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2 seems to have a preference for the cheeks of fair young ladies,
3 lusting twelve months, and leaving an ugly scar, hut not,
4 dangerous. The kahhet-vl-kei, on the contrary, appears its a
5 small pustule, is very acute, and endangers life; it occurs in (lie
6 interior ns well as on the exterior parts of the body, for which
7 reason it is often difficult to be recognized ; but as soon as it is
8 recognized, the- healing of it. may instantly be effected with'the
9 cautery, be it. internal or external. That is the reason why, on
10 the Lcbahoti, so many children ilro seen on whose forehead the
11 cautermm actuale was applied as a preventive. If this ulcer
12 appears oh the surface, for instance on the fn.ee, where an
13 inflamed pimple arises, which is at. the beginning of u red or
14 blueish color and after wards becomes black, like a carbuncle, then
15 life is in danger, if not attended to betimes, i e., bv burning
16 and destroying it with a red-hot iron; for that reason it is
17 called habbet-id-kd, that is to say—“ ulcer to he burned.” It is
18 said, that the bursting of tin- pimple being heard at the moment
19 of the operation, is a good "men of tin* success of the cure.
20 In Agosta, in the province of Kearoan, there occurred a case,
21 which rendered me really ashamed of our imperfect medical
22 knowledge.
23 I was called on to igive'nn assistance on the commencement of
24 an acute inflammation of the eyes to a lady of the first family,
25 called the Sheikh Khoasni (nobility of ancient descent), where 1
26 tric'd the antipMogiafic plan in its full extent, namely:--
27 bleeding, blistering, leeches, calomel, emetic tartar (in minute
28 doses), purgatives (nix., senna, manna, salt, &o.), Dover's
29 powders, different <a>11yr Minis prepared from corrosive sublimate,
30 pi uni hi acet., laudanum, camphor, rosewater, &c., without any
31 positive result. One morning I found the lady a great deal
32 better, which I naturally ascribed to the good effects of my
33 treatment. “No,” said iny patient, “ I do not owe my conva¬
34 lescence to your remedies, but to the shoemaker Ibrahim; he
35 called on us yesterday evening, and on viewing my sore eves, he
36 recognized it to he the hobbet-ut-kei. He applied immediately
37 the red-hot iron, and since that moment I am a great deal better,