The Important Influence Of Baghdad On The Development Of Western Medicine (Part 1)
By Patrick Treacy

This article was written in the Irish Medical Times in 2001 prior to the invasion of Iraq by the United States. It gives an interesting insight into Iraq and the influence of this nation of the development of medicine. Dr. Patrick Treacy worked as a doctor in Baghdad prior to the Gulf War of 1990. He was a prisoner of the Iraqi regime for a period.

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