Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-29
BY THE QUART.
How tho CelestIaIs Discover What is the
Mntter WITH Them.

How tho CelestIaIs Discover What is the
Matter with Them.
Surgeon George w. Wood of the United
States navy, has been investigating the
study and science OF medicine in China.
He finds that the profession has no scien-
titic knowledge. Medical literature con.
sists largely of elaborate records of the
effects of various doses.
The study Of anatomy in China is some
thing funny. This branch is taught
by diagrams. The Chinese doctors never
dissect. According to the charts
which represent the Chinese ideas
OF the internal organs which have
been handed down from ages back the
trachea or windpipe goes to the heart
and from there three tubes radiate to the
liver, spleen and kidneys The esopha-
gus or food passage goes to the stomach
Even a Chinaman could hardly miss that
connection.
USES OF THE BACKBONE.
The lungs are represented as hanging
to the spinal column and as being white
in color, perforated with holes for letting
in air. The kidneys are likewise hitched
TO the backbone. The small intestines
play the part OF connection between the
heart and the bladder, while the large
intestines are attached to the lungs. The
spleen connects with the stomach as
kind OF ell, and the liYec, according to
Chinese anatomy, is an immense organ
with seven lobes. Such thing as the
nervous system is not known.
Chinese medical books teach that the
chest is the vital center, the seat of Joy,
pleasure and health. In the brain is To-
Gated the principle of perfection. The
liver Is the abode OF the SOUL and con-
trols the formation of schemes and enter
prises The gall bladder is the region
whence comes the supply of courage.
DISEASES CLASSIFIED.
There are nine divisions of diseases
recognized by the Chinese profession.
They are considered distinct Separate
instruction Is given on each class. and
specialists devote themselves to one of
these divisions. These classes are as
follows;
/. Those affecting the pulse feebly.
2. Those affecting the pulse violently.
.. Those arising from cold.
!. Female diseases.
o. Cutaneous diseases.
u Diseases requiring acupuncture.
Z. Ophthalmic affections.
8. Diseases of the mouth and adjacent
parts
.. Diseases of the bones.
Inc materia medica of the Chinese pro-
lesslon Is something stupendous. The
fan-Iso, their standard work, is in
thlrty-eight volumes. 1t presents H.
s96 formul@, into the make-up
Oh which over 1900 substances en-
Ter While their is almost no end to Chi
nese drugs, there are some substances
winch are iayorites IN the practice.
Among these are claws and bones of the
llger and other wild animals, the cutie
nSl, dragons teeth, fossils, the hide horn
ana bones OF the elephant and rhinoceros,
the scorpion, snake skins, SCOT and SO on.
fAYoMTE REMEDIES.
iaNorlte remedy Is known as 'tthe
uncture OF five posons.n made BY steep.
ing scorpions, snakes and other ycnomotIs
creatures IN samshn This Is given for
FEVER, rheumatism and catarrh. In some
parts OF China IL is considered thu worry
highest degree OF philanthropy for the
rlch 10 place this tincture at their
doors to be used without, cost by
tle poor Gunpowder, termed sflne
urug' ~ used as yGrmifuge. sepsi.
PIC remedy, which Is OF comparatively re-
cent introduction among more en-
nHNV"cu people, Is the gizzard of the
common ,e lowl, prescribed for dyspepsia.
p io,.I tne great cure-all with the Chinese is
s.nsehg root. The resemblance which
e ei.S loots oiten bear 10 the human form,
e e,sl, ~ the result OF natural growth or
sS'iiul trimming, is given as the reason
a. a., ,,e Shihese faith in the universal ef- !
ucacy OF OF this drag. Large and choice
specimens OF the root are carefully pre-
served III embroidered coverings Enclosed
~ Gases OF varying sizes, the whole being
.ocAel IN brass-bound chests. An ex-
a assaotulnary fine specimen Is worth $500. |
, anS hunting Of these roots is pursued
WIN al the ardor OF gold seeking.
NJ, oElEsTIAL SURGERY.
NJ, ine nlnese have little use for surgery. |
,.ncy resort 70 eupping and teaching and
.1uuins on small scale, and thst is
"ooul as iar az they 60. Morbid growths