Plague and the Mongol conquest of Baghdad (1258)? A reevaluation of the sources
Med Hist. 2024 Apr 8:1-19. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2023.38. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper reexamines the sources used by N. Fancy and M.H. Green in "Plague and the Fall of Baghdad (1258)" (Medical History, 65/2 (2021), 157-177). Fancy and Green argued that the Arabic and Persian descriptions of the Mongol sieges in Iran and Iraq, and in particular, in the conquest of Baghdad in 1258, indicate that the besieged fortresses and cities were struck by Plague after the Mongol sieges were lifted. This, they suggested, is part of a recurrent pattern of the outbreak of Plague transmitted by the Mongol expansion across Eurasia. ...
Source: Medical History - April 8, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jonathan Brack Michal Biran Reuven Amitai Source Type: research
Peer-Assisted Learning Versus Faculty-Led Teaching of Interviewing Skills: A Comparative Study
CONCLUSIONS: Peer-assisted learning improved students' performance in patient interviewing skills and fostered positive perceptions of the learning experience.PMID:38584408 (Source: Indian Pediatrics)
Source: Indian Pediatrics - April 8, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sameerah Abdulrahman Nazdar Ezzaddin Alkhateeb Samir Mahmood Othman Source Type: research
Dentists' attitudes and prescription practices for analgesics and antibiotics in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
This study aimed to assess the prescribing patterns of analgesics and antibiotics by dentists in Kirkuk City, Iraq, focusing on their attitudes, knowledge levels, and practices regarding these medications. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 280 dentists in Kirkuk City. The dentists were contacted via their work email addresses, and they responded to a survey. Descriptive statistics, including frequency analysis, were employed to evaluate the appropriateness of analgesic and antibiotic prescriptions for different dental conditions. The first-choice analgesic for 44.6% of dentists was mefenamic acid, followed by pa...
Source: Journal of Medicine and Life - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zainab Azal Mahdi Jihan Abdulhussein Ibrahim Source Type: research
Plague and the Mongol conquest of Baghdad (1258)? A reevaluation of the sources
Med Hist. 2024 Apr 8:1-19. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2023.38. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper reexamines the sources used by N. Fancy and M.H. Green in "Plague and the Fall of Baghdad (1258)" (Medical History, 65/2 (2021), 157-177). Fancy and Green argued that the Arabic and Persian descriptions of the Mongol sieges in Iran and Iraq, and in particular, in the conquest of Baghdad in 1258, indicate that the besieged fortresses and cities were struck by Plague after the Mongol sieges were lifted. This, they suggested, is part of a recurrent pattern of the outbreak of Plague transmitted by the Mongol expansion across Eurasia. ...
Source: Medical History - April 8, 2024 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jonathan Brack Michal Biran Reuven Amitai Source Type: research
Dentists' attitudes and prescription practices for analgesics and antibiotics in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
This study aimed to assess the prescribing patterns of analgesics and antibiotics by dentists in Kirkuk City, Iraq, focusing on their attitudes, knowledge levels, and practices regarding these medications. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 280 dentists in Kirkuk City. The dentists were contacted via their work email addresses, and they responded to a survey. Descriptive statistics, including frequency analysis, were employed to evaluate the appropriateness of analgesic and antibiotic prescriptions for different dental conditions. The first-choice analgesic for 44.6% of dentists was mefenamic acid, followed by pa...
Source: Journal of Medicine and Life - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zainab Azal Mahdi Jihan Abdulhussein Ibrahim Source Type: research
