For a few days His Highness continued about the same. The albumen had nearly cleared away (sp. gr. 1012), though crystals of lithic acid were deposited, and occasional tube casts could be seen.
The Amîr’s Relapse.
A day or two afterwards, His Highness had a return of pain, and when I went to see him he said that he felt weaker, and admitted that the Hakims had overdone the form of treatment I spoke of.
The next day he was worse: the pains were more severe; he had not slept, and he told me he had had shivering and fever in the night.
The day after, the albumenuria returned, to the extent, roughly, of a twelfth in the morning, and later in the day a fifth (sp. gr. 1016). The left ankle commenced swelling at five p.m., the pulse was 100 and weak; Tr. 97·2.
Out of doors it was very cold. The snow had commenced, and it was freezing hard.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Royal Patients.
Cogitations concerning the Hindustani Interpreter: colloid and crystalloid: the Armenian’s comments. Cogitations concerning the position: the engineers’ comments. The Amîr as a host: the Sultana as hostess. The Amîr’s photograph. The Sultana’s name. Sirdar, the girl-boy. The sleeping draught. The tea cup and the thermometer. The release from a dangerous position. The Christmas dinner: the guests: the festive board: the menu: the wine: music. The Amîr’s fainting attack: the remedy: effect on the physician: the substituted remedy: further effect on the physician; the Amîr’s prescription. The Amîr’s alarming nervous symptoms. Hospital cases. Duties of the Princes Habibullah and Nasrullah.