THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE EAST. I47 



By chance a laundress in the neighbourhood brought forth 

 at the same time, a strong boy. The ranee having been 

 apprised of this, and wishing to have a male child at any 

 price, arranged with the laundress to exchange the new- 

 born infants. But nothing beneath the sun can remain 

 concealed, says the proverb ; Runjeet Sing became acquaint- 

 ed with the fact ; but he showed no displeasure at the 

 bargain, and adopted the child as his son. He gave him an 

 excellent education ; and the abilities of the adopted son 

 soon developed themselves, and caused the maharajah to 

 entertain great regard for him, and he was treated with equal 

 respect to the royal prince ; as for instance, he ordered 

 both to be presented with chairs ( an honour paid only to 

 the highest rank ), whilst the ministers and sirdars were 

 obliged to occupy inferior seats. Ultimately, with the as- 

 sistance of the minister Dhyan Sing, and that of the troops, 

 after three days' hard struggle, he ascended the throne. 

 Like Runjeet Sing, he was a friend to all Europeans, 

 especially to his neighbours the English, to whom he gave 

 support after the catastrophe at Cabu). The murdered royal 

 prince, No-Nehal Sing, might not have acted in the same 

 manner, and the English may regard his death as a for- 

 tunate event. Having thus given a brief account of the 

 political events, &c., of the country in which I spent so con- 

 siderable a part of my life, I will now present to the reader 

 a more ample detail of the medium system to which I 

 alluded in my preface, and also a full account of the incidents 

 which prompted me to adopt that system, feeling persuaded 

 it will prove an interesting subject. 



My readers are aware that besides the AUoeopathia which 

 I practised for many years, I also tried the Homoeopathic 

 method, and my own experience, as well as that of others, 

 brought me to the conclusion that a rational physician may 

 derive successful results from both systems. Nevertheless, I 

 found that the enormous doses generally administered by 

 the Alloeopaths, and also the infinitesimal ones used by the 

 Homoeopaths, were both of them far less beneficial than 

 they should be. This observation induced me to investigate 

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