The Harim And the Purdah : Studies of Oriental Women
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It is well known by all that the body is composed of four elements- earth, water, fire, and air— and derangement of these four properties may cause the illness. Before medicine is administered, the horoscope must be consulted in order to learn the propor- tions of the elements within the body, when per- haps it is found that the sickness is caused by an evil act committed in a former life, or the seasons may be the cause of her misfortune. It is always 204 THE HARIM AND THE PURDAH a most compli...cated affair, and perhaps the doctor finds that the sufferer must refuse all food whose initial letter begins with the same letter as that of the day of her birth. There are ninety-six diseases that afflict mankind, and it often takes many doctors and much medicine to decide with which one of the ninety-six ailments the woman is contending. If she should die, it is believed that the soul, in the shape of a black butterfly, issues from the mouth, and dies at the same time as that of the body which it inhabited.
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