The New York herald., 1870-05-18
A CHINESE ESCULAPIUS.
Lum Ling Wan, Armed With Mortar and
Pestle, on His Way to the City Disease
ODE Annihilated and Quacks to bs
Putto Fight-The Medicine
na Man and His Retinue.

Lum Ling wau, native Chinese physician, said
to be as learned as Druid and skilled as @scula-
pius himself proposes to rid Gothamtes Of all the
physical Ills that esh Is heir 70. The Celestial sage
will arrive by the Pacific Mail Company's steamship
due here next Monday. He viii be accompanied by his
wife, an Interpreter Lee Sing; two Chinese apothe
carries, All Mok and An Sam, ana servants and an
endless assortment OF drugs and medicines, the
efficacy OF which 1t Is af1rmed will "knock spots'
out Of the most vicious Jersey fever ana ague that
ever brought desolation over that iretful State.
Should they succeed even In counteracting the
ravages Of the '1ightning'' manufactured In tnat
quarter their dspensation will be hailed with gene
raj acclamation. DR.. Lum Ling Wau Is the nrst OF
his handsome countrymen who has followed
his profession east Of the Rocky Mounteins
and has carried 1t on In successful operation
in San Francisco for some years. 1t il significant
fact by the way, that not long since the American
practitioners OF that city took umbrage at the Chinese
doctors and Introduced bill into the last California
Legislature with View to restraining them from
practlce. Lum Ling Wau Is no Bowery quack, but
belongs to q family OF medical men, his ancestors
having carried on the business time out or mind In
China. Nor is 1t easy to become doctor there,
since the government ia wisely opposed to allowing
half nedged young fellows to go forth with lancets
and pockets full Of pills, scarcely knowing the differ
ence between chalk and cheese. Before obtaining
permission to practise This Oriental luminary put
to the final test of telling the nature Of symptoms OF
the disease OF every patient In the hospital at Can
ton bhndfolded and with guide but his three dis
terminating fingers on the pulse, and II SO mucn
he mot discern when ns 9ternG oval o5tcs re
their searching glances ut the wan. emaciated WIS.,
ages of some metropolitan disspators. II certain
statements to be credited. and there appears
ground to disbeeve them, there Is magic In his very
pgtail, which, no doubt, he can bring into requis.
ton In tying down refractory patients. Being we'll
posted in botany and conversant with the pro-
perties and medicinal ues OF plants and natu-
is no question but tha. Lum Ling wsS viii nausu.
rate system that VIII engage attention. Nebuchad-
nezzar lived seven years %, on grass and grew fat
of roots herbs, leaves and animal products, and
there Is no knowing what bcnefcia! results may en-:
sue from their Dounteous dlspensaion among tagged
and lanky patients. II nothing better, he may give
the city doctors shake up But the really great OBJ
coroners. 1t may be mentioned that the plguail
men OF medicine have already distinguished them
selves IN San Franclsco for when the sma,lptox pt,s
people fell victims to the disease, while scarcely Q
single Chinaman died, owing to the treatment az
forded by their medical brethren The most striking
their extraordinary diagnosslc skill. Long practice
liar delicacy and acuteness Of touch in those naai,
fingers OF theirs with which their operations are
Whatever may be the result OF John Chinaman's
arrival IN this new role his advent Will doubtless be
o novelty. Heretofore the cigar merchants along
the City Hall Park and other places have succeeded
In enlghtening the public as to their ability in the
manufacture OF their staple commodity built s high
time we should have o sample OF their talent In
some other direction. Lee Sing, who accompanies
the doctor, speaks and writes English WELL
Lum Ling Wan has leased premises In the neigh
borhOod Of Union square. where he intends to manu-.
facture and dispense his own medicines. 1t is as
serted that Chinese physicians, as rule, never ad-
deemed indispensable In some practices, so that
those who desire to test them submit their pulse
to the delicate touch Of the Chnaman without fear
of commissions Nowadays tho world IS wide enough
for everybody, and II there be any efficacy IN Chi
nese blade OF grass the sooner the people know IL
the better.