 pages
...they repose in a valley covered with Saracen buildings, Arab huts, and dategroves ; and remarkable for its numerous hennatrees, with the odoriferous...the soles of the feet, or the nails of both ; the pilgrims always carry henna home as a present to their female relations. Near Mecca are two great reservoirs...
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A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin

Louis Adolphus Duhring - 1882 - 764 pages
...back. Upon certain parts of the integument they are wholly absent. Thus, they are not met with upon the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, or the dorsal surfaces of the last phalanges of the fingers and toes. To the touch the general surface of...
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Quick Reference to Triage

Valerie G. A. Grossman - Medical - 2003 - 308 pages
...or back Stick burns Fever Abdominal pain A stick (similar to an incense stick) is lit and placed on the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, or the genital area. In some cultures, a hollow bamboo stick stuffed with cotton is lit and then extinguished,...
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Choices, Fourth Edition

Marion Morra, Eve Potts - Health & Fitness - 2003 - 1140 pages
...odds that any one mole will become malignant melanoma are less than one in several million. Moles on the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, or the genitalia are more apt to turn into malignant melanoma than are moles elsewhere. In addition, if you...
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Encyclopedia of Family Health, Volume 18

David B. Jacoby, R. M. Youngson - Health & Fitness - 2004 - 148 pages
...They can be light or dark brown and are usually hairless and smooth. When this type of mole occurs on the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, or the genitals, there is a slightly increased risk that it will become malignant eventually. However, even...
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Botulinum Toxin in Clinical Dermatology

Anthony V. Benedetto - Medical - 2006 - 408 pages
...sweating), without other pathogenetic factors. The sweating is focal and located chiefly in the axillae, the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, or the forehead. Secondary hyperhidrosis is caused by an underlying neurologic or endocrinologic disease or...
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