My coeditor, Philip Teigen, and I thank Mark Clarfield for his review1 of our volume Dearest G… Yours WO: William Osler's Letters from Egypt to Grace Revere Osler.
Clarfield comments on the derivation of the term “khamsin.” We had 2 Egyptologists check the manuscript, one of whom pointed out that there were several views regarding this word and its meaning, which depended on local interpretation. He stated that the one to which we referred was probably as valid as any.
Lawrence D. Longo Director, Center for Perinatal Biology Loma Linda University School of Medicine Loma Linda, Calif.
Reference
- 1.Clarfield AM. Osler on the Nile [book review]. CMAJ 2004;170(5):833.