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 X5t, INTRODUCTION. such good medicines, in boxes, was desirous to ob- tain some for himself and friends, A few months afterwards, the same man returned, bringing back the box I had given him, and asked for some more of the lozenges, for one of his friends, as the previous supply had been of much service. The paper on which 1 had written the symptoms of the disease, the remedy (lens J, and the date when I had given it, was still in the box. The man assured me that he came from Loodiana, a= distance of 140 miles, that he had no other business in Lahore, and that he intended to return immediately. A long journey, thought 1, to take for a few lentils which I had that day prepared. To avoid mistakes in the application of remedies ( one messenger often applying for medicines for three or four patients ), I made use of larger and^ smaller boxes of different colors ; each of which contained a paper, whereon was noted the prin- cipal symptoms of the disease, the name of the remedy, the quantity, how to be taken, and the date on which it was delivered. It may easily be conceived, that, as I sometimes did not see the patients, it was difficult to form a diagnosis, espe- cially in such cases as cutaneous diseases and affec- tions of the eye. For instance, I once sent a remedy for blindness, and received the agreeable intelligence that the patient had recovered his sight ; but, I confess, to this day, I am not aware what the disease of the eye was ; probably. Amaurosis. Besides the afore-mentioned occupations, 1 received an order from the Durbar to establish an hospital in the jail of Lahore also, which was on the same spot whereon, a short time before, 1 had erected the