Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.].

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “Thou seest it is hopeless,” said one of the physicians to Zorastro, as he concluded his examination. “ What remedies hast thou applied ? ” asked Zorastro, whose face was inscrutable. “We have done everything that could be done,” said the other. “We have blooded him thrice, also scarified his limbs, applied pigeons, split alive, to his feet and stomach, but all without avail.” “ Thou might’st as lief have clapped them to the bedpost,” said Zorastro. Taking from his doublet a case he always carried with him, he selected a small phial, and allowing a few drops of the contents to fall into a cup, he added water to it. Then slightly opening the lips of the sick man, he allowed the liquid to trickle into his mouth. When the whole of the contents of the cup had been swallowed, he watched the result. After a while the Duke’s features began to relax, his eyelids dropped, and his breathing grew more regular. Zorastro set down the cup, and beckoning the Duchess aside, said : “The Duke’s condition is serious, without
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