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phyfician, and I had every reafon to applaud 
myfelf for doing fo. 
By the third day I found myfelf cured. My 
quinfy was gone, my fever had left me, the 
fwelling had fubfided, and my throat was free. 
I had nothing of my difeafe remaining but an 
extreme vveaknefs, v/hich did not prevent me 
from feeling miyielf to be out of danger, and 
how much I was indebted to the individual 
who had been the inftrument of my cure. 
I defired to fee him, and he w^as introduced to 
me. 
It was the firfl; interview between us, the 
firft time of his entering my tent. Different 
from the phyficians of Europe, who muft exa-^ 
mine the tongue and feel the pulfe, he w^aa- 
fatisfied with enquii^ing after ray ftate, and pre- 
fcribing for me on the report of another— a me-? 
ihod which vv'ith him fuccefs in this inftanco 
had proved to be fufficient. 
He was a little man, not differing in ej^-? 
ternal appearance from the reft of his com- 
rades ; and with regard to the mode of treaty? 
ing my diforder, he knew no more than they 
all knew. Accordingly, regardlefs of the ho- 
nour of having performed a cure and obtained 
the 
