1 fame was established, and the Arab surgeons, or more properly
2 barbers, were erst into the shade..
3 Pasha Doliud' was at this time waging war with the Arabs,
4 between the Buphrates am 4 , the Tigris, and I was sent, at
5 the request of the minister, to Hilla, where I had the op¬
6 portunity of seeing the ruins of ancient Babylon. On the
7 n>ad, between lhigdad and the camp, I beheld a horrid
8 8pOCtai.de, namely, n pyramid of some hundreds of the heads of
9 Arab rebels. I had only followed the. expedition from Hilla
10 to Sngeshuck (Schul.a-Shu), when the Pasha ordered me, by
11 a Tartar express, to return to Bagdad. Ti»e same messenger
12 brought me a letter from mv companion, from which I learned
13 that a princess of the Pasha’s had been delivered of a deformed
14 child, where indeed no surgical assistance was required, but
15 he had seized the opportunity to scud for me, under the pretext
16 of consulting me about the state of the patient; while his rtal
17 motive was, to draw me out of my disagreeable -.'(nation. 1
18 wrote to him, stating that, in this campaign we were feeding on
19 sand rather than in bread, which made spell at* impression on ids
20 hidings that he caused me to be recalled. On my return. I laid
21 <»»lv the Tartar and one servant, with me. By tin Pasha’s orders,
22 u•-.• made forced marches, changed horses, crossed the Tigris, end
23 arrived one evening very lat • at a small town named Mumilla,
24 situated on the left bank oi that over. There I met with the
25 inspector of the provisions for (he array, who was afflicted with
26 an inflammation of the eyes, and requested my medical ax.-ist;-
27 ance. I 'bled him, and prepared a collyrium of acetate of
28 lead, laud, liqu Sydenh., camphor, and mucilage of quince
29 sc. >Is, which caused a burning pain ut the commencement, but
30 effected in the meanwhile a visible amelioration. In Ids joy for
31 tl e happy result, he ordered a sheep to hi' killed as an ottering
32 (kurban), and accompanied the feast with musicians arid dancers,
33 and he made me a present of fifty piastres in small Para pieces.
34 Fatigued as we were, we wished rather to rest, ourselves, than to
35 be amused, and accordingly dismissed the assembled people, a
36 proceeding which we thought excusable, anil then continued