Diseases and Epidemics According to Doctors’ Visiting Notebooks. Wadi Asseer School, Jordan During the Period 1930-1959 as an Example
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35516/jjha.v18i3.1788Keywords:
diseases and Epidemics, Doctors’ Visiting Notebook, wadi Asseer school, Emirate of East JordanAbstract
This paper examines the notebook of a doctor’s visits to the Wadi Asseer School in Jordan during the period of 1930-1959. The notebook contains thirty-eight visits documented in thirteen pages. On the cover of the notebook, a white paper was fixed with the following title: a notebook of the doctor’s visits/Emirate of East Jordan/ 22-12-1930 Wadi Asseer School. After investigating the visits included in this notebook, the diseases that were spread at that time can be seen. Moreover, the type of medicine that was given to the students to cure such diseases is also documented. The study shows that the doctor used to check the validity and suitability of the building, the garden and other parts of the school. Also it shows that the doctor signed under the name of Amman doctor, then by the name of the government doctor and the school doctor. In his last visit (6-6-1959) he wrote his signature. The study shows the social and health conditions of the inhabitants of that area through what had been written in the doctor’s notebook. The teacher was given the job of curing the eyes of the students. Also, it clarifies the development of schools in the 1950s and the spread of schools for girls and secondary schools in Wadi Asseer.
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