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

THE DRUGS THEY USE, AND HOW THEY AID
MINISTER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. &C.
No dissection of the human BODY is allowed
BY the laws OF China, and consequently an al
most total ignorance exists of tho positions o
the internal organs. In native drawings they
are invariably misplaced in the most ludcrous
manner. They are aware of the palsatioa al
the blood but instead Of referring il 10 the ac.
ton of the heart. Imagine that each part oil
the body has It's independent pulsc They be.
lieve that the body is controlled by two oppos.
ing forces-thc igneous aud the cold principle
They therefore drrnch with two cold mixtures
to combat the one, or with warm mixtures to
overcome the other. according as either is sup
posed to be ex-rling nh undue influence.
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
The most they have ever attempted ia sur
gerry has been Ia draw tooth. ar chop Of
finger, soaring the stump with boiling oil lIiu.
Grant tooth-drawers abound in China, their
stalls being garuishrd. llke lhnsr ri the same
fraternity IN England twn hundred years agu.
with the teeth yirldrd with many a ,wngr oi
agony by their patients. whose lws are ire.
quently hrukcn by the rude pair Of tougs with
which the operation is performed Certain
quacks are reputed to sell powder which |.
warranted to make nan
sSEEzE ms rExTa ctr or H!s HEAD.
those requiring this operation being previously
rubbed around the gum with some oi thu pow
der. No one has, however. seen this feat per-
formed. though couutlrss multitudcs Of uatiyrs
are ready to certify that s",n. TREND ar other
has witnessed il. Nor can the wildrst uarrs
OF cash down" induce any body 10 produce n
pinch ut this miraculous subs :ance Still. III.
lowsr-ciass Chinese soberly believe IN its Exist
ence. The stomach 10 supposed tu be- tn. s.at
Of the ihte'i-cs, the nervous system bring en-.
tirely ignored. aud ITS connection with the brain
unkn"wn. No distinction is made between the
yenous and arterial circulation. and the shape. |
extent and functions Of th. bowels, kidneys.
ETC., are totally Inexperienced.
THxrR PRESCRIPTIONS
are rs long as their consciences and the pock. |
cts Of their patients will permit them io make |
then IL not uufrequrntly happens that the
doctors excerd NIL bounds; aud curious Gus
tom has then arisen Of the patients friends
checking the prescriptions and striking out 1
such items as they drtm too expensive. asking
the doctor to insert cheaper articles In their
place. Sometimes he will say that such an nj.
teration will render the whole mixture iurfTi.
cacious, and In that case both friends and pa
tient will sometimes debate whether il would
not De better to run the risk, as. il the worst
comes to the worst, the money thus saved will
pc 20 much towards the purchase Of a hand.
some coffin. II the question be decided in the
and the patient is In great danger.
the doctor Is bowed out and an undertaken sent
ior instead, 80 that the dying man may be com. a
lorted by view Of bis future home Gener. 8
ally, OF course, the doctor gives war, to secure n
hhs customer. People frequently die after they n
nave swallowed everything prescribed. and oc /,
,asionally the friends WILL under the law above n
quoted, endeavor to get damages out Of the I'm. In
ortunate medico, who. if be be wise. in that
'ase, bolts from the ncighborhood with aI Dos. :.
ibls despatch. o. o.
THE LIBRARY or pocroa =,
lsually consists Of less than dozen works nj n
hough over two hundred and sixty exist in IN. IA
lnguage. A writer In the Overland Moufbfv n,
bout year ago, stated that he examined ali
nose ne could procure ON medicine, and found
THE PHAnMAcoruA
ias composed rs follows: II must be noted ~ ~
1at the sueloined list 10 not one complied BY -
,reigCers hostile to the Chinese, but actually !;
xists IN native standard works on the subject ~
ne list comprises one thousand and twelve -
Inerent medicines, Of which one hundred and -
lirty-two kinds are Of mineral origin. Veg. -
ablee and grasses (including roots. flowers. 80; 80
ayes and seeds.) furnish three hundred and ~ ~
ghteen kinds; and these are the only drugs ~ ~
hich have any pretensions TO the respect OF -. ~
estern medical men. Trees furnish one hun. sn'
ed and geventy-nine medicines, while y
lhh huAAs BODY thi
irty-pine different medicines are derived. of
hich the following only can be mentioned:
air. cut fine and used for pasters; for inter. ter
| use. woman!s milk, dandrnf, teeth filings. ira
r.. bile, sweat, parines Of the finger and toe the
lls burnt to ashes, ashes VI the frontal bone, in
istaches and blood. the gall, and other things We,
6t t. mention. The medicines derived from of
imals are ninety-four in number. From
g. worms. snakes, sbeII-6sh, turtles, fiies, I
!. nineY-nine kinds Of nsdiciuel are cDm- me.