I love history, in part because it puts some of our modern ideas in perspective. Let people be - all claims to “how it used to be” or “this was always ours”, be it land or cultural or anything else - are, in the grand scale of history, preposterous.
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)
"If an infant's body (has) a lukewarm temperature, his head has fever, he feeds at the breast and then drools a lot, his teeth are coming out. He may suffer for 14 or 20 days, but he will get well."
Teething described in a 3,000-year-old medical handbook from ancient Assyria and Babylonia.
Teething described in a 3,000-year-old medical handbook from ancient Assyria and Babylonia.
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