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2 the same man returned, bringing back the box I had
3 given him, and asked for some more of the lozenges,
4 for one of his friends, as the previous supply had been
5 of much service. The paper on which I had written
6 the symptoms of the disease, the remedy (lens), and
7 the date when I had given it, was still in the box.
8 The man assured me that he came from Loodiana, a
9 distance of 140 miles, that he had no other business
10 in Lahore, and that he intended to return immediately.
11 A long journey, thought I, to take for a few lentils
12 which I had that day prepared.
13 To avoid mistakes in the application of remedies (one
14 messenger often applying for medicines for three or
15 four patients), I made use of larger and smaller boxes
16 of different colors ; each of which contained a paper,
17 whereon was noted the principal symptoms of the dis-
18 ease, the name of the remedy, the quantity, how to be
19 taken, and the date on which it was delivered. It may
20 easily be conceived, that, as I sometimes did not see
21 the patients, it was difficult to form a diagnosis , espe-
22 cially in such cases as cutaneous diseases and affections
23 of the eye. For instance, I once sent a remedy for blind-
24 ness, and received the agreeable intelligence that the
25 patient had recovered his sight ; but, I confess, to this
26 day, I am not aware what the disease of the eye was ;
27 probably, Amaurosis. Besides the afore-mentioned occu-
28 pations, I received an order from the Durbar to establish
29 an hospital in the jail of Lahore also, which was on the
30 same spot whereon, a short time before, I had erected
31 the powder-mill. During the last two years of my
32 office (1848 and 1849) out of 800 prisoners, only
33 twenty-one patients died in the space of twelve months,