[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) › 203.5.8 # Storia do Mogor 203.5.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 203.5.8 - **Language:** English ### [203.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.8) All the physicians whose names are recorded above are Persians by race. Those bearing the title of khan — that is, ' noble ' — have a gross allowance of from twenty, thirty, fifty, one hundred, to two hundred thousand rupees a year. I have seen among them men who cured hot complaints with cooling remedies. Few of them know anything about, or can cure, the stone, paralysis, apoplexy, dropsy, anaemia, malignant fevers, or other difficult complaints. They follow the ancient books of medicine, which say a great deal, but tell very little. However, illnesses in the Mogul country are very easy to cure, owing to the heat, which causes perspiration and thus relieves the patient. When these physicians enter the seraglio (mahal) the eunuchs lead them, their heads covered with something thick, which falls as low as their stomach, as I have already said, and they are brought back equipped in the same fashion. It is the habit of these kings to have usually in their service seven thousand slaves of different nations, and some among them are established as chiefs to govern and guide the rest. The king gives them names, and in my time these chief slaves were called as follows. I append a list, in which one will not be displeased at finding the meanings as entered below : - [Previous: 203.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.7) - [Next: 203.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.6) - [Up: 203.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.203.5.8) · Pramāṇa