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Le pèlerinage de La Mecque au point de vue religieux, social et sanitaire (The pilgrimage to Mecca: Religious, social, and public health considerations) is a book by Dr. Firmin Duguet (born 1876), inspector general of the International Quarantine Board in Alexandria, Egypt. Duguet also served as inspector general of health services of Lebanon and Syria under the French Mandate and was responsible for the medical supervision of the pilgrimage to Mecca. The first part of the book gives some historical background to the Hajj, and its roots in the Qur ...