ABSTRACT
I n addition to the baneful effects of superstition and ignor ance, a fatal alliance that threatens the health and well-being of the East as a whole, Moslem women must also combat the insidious dangers to health inherent in certain social ^customs which have been considered to be sanctioned by Islam-purdah and polygamy. Medical science has borne its evidence against these social practices so that their indictment as a menace to health is not based on speculation but on well-established facts.
