1 mul of which mention lias been frequently made in this book,
2 proved very efficacious.
3 In the time of the Maharajah Sheer Sing, it happened that
4 an elephant, in spite of all the caution of the driver, and of
5 the animal itself, during the darkness of the night, fell into
6 a grnve in traversing the ruins of old Lahore. Mrs. Vim (.' - -
7 was thrown from her liowtla, and hail two ot her ribs broken
8 by the fall. 1 may also mention that she was at (hat time
9 in the ninth month of her pregnancy. I began my treatment
10 with a copious bleeding from th.; arm, arid afterwards ad¬
11 ministered to her one grain of mumiai daily, for three succes¬
12 sive days, and ordered her to lev quietly on her back, so as
13 not to disturb the bandage. On the fourth day, when I visited
14 her, she endeavoured, but in vain, to make the cracking of
15 the bones audible by moving from one aide to the other, the
16 union of the fracture vaa already effected by the 'nlh/n, and
17 a few days subsequently she was delivered ot a line healthy boy
18 with much ease.
19 About the same time, under Sheer Sing’s administration,
20 a faqueer struck me from behind with a stone, whilst i was
21 passing the bazaar ut Lahore; I wus told that he was insane,
22 and had already behaved in the same rude manner to some
23 sirdars. On this account I caused him to be imprisoned, placed
24 a chain upon his legs, and had him taken to nty powder-mill
25 to work. I gave him good food, administered remedies, arid
26 prohibited him from stacking churrus or eating opium, to
27 which habits lie wus previously addicted. Scarcely was lie
28 a four days in the mill when I was informed that he had been
29 bitten by a serpent, and at once sent him some medicaments
30 which V judged likely to prevent, tlu; ill effects of the,venom.
31 On the same afternoon I visited him, and found h;m in good
32 spirits. I at first attributed the circumstance to the effect
33 produced by the remedies 1 had sent, hut was surprised on
34 bearing that ho had not taken them, he being of opinion that
35 the venom of the serpent was incapable oi effecting him.