Lumsden of the Guides, a sketch of the life of Harry Burnett Lumsden, with selections from his correspondence and occasional papers . 1857 BALM OF GILEAD 171 Tufans, and Kiamats * from the bystanders, mingled withthe gloomy hopes, fears, and prophecies of the hakims. Theleeches were followed by hot fomentations, which in a fewminutes produced great relief, or as the Sirdar pithily expressedit, Tafawut-i-zamin wa asman (the difference of earth toheaven). Presently he sat up on his bed, and ordered a chilam f and a cup of tea to be brought for my took a few alternate wh
Lumsden of the Guides, a sketch of the life of Harry Burnett Lumsden, with selections from his correspondence and occasional papers . 1857 BALM OF GILEAD 171 Tufans, and Kiamats * from the bystanders, mingled withthe gloomy hopes, fears, and prophecies of the hakims. Theleeches were followed by hot fomentations, which in a fewminutes produced great relief, or as the Sirdar pithily expressedit, Tafawut-i-zamin wa asman (the difference of earth toheaven). Presently he sat up on his bed, and ordered a chilam f and a cup of tea to be brought for my took a few alternate whiffs and sips, while the Sirdar wasoccupied in abusing his physicians for their want of skill andunanimity. On the occasion of one of the Heir-apparents visitstowards the end of May, his Highness, after theusual inquiries regarding health and welfare, producedfor inspection a bottle said to contain Roghan-i-balasam, Balm of Gilead (literally, the oil of balsam),and which, he quietly observed, had been presented tohim by a merchant just arrived from Bombay as asovereign remedy for rheumatism. The bottle, how-ever, had a very suspicious resemb
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