1 arranged with the laundress to exchange the new-born infants.
2 But nothing beneath the sun can remain concealed, says
3 the proverb ; Runjeet Sing became acquainted with the
4 fact ; but he showed no displeasure at the bargain, and adopted
5 the child as his son. He gave him an excellent education ;
6 and the abilities of the adopted son soon developed themselves,
7 and caused the maharajah to entertain great regard for him, and
8 he was treated with equal respect to the royal prince ; as for
9 instance, he ordered both to be presented with chairs (an honour
10 paid only to the highest rank), whilst the ministers and sirdars
11 were obliged to occupy inferior seats. Ultimately, with the
12 assistance of the minister Dhyan Sing, and that of the troops,
13 after three days’ hard struggle, he ascended the throne. Like
14 Runjeet Sing, he was a friend to all Europeans, especially to
15 his neighbours the English, to whom he gave support after
16 the catastrophe at Cabul. The murdered royal prince, No-Nehal
17 Sing, might not have acted in the same manner, and the English
18 may regard his death as a fortunate event. Having thus given
19 a brief account of the political events, &c., of the country in
20 which I spent so considerable a part of my life, I will now
21 present to the reader a more ample detail of the medium system
22 to which I alluded in my preface, and also a full account of the
23 incidents which prompted me to adopt that system, feeling
24 persuaded it will prove an interesting subject.
25 My readers are aware that besides the Alloeopathia which I
26 practised for many years, I also tried the Homoeopathic method,
27 and my own experience, as well as that of others, brought me
28 to the conclusion that a rational physician may derive suc-
29 cessful results from both systems. Nevertheless, I found that
30 the enormous doses generally administered by the Alloeopaths,
31 and also the infinitesimal ones used by the Homoeopaths, were
32 both of them far less beneficial than they should be. This
33 observation induced me to investigate the matter with much
34 earnestness ; and in the extensive practice which I had at
35 Lahore, I was induced to adopt the medium between those
36 two extremes. I know well, that in politics the system of juste