They have a mighty Honour and Esteem for Physicians, for though they are of Opinion, that they cannot with all their Art prolong Life, the Period and Term of it being Fatal, and absolutely determin'd by God, yet they often consult them upon any violent Sickness or Pain, in order to make the time allotted them in this World more pleasant and easie. It is extraordinary rare, that a natural _Turk_ makes Physick his Profession and Study. They who practice it among them, when I was in _Turky_, were for the most part _Greeks_ and _Jews_, who know nothing of Chymical Medicines, but follow the usual Methods, which they learnt in _Italy_ and _Spain_, the former having studied in _Padua_, and the latter in _Salamanca_, where they pass for good _Catholicks_. And I remember I met with a certain _Jew_ Physician, who had been a Capuchine in _Portugal_. During the tedious Siege of _Candia_, the _Vizir_, what with the melancholy, and what with the ill Air of the Camp, finding himself much indispos'd, sent for a _Christian_ Physician _Signior Massalins_, a subject of the Republick of _Venice_, but Married to a _Greek_ Woman, by whom he had several Children, who was our Neighbour at _Pera_, an experienc'd able Man, to come speedily to him, and made him a Present of about a thousand Dollars, in order to fit himself for the Voyage and bear the expence of it. By this worthy Gentleman's Care, he recovered his Health, and would not permit him to depart, till after the surrendry of that City, which might be about seven Months after his Arrival there, treating him in the mean while with all imaginable Respect. During our short stay at _Bursia_, one of our _Janizaries_ accidentally discoursing with a _Turk_ about us, whom they knew to be _Franks_, told him that there was a Physician in the Company, who had been lately at the Grand _Signior_'s Court at _Saloniki_ with the _English_ Ambassador, and was now upon his return from _Constantinople_ to _Smyrna_, where he lived. This presently took vent, and the _Turks_ thought that they had got a Man among them, that could Cure all Diseases Infallibly; for several immediately came to find us out in behalf of themselves or their Sick Friends, and one of the most considerable Men upon the Place, desir'd the Doctor to go to his House to visit one of his Women Sick in Bed, who being permitted to feel her naked Pulse (for usually they throw a piece of fine Silk or Curl over their Womens Wrists at such times) soon discovered by that and other Symptoms and Indications of her Distemper, that opening a Vein would presently give her Ease and recover her: which he did accordingly; for which he received an embroidered Handkerchief instead of a Fee, and gained the Reputation of having done a mighty Cure.