Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-28

TORS are permitted TO enter that
sanctuary, the harem OF the shah,
1harem" being an Arab word which
means sacred. The special doctor of
the favorite, who shall be called
Solyman to preserve his incognito, has
lifted the corner of the Jealous veil
which envelopes this feminine city.
The secluded life and the lack of ed
ucation make the women of the Ande-
roun very difficult patients. DR..
Solyman complains bitterly OF their
childish naivete and superstition,
which obliged him to depend more on
diplomatic talent than medical science.
When he came back from London,
where he had spent some years at st.
Bartholomew's 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,
leagued against him. They criticised
his prescriptions, and advised the
patients not to take medicines pre-.
pared by man who had remained so
long in contact with unclean Chris
tians.
DR.. Solyman, In spite Of his ap
pointment as official doctor of the
harem, was not consulted by any OF
the royal wives. Only servants and
slaves had recourse to his services.
However, on hot spring afternoon
when he was retained to attend a
slave of the favorite. whose grave
state necessitated 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
p9iLs. 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.
vaulted ceiling, paved with white
marble. and with richly tiled walls,
which is the favorite refuge of Per.
sian women in summer. Sunk in the
center was fountain with a jet of
water which distributed 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
draught. These are the characters
lies Of the Zirzamin.
A Visit to the Princess.
On the arrival of DR.. Solyman. the
women drew their wells over their
faces. and the euDuch rushed to the
gate and stopped him while curtain
was erected in front of the recess "a
allow the doctor to approach the prin
cess without seeing her When the
doctor was at her side he could al
first only elicit means in reply to his
questions. but the 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 pierced her chest with in,
visible darts which gave her horrible
pains.
Upon that, to the establishment OF
the people present, DR. Solyman turn.
ed to 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''
tcucumber and curds), he understood
that nothing fas the matter except
indigestion. However being con.
ventionai man. he wanted TO draw an
exact diagnosis of the case. She con.
scented to let him feel of her pulse
and a arm emerged from the curtain.
He felt the pulse. hut when he de.
sired to see the tongue he had 10
enter on lengthy parley before the
curtain opened far enough 10 let the
Princess, closely yelled. show him
the tip OF her tongue
DR., Solyman wrote his prescrip
ton. and the mother of the princess
very superstitious person, perform
ell the 'Estekhareh," seized her bead.
at a chance place. and then began Il
tell them on to the end as We coun
cherry stones on plate But at tn,
same moment the regular doctor o
the princess. who had been sent for
arrived. Everybody turned from DIR
Solyman and his prescription as II h,
had never been there.
When the regular doctor had pre
scribed in his turn. the "Estekhareh
was performed again, and this tim,
the result was unfavorable. Heave,
had declared itself; Or. Solymor
triumphed. His prescription pro
duced such good and prompt effec
that the delighted princess woul,
have no other doctor from that da,
forward.
Jeslousies In the Harem.
An these women seemed TO live n
a perpetual anticipation OF the judg
merit of Paris. II was who should b,
the most beautiful who should pos
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