1 jnauv that. the tirst operation of that kind, in dangerous cases, i
2 usually beneficial.
3 I summoned'all my resolution, mid was determined to use the
4 lancet; and having no one to perform the operation, 1 ventured
5 to do it myself. I ordered warm water, pat my hands and
6 afterward.-, my feet into it,and trier! to Meed myself, but neither i
7 nor my servant, Anton, could succeed, as no blood came. Never¬
8 theless, my courage did not. abandon me, for 1 though* that if 1
9 spared my body to-day, it might be put to-morrow into the grave.
10 In a lit of desperation, l cut through the median vein of the
11 left arm, upon which the blood began to trickle, but to the
12 amount only of about two ounces. After my wounds had been
13 dressed, I lay down exhausted, and recommending my soul to
14 hod, I soon fell asleep. 1 passed a tranquil night, and on
15 awaking in the morning, I found my feet warm, my pulse
16 beating, although but faintly, ant! the internal pain somewhat
17 dinned; but the externa! pain v.-as more acute, as the erysipela¬
18 tous inflammation had extended from the hack to the navel, and
19 from the a m to the hip, mid owing to my excessive debility,
20 I was afraid of mortification. Nevertheless, 1 had more hopes
21 of mv recovery, relying on the efficacy of the bleeding and
22 blistering. To free myself from the troublesome dryness of my
23 tongue, I sent for some quince kernels, which, enveloped in a
24 small piece of linen, l put into some water, and with this little
25 pad I frequently moistened tny tongue, which produced it very
26 good (I foe* In the course of the day I began also to chew some
27 moimku (large raisins), which refreshed me. To am t the
28 'aether extension of local inflammation, I sent my servant to tire
29 hn/aar, to endeavour to procure some leeches, and in case he could
30 not obtain them, he was to bring a barber or some other person
31 to cup me. He came hack,'accompanied by a woman provided
32 with a quantity of leeches, by which I ascertained that the I’or-
33 suui physician* who told me tlmi im leeches were to ho obtained,
34 was a rogue. I caused twelve of them to be applied around the
35 Wist, red part, and requested tile woman to return in the evening,
36 when I ordered Inr again to apply the .same number of leeches
37 to the place where, a few years before, I had been afflicted with