The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . THE STORY TOLD BY THE JE^VISH PHYSICIAN. The most wonderful of the events that happened to me in mvyounger days was this :—I was residing in Damascus, where I learntand practised my art; and while I was thus occupied, one dav therecame to me a memlook from the house of the governor of the city : soI went forth with him, and accompanied him to the abode of thegovernor. I entered, and beheld, at the upper end of a saloon, a couchof alabaster overlaid with plates of gold, upon which was recli
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . THE STORY TOLD BY THE JE^VISH PHYSICIAN. The most wonderful of the events that happened to me in mvyounger days was this :—I was residing in Damascus, where I learntand practised my art; and while I was thus occupied, one dav therecame to me a memlook from the house of the governor of the city : soI went forth with him, and accompanied him to the abode of thegovernor. I entered, and beheld, at the upper end of a saloon, a couchof alabaster overlaid with plates of gold, upon which was reclining asick man : he was young; and a person more comely had not beenseen in his age. Seating myself at his head, I ejaculated a prayer forhis restoration ;46 and he made a sign to me with his eye. I thensaid to him, O my master, stretch forth to me thy hand:—whereuponhe put forth to me his left hand; and I was surprised at this, andsaid within myself, What self-conceit! I felt his pulse, however,and wrote a prescription for him, and continued to visit himfor a period of ten days, until he recover
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