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whether the term may not have originated on account of some supposed resemblance 

 of the sore to a kind of cloth termed "Aurangzeb." Be this as it may, there can 

 be no doubt that the association of the disease with the Emperor is based on no 

 authentic ground. Moreover, the Emperor lived far from Delhi for several years 

 before his death. It may further be noted in connection with this matter that the 

 Moghuls, no matter where they lived, used nothing but Granges water for drinking 

 and cooking purposes. 



With the view of bringing all these designations under one heading, we have 

 in the present report adopted the term " Oriental Sore," which has been suggested 

 by Dr. Tilbury Fox, but restrict our observations, as far as the pathology of the disease 

 is concerned, to the examples of it met with in this country, especially to those 

 found in Delhi, which are acknowledged to represent the type of the malady as it 

 occurs in India. 



CHAPTER II. 



STATISTICS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND PREVALENCE OF 

 DELHI SORES AND ALLIED AFFECTIONS. 



In considering the question of the etiology of the Delhi sore, it is necessary not only 

 to obtain information in regard to the prevalence of the disease in this special 

 locality, but to ascertain, as far as possible, to what extent similar or related forms 

 of disease prevail, and have prevailed formerly, in other parts of the country 

 Unfortunately all the information attainable is, at best, very imperfect. In the 

 statistical tables relative to the health of the European and native armies, sores, such 

 as those occurring in Delhi, are entered along with a variety of other affections under 

 the general heading of " abscess and ulcer," and in many tables under the more 

 comprehensive one of " all other causes," along with a heterogeneous mass of minor 

 forms of ailments causing admissions into hospital. 



In turning to other sources, such as the medical histories of regiments, we are 

 again encountered by various sources of fallacy, the most important being due to the 



Hakim was weighed against gold mohurs, which were given him. He also got the title of HaMm-ul-Mulk 

 (" physician of the empire "). By the end of Rajab (November 1705) His Majesty moved to Bergaon.' 



"But during 1II8 (1706 A.D.) Aurangzeb continued ill, and his life was embittered by the hostilities 

 that had broken out between his son A'zam Shah and Kam Bakhsh. When the two princes, after the 

 month of Ramazan (January 1707), left the Emperor's camp for their provinces, ' the pain His Majesty 

 suffered increased, the fever was very strong, and yet His Majesty, in spite of his illness, performed the 

 five daily prayers.' The 3Iadxir (Edit. Bibl. Indica, page 520) says : 'In the end of Shaww^l II 18 

 (January 1707) the Emperor was again ill, and improved a little. Then followed four or five days of 

 strong fever, and three days later he died on Friday morning, 28th Zi Ka'dah III8' (2Ist February, 1707).* 



" There are several other historical works, as the Tazkirah-i-Salatin-i-Chaghtai, the Siyai'-ul-Mutaakh- 

 kharln, the Tarikh-i-Muzaffari, etc., but they contain nothing new." 



* Nearly ninety years old. 



