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came to Mr. Campbell for advice when all their own prescriptions 
had failed. The violence of the fever had now subsided, leaving the 
unhappy girl in a state of exhaustion, and a mortification appeared 
to have taken place. Every means were of course resorted to which 
our medicine-chest atforded, and every possible attention was paid 
to the comfort of the patient; but all our care was unavailing; the 
disease was too far advanced to be subdued by medical skill, and 
the poor girl shortly expired, a victim rather to ignorance and super- 
stition, than to any fatal symptoms in the disease itself, had the pro- 
per remedies been apphed in time. 
Through a similar infatuation, the son of our worthy landlord, 
Shekh Mahommed, who was in other respects a very sensible man, 
had nearly fallen a victim to the prejudices of his father. He had, 
unknown to us, been for many days dangerously ill of a fever ; 
during which time his father kept him shut up in a dark, close room, 
and almost smothered him with blankets. When we heard of the 
circumstance, Mr. Campbell immediately offered his advice and assist- 
ance ; but both were civilly declined, the good Shekh observing, at 
the same time, that if it were the will of God that his favourite son 
should die, no exertions of any one could save him, and he himself 
had only to submit, without repining, to the visitation which heaven 
had been pleased to bring upon him. We, however, at last succeeded 
in prevailing upon him to accept of Mr. Campbell’s mediation, and, 
in the course of a few weeks, we are happy to state, the boy com- 
pletely recovered. Some other cures which Mr. Campbell was 
enabled to make at length gained him a great reputation, and some 
