The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-27
CHINESE PRESCRIPTIONS.
eame Of the Horrible Doses the poc'"''
Mix for Their Patients.

Tho Now York Chinese doctors ARC be-
ginning TO lose their hold upon their
heretofore devoted clients. This mas
been accomplished by simple but soma
American medical genius. II has been
.he custom ever since the Chinese colony
began 10 ..put on airs" in New YORK Tor
sick Cinnamon from all parts of the
country this side Of the Rocky mount
aims 10 come TO Gotham to consult win
their big medicine men, of whom there
arc over n dozen who have their fantastic
shingles hung up in Mott street upon the
doors Of their domiciles. Besides TINS,
they give bigger prescription ana
heavier doses than their American com
pctitors. These Chinese physicians VIII
devote from two TO six hours to feehng
your pulse. and all for the munliicent
sum OF from a quarter to hiiy cent
piece.
Imagine a man Who having taken
biz dose Of opium with the avowed pur'
pose Of having his carcass housed IN
Evergreen cemetery as early as possible,
so that his bones may be ready forspeedy
shipment TO China, having doctor with
biz round eve glasses sit down to feel the
moor fellows pulse for two hours and
half. and then give him the following
nrescription to be boiled into a soup and
/ then drunk;
Picked lizards. two Pairs. males and females.
i Cor,a ginseng root 81 an ounce WHO" cF'cNe1
I i.If 4. males and J females. sweet
rotate vines ounce: white nuts ounce lotos
! isavas iban ounce; ntticsnaAe tail u Of an
ounce: black dates. ? ounces, elm bark. Y an
ounce: devil fish toes. y an ounce, RENDERS
horn. u an ounce: birds claws. u of an ounce;
dried ginger. u Of ounce, coffin nails lod
ones). = an ounce Boil the whole With quarts
Of water until only half Of the water Is leit' and
then drink IL as a preliminary dose
Such was the prescription given on
last Friday afternoon to a poor laundry
man an the corner Of BroOme and De
lancv streets by Chinese doctor, who
said his Office was at Is Mott street. But,
fortunately for the patient, before the
famous prescription was put up by
Chinese. druggist on Mott street, his
friend. All Sing. fushed to an American
doctor near Chinatown. The latter went
TO the DIVING man and restored him TO
consciousness before the deadly mes.
senger got back.
Here Is another prescription given to
Wong Al Sing, of > Mott street. some
time ago, for a cancer, which the doctor
and his colleagues had been trying to
cure for the past four years But they
didn't cure IL. At last tine poor fellow
was nearly dead. and the doctors at the
New York hospital got hold Of the pa
tont and cured him in less than three
weeks.
This is the prescription for the cure Of
cancer. translated from the original.
Raw earfh ounces; winter wheat ounces,
ginseng pills. g: slag Of cinnamon ~ ounces
southern apricot seeds ounce; willow leayes, Y
ounce. anisose.d OIL I ounce; red dogs tail, ]
ounce. peach skim ounce; clam shell, ounces
sandal WOOL p ounces. dandolion, Dried ounce
Nix and boil with water, take n seven times q
day DE- QUO fN''
OF tho dozen or more sick Cinnamon
who have recently been druggcd nearly
to death by such wonderful compounds
many have been subsequently cured 10y
American physicians when they had
bccu given up as hopeless br their own
physician. 1heseoyauplesot their own
doctors inen'ciency j. tho principal cause
Of their recent downlall.-Wong Chin
Foo in New York World.