ABSTRACT
T he tragedy at Is G eria was followed by several episodes o f com ic m elo d ram a. T he first of these occurred on 31 M ay 1836, the day the Euphrates s team er left A na.
Sum m er was now app roach ing and m ala ria victim s once again endured its enervating sequence of fevers and chills. C hesney 's attacks, w hich occurred every o ther day, had one pecu liar sym ptom - a total loss of m em ory. ‘W hile these attacks were upon m e5, he recalled in his m em oirs, ‘I could not rem em ber my own nam e, nor the te rm ination o f any w ord th a t I was in the act of w riting w hen the fit cam e o n .51
