European and Asiatic TurJcei/. ^78 



white cloth, that I could only guess that she was present. I 

 seated myself on the divan, close to her head, and now all un-' 

 necessary attendants were ordered to withdraw, so that I was 

 left in company with my patient and interpreter *, the matron 

 already spoken of, and two little children of the sick lady. All 

 the questions I asked were answered from under the cloth, with 

 simplicity and clearness, and many of them, which, in some of 

 our young ladies, might have excited mauvaise honte, were re- 

 plied to in the most natural and easy manner. On my desiring 

 to feel her pulse, one small white hand and then another made 

 its appearance from under the cloth, and when I asked to see 

 her tongue, she raised the cloth, so as to disclose the face of a 

 beautiful brunette, about twenty years of age. This last act, 

 apparently, was an effort which shocked the prejudices of my 

 fair patient, for immediately, like a snail that suddenly with- 

 draws itself* into its shell, she shrunk back under the cloth, and 

 I then quitted the apartment, and having put some necessary 

 questions to the matron, I was brought into the selamlick or the 

 boudoir of the master of the house, where I was again regaled 

 with a pipe and coffee. 



" Quite pleased with this visit, I was brought into the pre- 

 sence of Kiaja Bey^ who, on being informed that, if my patient 

 followed the prescribed directions, she would be well in a few 

 days, ordered me to be honoured with a pipe and coffee, and a 

 purse of five hundred piastres. My prognosis was confirmed, 

 and the recovery of the lady contributed greatly to raise me in 

 the estimation of the Pascha-f-." 



(To he continued.) 



OBSERVATIONS oi^ THE HYGROMETER. Communicoted by the 



Author. 



■The data necessary for determining the quantity of moisture 

 contained irt a given volume of air, are, its density, temperature, 

 and the temperature at which dew is deposited. 



The density and temperature of the air are, of course, most 



• Probably the black eunuch. 



t The above interesting view of Dr Oppenheim's work on the State of 

 Medicine in Turkey, is taken from that excellent periodical the " Dublin 

 Journal of ^ledical and Chemical Science." July 183.3. 



VOL. XV. NO. XXX. OCTOBER 1833. S 



