[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 187.6 # Storia do Mogor 187.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 187.6 - **Language:** English ### [187.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.187.6) Thus the king heard of my arrival. As his European physician, a Frenchman named Monsieur Destremon, was dead, the king sent for me to his presence. There, after some conversation, he directed me to go and bleed a woman in his harem, much cherished by him because she knew where the treasures of the King of Gulkandah, Cotobxa (Qutb Shah), were concealed. She was a Georgian, and so extremely stout, and the fat covered the veins so much, that blood could not be drawn from her except from the capillary veins. Her arms were covered with lancet marks. I felt for the vein, and after fixing the bandage, I took a measure twice the size I used for others; and I reached the vein with such dexterity that the blood gushed out with great force. Everyone was in admiration at seeing a thing that had never happened with this woman before. The king himself, who was standing behind looking on, became desirous of being bled also. But though they made me wait for that day, in the end he would not have it done. It may be that someone had frightened him that I might be an emissary from Shah 'Alam and Aurangzeb, sent to bleed him in such a way that he would never want to be bled again. In place of having himself bled, he made over to me for treatment one of his nephews who had an ulcerated leg, and for this purpose he presented to me seven hundred rupees for my expenses. - [Previous: 187.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.187.5) - [Next: 188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.188) - [Up: 187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.187) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.187.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.187.6) · Pramāṇa