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gave birth to Pythagoras. Cos had her Ape lies; <^"^^- 
and Hippocratesy whose tables of medical cases 
were consulted by the inhabitants of all the 
neighbouring states. It would have been well 
for many individuals of our army and navy, 
if the rules of Hippocrates respecting diet had 
been observed by them during the time they 
remained exposed to the climate of the Levant. 
He prohibited the use of eggs ; which, when 
taken as an article of food, are extremely dan- 
gerous to the health of Englishmen who \isit 
the eastern shores o^ iho, Mediterranean''-. 
We set out upon asses, accompanied by 
guides, to ascend the heights of the island, and 
view the fountain whence the town is still sup- 
plied with water, by means of an aqueduct. It 
is upon a mountain about three miles from the 
shore, and still bears the name of Hippocrates. 
The cover of the 'aqueduct is broken, in many 
places, by the women of the island, in procuring 
water to wash their linen. As we ascended. 
(2) Professor Pallas, writings from the Crimea, when we were about 
to sail from Constantinople for the Grecian Isles, g'ave us this caution : 
*' Have a cure of the three poisons : eggs, butter, and milk!" — We 
were afterwards witness to the loss of a British officer (among many 
other examples of a similar nature), who, after persisting in the use of 
eggs for his breakfast, was seized with a fever off the coast of Egypt, 
became delirious, and, during the night, leaped from his cabin into 
the sea, and was drowned. 
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