Note 44 — Chapter I · PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DRESS OF THE MUSLIM EGYPTIANS.
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Tooth-ache is, however, a very common disorder in Egypt, as it was in ancient times. This, at least, was probably the case, as Herodotus (lib. ii., cap. 84) mentions dentists among the classes of Egyptian physicians. It is, of course, most prevalent among the higher orders.