1 driven to the lower parts of the intestines, end ultimately ejected
2 by ii brisk purge, si h as in .» civilized country would only be
3 employed by a Veterinary surgeon. If the wonn is in the
4 stomach, then the next process is that of administering tartar-
5 emetic (as 1 lur e previously alluded to), and thus preventing
6 the necessity ol using strong spirits, and the drastic purgative.
7 But if it is probable that the purgative will, together with the
8 worm, eject al io the mucus, then it is ad' isable to administer,
9 a few days after the ejection "of the worm, the purgative, but
10 without the assistance of spirits, or vinegar.
11 Not far from Kanobin, below the highest summits ol the
12 Lebanon, covered with eternal snow, beneath which the well-
13 known cedar-trees grow, are the villages of Erlen and Besherri,
14 where I succeeded in effecting many cures in the summer
15 of 1821.
16 The chiefs of tire Maronitcs ant' Druses (Emir ileshir and
17 Sheikh Befeliir) on arriving at Besherri to meet the rebels, applied
18 to me for medical assistance; and at a later period I was invited
19 to their residences (Tidiu and Muktara), where 1 practised for
20 .some time, so hat I lived for several years very agreeably,
21 enjoying the most beautiful and romantic views of the Iloly
22 Land (Palestine).
23 At Besherri I tried vaccination, but 1 found that the inhabi¬
24 tants were not affected by the Operation, the vaccine matter
25 producing no pustules, and I was told that none of them
26 caught the small-pox, because their cows have sometimes die
27 cow-pox, the origin of which is caused by the change of climate.
28 The inhabitants of the higher regions pass the winter, together
29 with (heir cattle, in the plains of Sgorta, not far from Tripoli.
30 Hence i infer tbnt the inhabitants of Besherri, through being
31 in continual contact with their cattle, as cows, kc., become
32 infected with the disease, and tiro thus preserved from human
33 contagion. A quite distinct disease, occurring frequently on the
34 Lebanon) is the so-called hSblut-ul kri. which is a fort of gan¬
35 grenous ulcer, but very dillercnl from the endemic sore at.
36 Aleppo and Bagdad, culled Baton’ (fA/cppo, ;m ulcer which