Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
MEDICINE IN CHINA.
How Celestial Doctors Treat Their Patients
for Various Diseases.

for Various Diseases.
Dr. Chun Gee Woo, Chinese physician
of note in his own country, and who has
practiced his craft In the United States,
was visitor to the Omaha Bee building a
few days ago, and entertained the buz-
ger with a description of the practice OF
his profession among his countrymen. He
said:
The medicines used In China are con
cocted from gums, herbs, roots, and such
condiments as mustard, pepper, ginger, etc.
We also use deer horns, the gall of bears
and other animals, dried snakes, and por-
tions of other animals, the efficiency OF
which American physicians can not under
stand
I'VE can not charge poor man a cop
per but the rich men pay physician very
literally, according to the amount of bene-
fit derived from the medicine,
by feeling the pulse a Chinese ply
stefan can tell the source of the trouble
For instance, / place three fingers on the
pulse of the right wrist, and from the pull
stations tell if the seat of the complaint is
the heart, stomach or lungs. / place three
fingers on the pulse of the left wrist and
can tell if the trouble is In the liver, kid
understand that.
Suppose a man is troubled with dyspep-
STA or stomach disorder, then | give him
some deer-horn. Deer-horn is a very ex-
pensive medicine. The deer is shot only
In Thibet, and is very hard to get. He
must be killed so that the blood rushes to
the horns, which are cut off Immediately
They are then dried, and afterward pow
dered Good horns are worth $3.50 each.
Bear gall is also good for stomach troub-
bles.
''Now, when a man gets delirious, he
must be treated by the fire cure. This fire
cure is only known to a few of the most
famous physicians of China and is handed
down to their sons, VINO impart it to their
sons. under oath 1t is the most effective
mode of curing dertain diseases, but must
be used Immediately to have any effect.
always carry the outfit with me. If aman
drops In the streets from fits, or anything
of that sort, he might die before medicine
could be given to him, but | Immediately
administer the fire cure and he viii get
we'll If a man is delirious and the doctor
fails to cure him the disease will always
90 to the doctor, hence we must be very
careful.
1.-The fire cure can not be understood by
Americans. Suppose man is bleeding at
the nose and it cannot be stopped. 1t the
blood comes from the right nostril | place
small pill of medicine ON his left thumb
nail and set fire to it. When it burns in
to the flesh he will he cured. If the blood
comes from the left nostril, vice versa. If
from both nostrils, | burn the medicine on
both thumb-nails This medicine is a
secret, and prepare it myself If a pei
let is burned on the top of the head you
can never have any more children. | burn
on the knees, on the stomach, and on the
palm of the hand, which are sure cures for
other diseases.
IF a man cuts an artery and is bleeding
to death an application of deer-horn pow
der ON the cut Will stop the flow of blood
Immediately. When a man gets a fish or
chicken bone in his throat | write certain
things ON a paper, pass my hand over it
say certain p mysterious words. The
paper Is then placed in cup of water,
which the patient drinks, and the obstruc-
ton is at once removed. When man has
any kind of swelling. for instance, on his
leg, put some medicine on the swelling,
then make four marks In the air at each
corner of the swelling, then bind it up and
next morning the swelling is gone.
''Of course, could tell you lots more
about our methods of curing diseases, but
| think you already have fair idea of how
we do it. 1t is nothing ike the American
way, but think we are more successful
than you are.
Have you ever noticed that you never
see a crippled Chinaman? You never see
one with but one arm; you never see one
on a crutch I'll tell you why that Is
Surprising Chinaman has his leg crushed
between the knee and ankle. We do not
cut off the leg at the knee, we lay open the
flesh and cut off the crushed bone Then
get a bone from a dogs leg for instance,
measure it exactly, and insert the new
bone and sew up the wound. 1t nearly al
ways heals and the man saves his leg.
Surprising he has his forehead crushed in,
we saw out the crushed portion, take a
skull from some dead man and trepan 1t
with a portion of the old skull, sew up the
skin, and he is all right He may be lit
tie crazy afterward, but he is all right.