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with the preparation of the victuals for the Emir, who was 

 somewhat over twenty years of age. All dishes, before they 

 are placed on the table of the prince, must be tasted by 

 Hoshbegi, in the kitchen ; he puts them afterwards in a 

 locked basket, of which he and the Emir only have the 

 keys. 



The Emir having taken the above-mentioned bilious fever, 

 I was introduced to him by Hoshbegi. I administered 

 the usual emetic, which had a good effect, and Hoshbegi 

 requested the recipe of it. He asked me also for some 

 tartar-emetic, quinine ( with which last he was acquainted 

 through Dr. Gerard), and phosphorus, the latter for his 

 recreation. 



Among the many patients I had to attend during my 

 stay at Bokhara, was one affected with asthma, whom 

 I was ordered by the Emir to cure, as he was a relation of 

 his own, and the recovery of whom produced some sensa- 

 tion. This man was troubled upwards of twenty years 

 with a spasmodic and periodic asthma ; he was already 

 very weak and exhausted, yet I succeeded in curing 

 him. 



Hoshbegi was very much pleased with my information, 

 and was anxious for instruction, so we passed many hours 

 in conversation. A short time after the death of the 

 aforesaid student, he asked me how the stone is produced 

 in man ; this I explained to him clearly, At this time, 

 the Emirakhoor ( chief groom ) gave me two stones from 

 a horse, each the size of a goose egg, which had been 

 ejected, along with the excrement, in the interval of 

 a ysar, and which probably had been formed in the sto- 

 mach or intestines. I remember relating an anecdote 

 to him on that occasion, which I venture to introduce 

 here, it having very much pleased Hoshbegi. A mother 

 on the Lebanon, whose boy I operated on, told me she 

 well knew the cause of the formation of the stone in the 

 body of her son George. I begged her to tell me her 

 opinion, and she went on saying : "My husband, who is 

 a butcher, is addicted to drink ; he departed for the fair 



