title: Traveling light and the tyranny of higher expectations.
abstract: "Three tribes of Babylonians," Herodotus wrote, "eat nothing but fish, which they catch and dry in the sun. They pound the dried fish in a mortar with a pestle and sift through a cloth then mix with liquid and bake like bread." Such are their customs, he reported, "Having no physicians, they bring the sick to the agora to receive advice from passers-by who have similar ailments."
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,GA 30333, USA. PMP1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Polyxeni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001519:Behavior; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D014195:Travel; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission