1 m
2 Derwazeh.) The other jerahs had already given him up as a
3 lost man, and retired. On his abdomen I saw the protuding intes-
4 tines, which, although unhurt, were of a blueish colour, by
5 having been six hours exposed to the heat of the summer in that
6 position. The patient, a lean man of about fifty years, was in
7 the full possession of his senses. 1 sent for my instruments,
8 and enlarged the narrow opening of the muscle and the perito-
9 neum, so that I could replace the bowels, made a gastroraphy,
10 and joined the wound. All this was done in a few minutes.
11 During the operation, the patient said slowly “ tenn, tenn,
12 tenn,” (saint, saint, saint). The assisting jerah gave me the
13 title of ustad (master). After this, the patient was troubled by
14 an annoying hiccup, which lasted for three days, and then he
15 recovered. I presented him to the faqueer Noor-oo-Deen, and
16 the minister. The latter did his best to appease him, and ordered
17 some cows, utensils, clothes, and money to be delivered to him, and
18 he retired satisfied. From this fact, every one will be convinced
19 of the incapacity of the native surgeons, or jerahs, in the East.
20 After the death of Jewahir Sing, the ranee conferred on her
21 lover, Lall Sing, the title of prime minister. She had been
22 several times enciente but had always procured abortion. The
23 fact was a public secret. It is easy to imagine that neither
24 civil nor military men respected or feared the ranee and her
25 favourite. This was especially the case among the army, whose
26 discipline was in the highest degree corrupted. Every batallion
27 had two men called punches, or deputies, who dictated laws to
28 the court, according to the resolutions taken by the assembly of
29 the troops. This continued until the ranee and her lover
30 became objects of contempt and disrespect, and were often
31 abused publicly, and threatened by the troops. There was no
32 doubt any longer that their days were numbered, and at that
33 time they thought it necessary to put themselves under the
34 protection of the English. How was that to be effected ? It
35 could only be done by making war against the English, by which,
36 although her troops might be destroyed, and their opponents take
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