At the main entrance of the mosques gather groups of men and women with sick children in their arms, waiting until the prayers are over and the worshippers file out; for the prayer-laden breath of the truly devout is powerful to exorcise the demons of disease, and the child over whom the breath of the worshipper has passed has fairer surety of recovery than can be gained from all the nostrums and charms of the Syed and Hakim.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
So, by rapid stages he developed into a native Hakim-by creed a converted Hindu, like Rewa Gunga,-one of the men who practise yunani, or modern medicine, without a license and with a very great deal of added superstition, trickery and guesswork.
"King--of the Khyber Rifles"
Talbot Mundy
Be warned a last time, sahib-little Hakim-be warned and go back!"
"King--of the Khyber Rifles"
Talbot Mundy