54 THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE EAST. 



of the Maharajah, who, being of a very low stature; appear- 

 ed, when on the back of the animal, like an ape on arr 

 elephant. This horse fell sick, and although I had hinrr 

 immediately uuder my care, and spared no trouble, he be- 

 came, like other dead animals, food for the dogs, carrion- 

 birds, and Pariahs, the lowest caste in Fndia, who eat any 

 animal, whatever may have been the cause of its ''death. 



The horse had several ulcers on his legs, which having 

 been healed by internal and external remedies, caused con- 

 vulsions, and in that state he perished. I afterwards hacR 

 other opportunities of curmg similar ulcers with a simple 

 remedy, according to ray medium system, namely, by la- 

 manaria saccharina ( probably because it contains iodine ), 

 such ulcers being a kind of scrofula. This disease occurs 

 very often in the Punjab, and the natives call it Zeherbadi 

 ( venomous swellings ), as it ulcerates, and secretes a serous 

 and corroding matter. By adhering to the same system,. 

 I also cured horses affected with glanders. Arsenic and 

 dulcamara alternately administered, in small doses, in the 

 morning and evening, proved very effective. The French 

 veterinary surgeons administer for this disease hydrochloric 

 acid, which, diluted with water, they pour into the mouth 

 of the horse, or use it as a local embrocation : this I learnt 

 from the celebrated naturalist, Victor Jacquemont, on his 

 visiting Lahore, en route to Cashmere, &c., and he declared 

 glanders to be incurable. At Viennaj as in England, F 

 believe, they kill at once horses affected with that disease. 



During the congress of Rupore, on the frontier of India, 

 r attended, at Wuzeerabad, the governor of that province, 

 General Avitabile, who, having sprained his ankle, had called 

 in the native surgeons, barbers and bunglers, and they had 

 so assiduously applied irritating poultices and embrocations, 

 that the leg became inflamed, and was approaching to 

 mortification. Under my treatment, the patient recovered, 

 and the leg was restored to its former functions. Subse- 

 quently, he was afflicted with a contraction of the muscles 

 of the face, which, on account of his long, crooked nose, 

 appeared the ro^-e striking ; t!-v«' r'_'-r"-^.'=', J, s.^r.riK'vl ^ci 



