1 This wo;! mv tioatmont twenty year* «g<>> when I practised
2 Allceopxtby ; but, since tlmi period* l hove made many interesting
3 trials and experiment*
4 A short tim* after the publication of the above-mentioned
5 method, 1 had a case where I tried, as a preventive; the ruder-
6 tnh' application, J.c.. I .ipjrliocl on the somewhat enlarged bill n
7 part some extract of nux vomica, upon which the patient passed
8 «u unquiet night, dreaming of dogs running after hint. I thought
9 it a bad omen, and regarded it as i symptom of the approach of
10 hydrophobia; and I did not rely on the local application only,
11 hut gave him also, internally, a pill of the same remedy («*••
12 L-nctum nnr. ramie.) one grain, mixed with three grains of car¬
13 bonate of soda; to which he considered he owed his recovery, as
14 it caused »n evacuation.
15 1' introduced to our distinguished guests. Col. Wade and l)r.
16 Murray, an A kalee or Nahung, whose nose, ears and hands had
17 been cut off by order of Hunjcct Sing (he had even deserved the
18 gallows), and whose nose hod been so well restored in the
19 mountains that xve were all surprised, and confessed it could not
20 have been better done in Europe. As we know, five history,
21 this operation was even in the remotest antiquity, practised by
22 the Hindoos; and they formed the nose out of the cuticle of the
23 forehead, which proceeding is now, and always will be the same.
24 In Europe, where cutting off of noses is only in use, in ex¬
25 ceptional eases—us wuon ulceration (a* otlu , circumstances make
26 it requisite—this operation is usually performed with die cuticle. o(
27 the arm, and judiciously too, as, according to our custom, the
28 bead mostly is uncovered, and a scar on one’s forehead, with a
29 new nose on the face, makes rather nr ugly appearance; whilst,
30 in the East, the scar remains hidden beneath the turban.
31 In time of peace, the Nsihunga gave-a great Heal of trouble
32 to Runjeet Sing. On one occasion, he was even forced to
33 place two piece$ of cannon outside the Delhi Gate of Lahore, in
34 the vicinity of Scidgenj, where th robbers congregate, because
35 this band dared to intercept the communication of that city.
36 They shut themselves up in Mcea-Meer, five miles distant
37 from Lahore, thence they made their appearance as rebels, but