Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-04-03

With the exception of the shah and
the eunuchs, no men but few doc
tors area permitted to eater thai
sanctuary, the harem of the shah
''harem" being an Arab word which
means sacred. The special doctor o.
the favorite, who shall he called
Sclyman to preserve his incognito. has
lifted the corner of the jealous vel
which envelops this feminine city
The secluded life and the lack of ed
ucation make the women of the Ande
ronn very difficult patients. DR.
S0lyman complains bitterly of their
childish naiVete and superstition
which obliged him to depend more on
diplomatic talent than medical science
When he caTe back from London
who're he had spent some years at St
Bartholomew hospital, he was ap
pointed, says the London Daily
Graphic, one of the doctors of the
harem of his majesty. His debut was
difficult, for the other Persian doctors
jealous Of his science and fearing to
see him grow at their expense,
leag ned against him. They criticised
his prescriptions, and advised the
patients not to take medicines pre-
pared by a man who had remained so
long in contact with unclean Chris
tians.
DR.. Solyman. in spite of his ip-
pointment as official doctor of tie
harem. was not consulted by any Of
the royal wives. Only servants aid
slaves had recourse to his services.
However, on a hot spring afternoon
when he was retained to attend a
slave of the fayopite, whose grave
state Eecessitated his constant pres
ence, someone came to tell him that
the princess, who was having her
siesta, had started out of her sleep
screaming being prey to terrible
paiLs. AS there was no other doctor
Within call he was asked to come and
attend her
The favorite was in the Zirzamin,
the underground chamber with low
wanted ceiling, paved with white
marble, and with richly tiled walls,
which is the fayorite refuge of Per
sian women in summer Sunk in the
center was a fountain with jet of
water whica distributed a refreshing
GOODNESS. A crowd of women sur
rounded the princess. She was ly-
ing ON thin mattress spread on the
marble in one of the arched recesses
between the two doorways, facing
each other to create continual
draugEst. These are the characters
les of the Zirzamin.
4 Visit to the Princess.
On the arrival of DR.. Solyman, the
women drew their wells over their
faces aT1d the eunuch rushed to the
gate and stopped him while a curtain
was erected in front Of the recess to
allow the doctor to az proach the prin-
cess without seeing her. When the
doctor was at her side hee could at
first Only elicit means in reply to his
questions; but she patient at last gave
him to understand, in sentences
broken by lamentations, that after
her lunch she. had fallen asleep as
usual and that she had seen herself,
in her sleep, surrounded by bad djinns,
who Had pnsrced her chest with In
darts which gave her horrible
pains.
Upon tfisas, to the establishment of
the people present, Dr. Solyman turn
Ell tor the eunuch and asked, without
paying, any attention to the djinns;
what the princess had eaten for
lunch; When he learned that her.
menu consisted OF iced "mastkhyar"
(cucEamber and elsrds). he UNDERSTOOD
that nothing fds the matter except
ind igestion! However, being COILS
yentionail apaR. he wanted t. draTS am