1 mst of insects. Almost distracted with joy, the boy I'll on liis
2 knees, ami expressed l'is gratitude, for having, been restored to
3 liis sense of; hearing The nest was two-thirds of an iocu in
4 length, and half-au-iuch in diameter. I pot it into a vial lilted
5 with spiiits, and went with it, accompanied by the boy, to the
6 minister, Mnsraf EfTendi, who introduced us to the Pasha.
7 lie ex;> nined the nest in the vial, and asked the boy whether
8 he was resell v coved ? •' Yes, vuy l’asha," «a- liis answer, where¬
9 upon he said to me, “ Afferim.' 1 (veil done); and 1 i«-eived
10 1000 piastre-', besides a Tshokha (cloak of honour).
11 Many readers will ask, how did these insects conn into the
12 ear? I questioned the boy, and was told that he. slept in a stable
13 where cows were kept. I therefore considered the insects to he
14 coin-lice, which had crept into his ear and bred there.
15 At flic suggestion of the minister, the INvshtt requested me to
16 attend an Arab, who v us lame, in consequence of a gun-shot
17 wound which I 10 had received a few years before in his hip.
18 Although the man felt, no pain, and no foreign body was per¬
19 ceptible in any part of liis limb, be nevertheless | a-mi steel in
20 .stating that the ball was sticking somewhere in In's hip. The
21 surgeons endeavoured to convince him, that if such had he n the
22 east-, they could never have succeeded in healing the wound.
23 The question with infe wns, whether or not I ought to re-open
24 the cicatrix, and. search tor the extraneous substarice in the hip.
25 1 thought this operation was needless, and vet 1 felt compelled
26 to do something, in consequence of the order of the Pasha.
27 It occurred to me that exercise was necessary, so I ordered
28 him to wall, a great deal, «<» beat the ground firmly, and
29 caused the hip to be tapped on that part where I presumed
30 the ball to b<>, rnbbing it frequently with the hand down¬
31 wards. and 1 gave him also an emollient ointment, &c. After
32 three weeks the man felt a pain in the hollow of his knee,
33 caused bv the presence of an extraneous substance. I examined
34 (he part, and, felt a protruding body, which was easily moved
35 from one jrart to another. It was, in fact, the ball, which l
36 immediately cut out, and the patient was very soon cured