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understand how TO open g tuInor or TO 70
duce fractures by pressure and the applica-
ton OF bandages. Acupuncture was prac-
tlced by them in remote ages and is stin in
vogue. In A. D. 1927 two figures Of men
were made TO show where the needle could
be inserted without touching the vital parts.
A Dutch surgeon introduced this practice
into Europe in the seventeenth century.
They have also tried their hand at making
! artificial teeth, which are fastened to the
natural teeth Ivory has been employed in
/ their manufacture.
| Massage or meading Of the muscles of
! the upper part Of the back, is also quite an
/ Gent. BARRIERS conf ine it with the bust
ness Of shaving and queue braiding 1t is
good in certain cases Of neuralgia headaches.
Phlebotomy, or blood letting, is performed
by means of cupping and leeching, but
never resorted to in fevers, for fevers are
Ihened to pot boiling The thing is to re-
duce the fire and not the water. Hence ice
that has turned into water, no mat
ter how long ago, is deemed sovereign
remedy for fevers.
The American patent medicine man has
his prototype in China, generally to be found
IN front Of temples and in public squares.
Though not so audacious as the American,
he Is equally mendacious in proclaiming the
unapproachable virtues of his nostrums.
Chinese lady had a mole removed after
this fashion: By means Of brush little
caUstic was laid On the mole, where it re-
manned for an hour. The skin about the
mole turned black after day or two, and
In week came of, dragging the mole
along with it and leaving hardly percepti-
bic scar behind. The fee charged was ten
caSh-equivalent TO one cent in American
money.
l have hitherto described the methods of
the regular school" The faith-cure men
remain TO be treated. They are mostly
Trolst priests, who fatten on the super
suuous fears Of the ignorant. They do not
tell the patient that his disease is only
matter Of imagination, but make him be-
heve that he is troubled with evil spirits.
linen they proceed TO exercise him and force
the spirits to abandon their prey by various
lamentations or by the use of charms, which
are merely pieces of yellow paper bearing
caoallsuc characters. One copy is put on
the bed curtain, another IS worn next the
skin, third is burned and its ashes dis
solved in water and drunk by the patient.
Sometimes a medium prescribes while in
o trance
Then, again, an angry deity is supposed
10 inlet bodily pain on those who have
ofT"Ided him. Priests are hired to propiti-
ale him by the singing Of chants, the burn
ing Of incense and the offering of food If
the patient gets well the idol gets the credit
and thank Offering. If he becomes worse
1t Is because he lacks faith and has not
spent money enough. If he dies . it IS the
viii Of Heaven" The idol is well fxed''
N any case. The sick man usually drinks
the ashes of the incense dissolved in tea.
Again, an idol may be asked 10 prescribe
directly, in the folowin manner.
One hundred different prescriptions are
printed and one hundred bamboo slips nun
bered to correspond to them are put into a
holder, which IS shaken until one slip drops
out. The prescription similarly numbered
IS picked out and prepared at the drug
store Ike any other, and the resulting de-
coction is then swallowed as any ordinary
compound The chances are ten 10 one in
favor of recovery unless the disease Is IN
durable or the medicine too strong Does
not faith work wonders-for some peoplea
II nothing else viii do priest is hired to
climb ladder whose rungs are made of
swords with the edge turned upward (he is
barefoot, mind, while an attendant beats
gong. The swords are enough to scare
away evil spirits, but when the priest re-
peats powerful spell they are obliged to
seek a warmer cline. Then, too. the gods
may be induced to pity a sick man who
takes SO much trouble Ito expose other peo-
PIES feet. in order to proptiate them