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Aleppo Observed : Ottoman Syria Through the Eyes of Two Scottish Doctors, Alexander and Patrick Russell
Bok av Maurits H. van den. Boogert
The Natural History of Aleppo, by Alexander and Patrick Russell, first published in 1756, was the first detailed study by a European of an Arab city. Maurits van den Boogert assesses the Russells' botanical and zoological discoveries and analyses their work in the context of medical practices of the time both in Europe and the Ottoman Empire.