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is because that time is approaching that she is filled with
fear."
I talked with the lady, showed her how her wound was healing,
encouraged her to rest easy until the fifteenth, when I would
spend the day with her, after which she immediately began gaining
strength and soon recovered.
At another time I was called to see the wife of the president of
the Board of Punishments. I found an operation necessary. The
next day I found the patient delirious with a fever, and asked
the husband if my directions had been followed.
"I assure you they have," he answered. "But the cause of the
fever is this: Last evening while the servants were taking their
meal she was left alone for a short time. While they were absent,
her sister who lived on this street, a short distance from here,
committed suicide. When the servant discovered it she ran
directly to my wife's room, and told her of the tragedy. My wife
began to tremble, had a severe chill, and soon became delirious.
I suspect that her sister's spirit accompanied the servant and
entered my wife."
In spite of this explanation I cleaned and dressed the wound and
left her more comfortable. The next morning she was somewhat
better, without fever and in her right mind.
"What kind of a night did she have?" I asked her husband.
"Oh, very good," he answered. "I managed to get the spirit out of
her."
"How did you do it?" I inquired.
"Soon after you left yesterday, I dressed myself in my official
garments, came into my wife's apartments, and asked the spirit if
it would not like to go with me to the yamen, adding that we
would have some interesting cases to settle
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