ABSTRACT
CERTAIN aspects of the public health of Arabia, which have in the past been subjects of international concern, arose from the facilities offered by the annual pilgrimages to the holy places of Islam for the interchange of infections, notably cholera. Since several cholera pandemics originated thus, the conditions under which the pilgrimages were made naturally had world-wide repercussions. With the spread of modern preventive methods and the development of public health services, it may be hoped that these events belong to the past I t therefore seems advisable to divide this chapter into two main parts: a resume of 'Diseases met in Arabia to-day', and an account of 'Public Health in Sa'ndi Arabia with special reference to the pilgrimage' .
