. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. band. Incases of extreme necessity, perhaps a doctor might be per-mitted to feel a womans pulse, but then it must be done whena veil covers the hand. To which the Frank replied, In order to judge of mypatients case I must not only feel the pulse, but see the tonguealso. Looking at the tongue is totally new in Persia, said I ; and I am sure you could never be indulged with such a sightin the seraglio, without a special order from the king himself;an eunuch would rather cut out his own tongue first. Well, then, said the doctor, recollect, that if I deli
. The adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. band. Incases of extreme necessity, perhaps a doctor might be per-mitted to feel a womans pulse, but then it must be done whena veil covers the hand. To which the Frank replied, In order to judge of mypatients case I must not only feel the pulse, but see the tonguealso. Looking at the tongue is totally new in Persia, said I ; and I am sure you could never be indulged with such a sightin the seraglio, without a special order from the king himself;an eunuch would rather cut out his own tongue first. Well, then, said the doctor, recollect, that if I deliver mymedicine to you, I do so without taking any responsibility uponmyself for its effects ; for if it does not cure it may perhapskill. When I had assured him that no harm or prejudice couldpossibly accrue to him, he opened a large chest, which appearedto be full of drugs, and taking therefrom the smallest quantityof a certain white powder, he mixed it up, with some bread,into the form of a pill, and putting it into paper gave it me, 96. Hn-K^t-m. ^-^ I pretended to receive a violent 1894 oy Macmillan &? Co. THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA with proper directions how it should be administered. Seeingthat he made no mystery of his knowledge, I began to questionhim upon the nature and properties of this particular medicine,and upon his practice in general. He answered me withoutany reserve ; not like our Persian doctors, who only make aparade of fine words, and who adjust every ailment that comesbefore them to what they read in their Galen, their Hippocrates,and their Abou Avicenna. When I had learned all I could, I left him with greatdemonstration of friendship and thankfulness, and immediatelyreturned to Mirza Ahmak, who, doubtless, was waiting for mewith great impatience. Having divested myself of my borrowedcloak and resumed my own dress, I appeared before him witha face made up for the occasion, for I wished to make himbelieve that the lettuce and cucumbers ha
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