, 1873-12-21
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From letter in tho Cincinnati Commercial.
It may or it may not DO generally known that
tho hari-kari system is abolished: Dr.
Hayes IL of the opinion TINT it was tho abolition
Of this naaGe nt G5G that III ayG
their ancient feudal prorogativea. There are
many people in Christendom who have been
wont to regard tho Japanese as race 80 eccon~
trio, and having in thom 80 lltt'o human naturs.
dispatch, as blossed boon, privilege dcaror
thuu life. I nm happy to be able to stNte OIL 70
high I'LL authority ~ that of DR.. Hayes, that tho
Japanese are emiuontly hllslhn in thoir feclingn,
and TINT thoy consider their bowels aa boing
worry woli situated where they aro, and do not ut
all hanllor to rip them open, or otherwise dis
turb them. An Instance occurred in tho Doc
tors professional practice which waB pathetic.
Ho was called one day TO visit n nobleman OF
high 1ank. WHO Was laboring under chEonle
disease which tho Doctor discovered upon cx~
animation was hopoleasly incurablc. It appears
that tho nobleMAn had beeN suffering under it
for many yenrs before the revolution, hut
no long as the hari-karl syston remained in
force lo had nIadn Ito attempt to cure it +; had
not eyen consulted Il rlaysician.
Nlile this frightful DaMocles sword hung
suspended over his hcud by tho moreRt thread
OF tho Inperiul pleasure, and ho was liable to DO
asunder in this awful manner llo cared ycry little
whether he lived or died But aftor the horrid
custom was abolished, lilo bocamc sweet to llinl
ho yearned once moro with all tho passionate
longings OF human natnre to bo restored to
lenlth. aud us q last hope he cauHed the Aneri~
ean doctor to be summoned to l,iB boiside.
When DR.. I1ayos discovered tile painful truth
that there was ITO hope for him, and was Obliged
so to Inform him, and thereby to wrest from him
all his bright anti{ciipati1ns, he was greatly
dest duties Of his ]ifo.
| The native doctors ontertnin notions concorn-
ing tile hnman system quite aB abaurd hs those
of The Chinese, Some Of theBe are HI follows
same, n!so muscles and nerves. 1T the base Of
the brain there lB q reservoir of marrow, for the
supply of bones. Sound proceeds from hofeB in
| tho lungs, nud these ]nstor rule these vnliolk
tho stomach il tho aeat Of tho breath; joy and
delight elnanato from it. and it cannot bo In
| iured without daugor. Tho haart lies UNDER
meath the lungs, and In the prince Of tho body (;
thoughts proceed from it.. Tho liver iB on tue
right sido, and has eovon lobea; tho Houl resides
III 1t and scl.emes emnunte from. 1t. The gall
bladder Ia below, ana projects npWard into It,
aud when tho porson ia angry it aecends; cour-
ago awo's IN It, hence gall ia oaton by men wl,e
uro very anxious to incrcnso their yAlor. The
peylB, skull, forearln. aId log arc considered III
kin,,lo bohes, tho processes Of tho joints bonp
quito dispcnael with, and tho whole considered
merely as kind Of informal framework to hnnt
the flesh upon, without my connection with it
my moro tlmn d clothes-hou has with til,
shirts aud pillow-cascs hung on it, Th'
blood il thought to ir1igato tho body, hut til,
doctors arc much troubled AZ to how 1t run
down tho extremisieH and rotllrns up hill. Sam
aud toes, ani running mp tile limbs into tht
trunk, whGre thoy aro lost. Or reach tho lleart
hugs. Or yomo otlnr orga.,, ns woll aa tiloy can
wandering over most paris Of the body in thoi
co,irHo. ote.
but tl.e Japan,,so In tlis. ~ in alt otho
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