(1) Among the Hill Folk of Algeria: Journeys among the Shawia of the Aurès Mountains (2) Shooting Trips in Europe and Algeria: Being a Record of Sport in the Alps, Pyrenees, Norway, Sweden, Corsica, and Algeria
1922; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 109; Issue: 2733 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/109336a0
ISSN1476-4687
Tópico(s)Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
ResumoTHE gregarious nature of the British tourist is illustrated by Captain Hilton-Simpson's claim that during his excursions among the Algerian hills near Biskra, which he describes as one of the most popular tourist resorts of the whole world, his wife was the first European woman to be seen by many of the people of the adjacent hills. His journeys in the mountains of Aures, the Mons Aurasius of the RomanSj were corfducted mainly to study the native surgery and make a collection of the instruments used for the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. The most valuable chapter in his book is the account of Berber surgery, which is not easily studied, as the French apply to the Northern Sahara the law that a fatal operation conducted by a man who is not medically qualified is manslaughter. Captain Hilton-Simpson, by gifts of drugs and surgical instruments, was able to gain the confidence of some of the native practitioners. He secured admission to some operations, and has collected much interesting information as to the methods of treatment. The most remarkable success is in trepanning.
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