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them to the bites of scorpions; first drawing them across their 
chest, warming them by their breath, and steeping them in 
fresh milk. This application is accompanied with a suppli- 
catory prayer: Bizinellah, el rahman, el rathecam, la ilia 
en hulla, (in the name of the all powerful, and all merciful 
God, there is no other God but God.) Sometimes in these 
shops are to be found small quantities of sarsaparilla, called by 
the Persians sarsa, and cascarilla; sometimes, also, there are 
brought from Tiflis small quantities of nitrate of silver, which 
they name, as also do the Arabs, hayrgehenna, (infernal 
stone.) Within a few years, the English have sold to the 
druggists of Ispahan and Bagdad, small quantities of ipecacu- 
anha and tartar emetic, which is resold at eighteen sous the 
grain. They also possess a large number of substances capable 
of producing abortion. They also sell henna, to color the 
feet and hands, and blacken the hair. 
The Persian pharmacien or druggist, is always to be found 
sitting in his shop, his legs crossed, and smoking his hookah. 
He receives his customers with great politeness, asks if you 
are in good health, and assures you that your visit has 
changed his shop into a garden; that your person is in his eyes 
more precious than all the treasures of Arabia; finally, if you 
be a doctor, he adds that your science penetrates his drugs 
and your condescension his heart.* 
*We hope to give hereafter to our readers some scientific and economical 
details upon Persia; two pupils of the school of Pharmacy of Paris, M. 
Cassan, son of the pharmacien of this name, and M. Charles Safosse, of 
the department of Ome, having gone to that country. They have pro- 
mised to correspond with us upon the subjects connected with our studies. 
A. C, 
