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it not superfluous to mention on this occasion, that it is 

 only the genuine drug that can produce the desired effect, 

 "ithat by which I was restored, was from Doctor Lehman. 

 The good result which I experienced in myself and others, 

 from adopting the homojopathic system, induced me to 

 extend the practice to a larger circle of patients. For 

 that purpose I chose the capital of the Ottoman empire, 

 which I thought particularly suitable, as it was at no 

 great distance from my native country, and because I 

 was acquainted with the oriental languages, habits and 

 manners. Besides that, my pecuniary circumstances were 

 rather embarrassed, as the reader may be aware, owing to the 

 losses I had sustained in different countries, partcularly ia 

 Bokhara ( by the Armenians ) and in Russia (by my sable 

 transactions). To carry out my plan, I petitioned for a 

 passport to Constantinople, which I obtained without any 

 difficulty. 



I departed from Vienna, passed through Kronstadt and 

 Bukarest for Gallaz, where I embarked, not as previously 

 at Varna in an open vessel, but in a steamer bound to 

 Constantinople. Contrary to my expectation, the plague 

 was raging there at that time, and the Europeans kept 

 themselves shut up in their houses, far from any contact 

 with the world. Under such circumstances, I had no alter- 

 native but to wait for another opportunity. To do this 

 with more comfort, I hired a small house on the shores 

 of the Bosphorus, in a village situated in the most pleasant 

 part of that country, from which I enjoyed a beautiful 

 prospect. On the very evening of my taking possession 

 of the cottage, I was called to attend a Greek lady- 

 living in my neighbourhood, who required my medical 

 assistance. I was told that she had a fever. I found 

 her in bed, complaining of being uneasy and costive, ac- 

 companied with a headache, so I ordered her an emollient 

 clyster, which I myself was obliged to administer, as no- 

 body could undertake to do it. But, to my alarm, I was 

 informed on the following morning that she had died 

 during the night of'the plague, her husband having preceded 



