Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-14

ia-siFe character ID the professions. It Sss good logic that sai 1, "the Lord had spO.led Nc. blacksmith and made a very poor pr sRcher out of the material"
 Is It not rather remarkable that all modern sciences ID the West have thelr counterpart ID the East. There is scarce y an Idea n our religion thHt has not a counterpart m Chinese religion; and scarcely superstition with respect 10 devils, witches, ghosts etc, in China, that has not been also In the history of western nations, and even yet exists among many of the less thoughtful.
 This fact suggests that she proper method of benefiting China is not to create H revolution ln their ideas and systems, or transplant our own theories instead of theirs but to accept their established theories and refine them by culture, as we have refined our owu- eliminating the gross and superfiuous, leaving only the true and useful. The Chinese have practically no real knowl- eige of physiology. They have never pfscticed anatomy, regarding the humsn system or body as too sacred to be dealt Vith m SO sscriigious manpeF. They
 epeud wholly upon the external shape .lr their system of physiology. The re- g ,. IS, that nearly all of their systems ald theories are erroueOus They To- cate the heart in the abdomen, and sup- rose the soul to reside in the same place.
 Their treatment of diseases is oft D the most absurd, as one would expect from such a superficial know ledge ot fine humaDibody. The common diagnosis of chIlls end fever, which Is a very common complaint, IS a possession of devils, and the shaking IS ths sy mptOm. It Is 6 great offence to tell a man he has the chilis, for is equivalent tO telling him he sas devils n hIm, snd that implies that as Is a great sinner, for, strange tc say, they never Ecou-e the oeyii Of injustice. Their conduc. towards that fabulous Jelng IS to try to Cug wit hIm, but all -Hismlties are regarded Gs his work, hence there IS little ByEphthy for the uifeTiDg.
 Consumption IS declared a loss Ot blood from tie system. ihe pale face IS the evidence. Their treatment of this disease Is to give the sufferer blood to drink For this pur- pose, eonsumptives attend pubic exc Sutions, which are done by beheadiny, for the purpose of catching the blood of the victim ID their rice bowls to drink medlcInBly. Smallpox IS very general among them, and although they know nothing of vaccination, they have learn ed the benefits of inOculstiOn which IS extensively prscticed. They regard smallpox as under the special iUrisdio- ton of a goddess, whose whole time Is | devoted to this disease. They accord .nsly have pictures and images Oi the goddess which are worshIpped with much display. They pronounce the smallpox as Flowers Of heavenly plant ing" varIoloid as flowers of human planting" No one dare speak repr lach- fully or disrespectiully of the disease, lest the goddess be offended and bring | summary punishment. When one l , taken with this disease his friends send congratulations, and the family put on the semblsnce of rejoicing. The priest IS first calledI ID, who enthrOnes SD | image of the goddess in the house, which is Eorshipped by committee in behalf | of the patient. If this succeeds in | bringing out the postules, no more IS | done; but if the case IS an urgent one, the priest IS again called ID, and the image is escorted through the streets with music CD and fire crackers If this ts.ls. a doctor is called ip, and fl then 1 sbs patient dIes, as the they often do. Strange lO say, the matter IS scquiescvd ID as one of fate, In either the event Cf | death or recovery, the priest comes 10 escort the image of the goddess from house.
 Thus the holy office is called into requisItiOn with these people on occG- siOns of distress, the same as ID other countries.
 Their decision upon cOlio is indeed funny. They claim it IS an sccumulE- ton of wind in the stomach, and their treatment is ludicrOus in the extreme.
 While there I was sOiourninR in the Ll San mOuntain-, to See a BudhIst tempt,
 I was taken with ar acute pain in my stomach, with cramps. which came near taking my breath. \ solemn, greasy old priest stood by with arms folded across his chest, beseaohing the huge idols to have mercy on the stranger, and
 be recomme nded those in attendance tC
 rub me down, which they did very
 roughly. I recovered ard shall never
 koow whether the medicine 1 took, sbt old mans prayers, or the rubbing cured me. Certain It was 1 was in great dis
 tress for forty minutes. What logic
 therefore, will tell me the necessary re
 istion between the treatment and tho
 cure?
 Their knowlege of the most delics',
 aad important branches of the science
 of medicine, IS sadly deficient, and from
 this results great sufTering. and man!
 deaths. I refer to midwifery. Tn,
 medical missions m China are dOirs
 more good in this one direction than al
 the doctors could do before their time
 for they are teaching the doctors how C
 manage dangerous cases in many ways l The women sfe too modest to allow an!
 examinations eXcep. to look at th,
 tongue and feel the pulse, by which theI
 think the doctor able 10 tell al
 lheir msladies. The las, month l wa
 there, a patient was received Rt the ms
 sion hospital at Han Kow, who has
 suspicious wound lpon his arm. Th'
 surgeon learned the ancieDts had sHl'
 thst the flesh of she dutiful son, eElei
 by the father, would cure any disease and the young mans father had beel afflicted with dropsy, and they son ws
 pursuaded bY friends tha. 1t wns hi
 duty to give flesh to cure bis tslhel They had accordingly, with a rszor, GU out a piece ss lsrge as a heu's egg, an' the old woman cooked 1t with pork an
 beans. sad the old man ate It. but b died, and the poor boy was abused be
 cause be bad not pure spirit, other , wise his flesh would have cured the ol , father.
 Among their drugs snd medicines, on may find many curious articles. @iger . teeth are considered very rare, and a fine remedy for some diseases, the claw , especially are good for sll troubles ( , the glands. Ginsing is worth its weigt | ID fine gold; one little root done up l ,. red and yellow paper, will bring hv
 Mexican dollars. Any unnstursl bon or horns Of animals are amongst the a great cures and always has specit , properties.
 2 In one collection of drugs l saw - mans foot cut of st the ankle join ;. perfectly d:ied. He (ths dootor) cslle q I, the foo. of wild man. But froi ell could learn it was the foot of or - of the aboriginal inhabitants of Centrl China, a colony of whom still eIist IS one of the western provinces. They al e the loves. type of humanity saw e Ohina, and would be of historic ST - scientific interest If more Tss known n them. What virtue there could be - .L. - ol1 Fook ras mora than