The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-09-08

low color, caused By some black fatty sub.
stance which is introduced into nearly all such
mixtures as are administered in China. They
are not particularly nauseous, however. To
take. being often sweetish or nearly tasteless.
Two operations are frequently resorted To
BY the Chinese They are
Tne 1oxA AND AcUPUScrURE.
The noxa consists in placing some inlam.
mable substance on the part II is desired Ia
affect and then setting fire 10 Il. u burn.blister
being OF course the result. This is simply n
method OF c0uuter-irritation similar Ia that
pursued by our own doctors in eases Of firing"
for chronic rheumatism. Acupuncture is. how-
ever. an operation confined 10 the medical
practitioners of China aud Japan. Ii is per.
formed by plunging cold or rcd.hot silver nee
dies into the muscular portions ut the body.
The only scieace of the operator consisting III
knowing Oh. precise spot where they should be
inserted. This curious performance has been
an ESSENTIAL part vi native practice from the
reu,otest antiquity. and sonsc forty years agn
was. at the recommendation of travellers 10
China. tried by many French aud other Eurs.
pcan doctors. As II did in one or two eases
afford relief. various hy poshesrs were started
tn account Tor its curative power. Some ia.
aglard TINT 10 afforded conductor for tho 80
cape Of an undue accumulation ul the electric /
iluId ut the seat Ut di.rasr. hat /, was soon
found tn br usrlrs. In the najnriiy ut rasrs.
the lew in which il did good being al u nature /
that "ould base succumbrd Ia any ruuu:rE. /
Treatment. and 10 suuu Tell int" Ell.
tire dlsuse. The mrans adopted Iur acquiring
. currrct know ledge ui where ihc needle maI
be- inserted arr Cur!nus example ul Inisplac~l /
Chinese Ingenuity. They hasr originated ou
The human body
r1AEE HvxDHso Axp s;xTT,sEvTS roixrA.
zach having particular natnc Ut lie own. &c.
r"rding 6" ia supposed rrl.'tiun Ia the internal
parts: and IN "rdrr tu practice Accurately they
have bad ANAL copper lgurcs constructed nu
which very small piuholrs arr made a, The pr.
'ii'uns answering Io these paint. an The liz.
ublrci The wh"lr figure 10 then pasted oscr
With paper. and the nrvdlt student exercise.
'ims~f daily IN prIcking f,r ih. holes until b.
an. without hesitation. place the point ut bis
'rrdlr "n the exact spot occupied b, each.
y hen thc necrss1ry skill il acquired. the up,,. .
at"r brc"tnrs ludirrnusly rnaInorrd al biz art.
md - ready to p"'fnraic hIs fellow creatures.
or any conceivable nialady.
The introduction ii the needle il described
= tot bring very painful. "if care be- takru tn
ls:rnd the skin. aud the n~rIlr br ryntlv
urned instead at driven straight forward The
attraction 10 generally more painful than its
Introduction. Very little bIn.d the mos, only
lew drops issues 'r"m the puncturc. The
SIn rises round the instrument. preserving its
aturai culor. but it soon sinks again. a red
irc!e forming round it" Paintings not un.
superhero after acupuncturr, and
lese are said tn be- the only III results: but il
not Known whether many accident. occur
om piercing arteries ar vital membranes
= rule the places indicated for punciurc an.
EAR to keep clear Of the larger arteries. the j
Fart and diaphragm. The operation ia m,y>il,
iccesstn IN cases 1T rheumatism or upuralria.
Ut does little good IN other dsrasrs. ihus re. Y
iclng 1t to simple means Of coUuter.irrita.
on. as In the case OF the moxa AcupuuctureI
Is OF late years been prohibited BY law, but D
nevertheless, at times still practiscd.
MANY cuixEsE DocroEs HAVE spEctAlrtEs
Some treat only diseases arising from cold
hers from heat. There il also a class who
broken limbs; and, although owing Ia IN,
cullarly Emphatic temperament of the Chi.
az. these latter usually effect cure" the
actions Of the bones are. as rule. clumsy ,
unsatisfactory, owing to the imperfect
'ans employed.
THE ocrtfsrs AND ArRtsrs -
China are generally BARRIERS, who are also
corn-cuttcrs of their fellow.countrymen.
cir habit OF cleaning the ears and wipinV
interiors of the eyc-lds of their customers
the cause OF large part of the deafness