This report describes pe diatrics as practiced with the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco) in Eastern Saudi Arabia by an American physician.
"Observations made dur ing approximately six years of pediatric practice with Aramco are presented, though with no attempt to cover every aspect of this practice or of life here."
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