56 TRAVELS IN UPPER 



CHAP. XLI. 



Practice of physic in Egypt — Peculiarities on this 

 subject — Egyptian physicians — Species of leprosy 



^^'— Violent disorder of the eyes, with which the au- 

 thor was attacked — Rents of the houses in Egypt 

 '—Circumcision — Rain in Upper Egypt — Re- 

 searches in quest of treasure — Perjidy of the Sy^ 

 rian Interpreter, 



My fame as a physician bad acquired for mc 

 grea renown. From all quarters people came 

 to consult me, and the higher orders called me 

 into their houses. Every body wished to try the 

 skill of the physician of a sultan of Europe, be- 

 loved by Mourat Bey, and who had undertaken, 

 by the commands of Scheick el Belled, a journey 

 to Said, for the express purpose of attending an 

 Arabian prince, the most powerful one in Egypt. 

 Another attraction, which did not fail to aug- 

 ment the crowd, was, that consultation, visits, 

 and even medicines were all to be had gratis. 



But the science of physic, in these countries, is 

 practised in quite a different manner from that in 

 use amongst us ; and a medical professor, the most 

 approved bj the most celebrated of the faculty, 



would 



