The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-03

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ordinary shops. ihs various tinds ~
merchandise, asin other Aaisiln TOW ns'
being sold apart NJ likewise ihe Faff
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iked In several streets, anything lihHA
"nnlveual prOsidsf' being quite un'
known In fokham NOT i there .
bookseller shop, or printing pres,
much less a newspaper 1heif weights
and m%eaiures are q splendid illustration
~ the nile u thumb. For instance,
the olchine (suggcstiyc u the cubii) y
measured from tho elbow 70 the END
VI The foredngcr; the kulateh j. the
space between the tips II the fingers
when the arms are ouistroicbedi the
giaz Is the measure from the center OF
the breast 10 the end Of the fingers
and while In Bokhara oil and honey
are sometimes soldby the chuyeh, which
Is the one cubical measure they pos
sess and that Of variable size, In Kara
teghin corn Is sold by the hatiul, ire.
spectiye Of whether the vendors head
be large or small.
OF course they have no hospitals
We gave out that those who were sick
might come 10 be treated, which gave.
us an insight into some OF their dis
eases. ! need refer only TO two. FOR
the treatment Of the insane they have
a special mullah called ishan, who Is
brought to q man when he begins to
get silly, and who reads oyer the pa
tent, for a week or two, prayers from
the Koran. II this proves una
yailing the patient is taken to the
ishan's house, or rather yard picketed
to n post like q horse, and kept on low
diet for a couple Of months. As a fur
ter step he is beaten while prayers are
going on, and II the poor creature
manifests pain 1t is regarded as a favor
able sign. "But suppose he does not
improve" | asked, what do you do
with himp "He remains there chained, y
said they, ''until regarded as quite
incurable, and then his parents are
Obliged to take him away and lock him
up" but suppose he has no parentsP"
Then he is turned out and allowed ia
run loose until some one takes com
passion on him." After hearing this il
was q comfort to be told by n edu'
Gated Mohammedan that they had mo-
much insanity, and that he had nevel
seen any one raving mad. Another
disease for which Bokhara was remark
able so far back rs the time of An
thony Jenkinson in the sixteenth cen
fury Is the rishtrom (laria medinensis), ;;
worm that develops under the skin II
May and August in the form Of a cylin
drical body which lengthens at the rat
OF about an inch in a week, AID lie
extended or curled up in a lump tw'
inches in diameter. Later on an absces
appears and through it the head Of tn
worm. Native specialists, usually bar
bers, insert a needle under the worr
and draw out one end with the finger
of the right hand while those of the lief
press the affected part, the operatio'
, lasting from one to five minutes. Ru:
] sian medical men wind off the anima
! on a reel, so much daily as comes on
without force, till the whole parasite
! measuring from four to seven feet,
/, extracted. Should the worm break
painful illness ensues for sewers
months. We met with an unsuccessful
a case in the military hospital at SamaI
b cand, where the portions Of the risht
q extracted were given to me in spirit I
bring to England. / remember thu
= DIR. Wolff contracted the disease froi
drinking the Bokhara water, and thu
I forewarned | drank only tea, hot
9 cold, or allayed my thirst with melol
and fruit. No Europeans live in Bol
hara except two or three Russians, m
Il these would be insulted rs are the jew
8 il they did not take the law into the
. own hands and sometimes give a II
tive a thrashing. The Bokhariots ha'
not the power to Cypress, so they a
outwardly civil. but they curse the II