1 Kerbelii the holy tombs which the Shias (Persians) hail con¬
2 secrated to their martyrs, the Imams ITassan am! ITnssain, which
3 are situated on the right bank of the Tigris, above Bagdad. At
4 noon, our procession entered tlmt famous city, where we met
5 with a kind reception, in the house of Mr. Swoboda. The
6 French consul, who was a bishop, presented us to the Pasha, and
7 as our reputation nad already reached the ears of the inhabitants,
8 we soon bud plenty ot professional occupation. Mv companion,
9 as acting physician, only cured the internal diseases, whilst 1
10 occupied myself with surgical cases.
11 Dohucl Pasha was a native of Georgia, who had killed his
12 master, the former Pasha of Bagdad, and usurped his dignity
13 and place, As long as he paid the Porter*the required subsidies,
14 he enjoyed the protection of the Sultan ; but when he begem to
15 organize his troops, liy putting them under the command of
16 French officers, lie found himself in difficulties, as he had ex¬
17 hausted his treasury in the equipment of his army, liven tile
18 expedient of manufacturing base coin, did not suffice to raise
19 the sum required to be. sent to Stambui. Besides that., he had
20 ordered a Kupoojee-Bushi (dispatched by the Sultan, probably to
21 bring biin bis head) to be murdered ; for that reason the Porte
22 made war against him, which ended in bis captivity ; lie was
23 brought to Constantinople, whcVe be was pardoned, and I saw
24 him there in the years IHfJG-lSGS.
25 lhe first patient, the Pasha requested me to attend, was a
26 peasant-lad, belonging to a silk-manufactory of the Pasha’s,
27 whose case had been treated without success by almost all the
28 physicians of Bagdad. The lad was about twelve y-.«rs of age,
29 and was tormented by insects in his ear, which caused such pain
30 that lie was continually crying; sometimes the vermin crept out
31 of his ear. After having tried some injections with a syringe,
32 containing substances calculated to destroy insects, a few of them
33 died, and I was now fully satisfied as to the cause of bis com¬
34 plaint, of which 1 luul doubted at the commencement. After
35 the lapse of a few days, I placed the patient in the ra>s of the
36 sun at inid day, lifted the ear-lap in such a manner that the rays
37 of the sun could enter it, and then I discovered some black