The Arabian physician knew the value of diet, and prescribed accordingly, but its supervision was the dutv of the druggist. Chess was played by doctors orders to relieve the patient's mmd from hk illness, and the game itself was sold at the apothecary's shop Professional readers, recommended by the pharmacist, were not infrequently employed by the Arabic Mate for those patien** wh* suffered from insomnia.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 7
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