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- catalog abstract "Until fairly recently, Islamic women rarely received professional health care, since few women doctors had every practiced in Arabia and their culture forbade them from consulting male doctors. Not surprisingly, Dr. Mary Bruins Allison faced an overwhelming demand when she arrived in Kuwait in 1934 as a medical missionary of the Reformed Church of America. Over the next forty years, "Dr. Mary" treated thousands of women and children, faithfully performing the duties that seemed required of her as a Christian - to heal the sick and seek converts. These memoirs record a fascinating and unusual life. Dr. Allison briefly describes her upbringing in a deeply religious family and her professional training at Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. The heart of the book is devoted to her experiences in Kuwait, where women of all classes, including royalty, flocked to her care. In addition to describing many of her cases, Dr. Allison paints a richly detailed picture of life in Kuwait both before and after the discovery of oil transformed the country. Her recollections include invaluable details of women's lives in the Middle East during the early and mid-twentieth century. They add a valuable chapter to the story of modern medicine, to the largely unsuccessful efforts of the Christian church to win converts in the Middle East, and to the opportunities and limitations faced by American women of the period. . Dr. Allison also worked briefly in Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and India, and she includes material on each country. The introduction by medical anthropologist Lucie Wood Saunders and physician John Clarke Saunders situates Dr. Allison's experiences in the context of Middle Eastern and medical developments of the period.".
- catalog contributor b5792988.
- catalog contributor b5792989.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ". Dr. Allison also worked briefly in Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and India, and she includes material on each country. The introduction by medical anthropologist Lucie Wood Saunders and physician John Clarke Saunders situates Dr. Allison's experiences in the context of Middle Eastern and medical developments of the period.".
- catalog description "Her recollections include invaluable details of women's lives in the Middle East during the early and mid-twentieth century. They add a valuable chapter to the story of modern medicine, to the largely unsuccessful efforts of the Christian church to win converts in the Middle East, and to the opportunities and limitations faced by American women of the period.".
- catalog description "Mary" treated thousands of women and children, faithfully performing the duties that seemed required of her as a Christian - to heal the sick and seek converts.".
- catalog description "These memoirs record a fascinating and unusual life. Dr. Allison briefly describes her upbringing in a deeply religious family and her professional training at Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. The heart of the book is devoted to her experiences in Kuwait, where women of all classes, including royalty, flocked to her care. In addition to describing many of her cases, Dr. Allison paints a richly detailed picture of life in Kuwait both before and after the discovery of oil transformed the country.".
- catalog description "Until fairly recently, Islamic women rarely received professional health care, since few women doctors had every practiced in Arabia and their culture forbade them from consulting male doctors. Not surprisingly, Dr. Mary Bruins Allison faced an overwhelming demand when she arrived in Kuwait in 1934 as a medical missionary of the Reformed Church of America. Over the next forty years, "Dr.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 329 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0292704542".
- catalog identifier "0292704569 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
- catalog spatial "Arabia".
- catalog spatial "Arabian Peninsula".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "1994 F-146".
- catalog subject "610.69/5/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Allison, Mary Bruins, 1903-".
- catalog subject "Missionaries Arabia Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Missionaries India Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Missionaries, Medical Arabian Peninsula Biography.".
- catalog subject "Missionaries, Medical India Biography.".
- catalog subject "Missionaries, Medical United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Physicians Arabia Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Physicians India Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "R722.32.A45 A3 1994".
- catalog subject "Reformed Church in America Missions Arabian Peninsula.".
- catalog subject "Reformed Church in America Missions India.".
- catalog subject "Reformed Church in America.".
- catalog subject "Religious Missions Arabia Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "Religious Missions India Personal Narratives.".
- catalog subject "WZ 100 A439 1994".
- catalog title "Doctor Mary in Arabia : memoirs / by Mary Bruins Allison ; edited by Sandra Shaw ; introduction by Lucie Wood Saunders and John Clarke Saunders.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".