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