Connecticut western news., 1889-10-02
CHINESE MEDICINE.
HOW THE CELESTIAL DOCTORS
 TREAT PATIENTS.
The Deer Horn the Best Remedy for
 Many Things.


 Dr. Chun Gee Woo, Chinese phy- sician of note ill his own country, and who has practiced his craft in the United States, was a visitor to the Omaha Bee building few days ago, and entertained the buzzer with de- scription of the practice of his profcs- sion among his countrymen. He said:
 "The medicines used in China are concocted 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 portions of other animals, the efficiency of which Ameri- can physicians cannot understand.
 "We cannot charge the poor man q copper, but the rich men pay physi- clan very literally, according to the amount of benefit derived from the medicine.
 s'By feeling the pulse Chinese physician can tell the source of the trouble. For instance, I place three fingers on the pulse of the right wrist, and from the pulsations tell if the seat of the complaint is the heart, stomach or lungs. place three tingess on the pulse of the left wrist and can tell if trouble is in the liver, kidneys, or spleen. American doctors do not understand that.
 Suppose man is troubled with dyspepsia or stomach disorder, then l give him some deer-horn. Deer-horn is a very expensive 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 powdered. Good horns are worth $150 each. Bears gall is also good for stomach trouble.
 "Now, when man gets delirious, he must be treated by the fire cure. This fire cure is only known to few of the most famous physicians in China, and is handed down to their sons, who impart it to their sons, under oath. Il is the most effective mode of curing certain diseases, but must be used i'm mediately to have any effect. I always carry the outfit with me. If mar drops in the street from fits, or any thing of that sort, he might die before medicine could be given to him, but immediately administer the fire cure and he will get we'll. If man is de. lirious and the doctor fails to cure hin the disease will always go the doctor hence we must be very careful.
 .sThe fire cure cannot be understood by Americans. Suppose man if bleeding at the nose and it cannot be stopped. If the blood comes from the right nostril I place small pill o1 medicine on his left thumb-nail and sci fire to it. When it burns into the flesf he will be cured. If the blood comes from the left nostril, vice versa. This medicine is secret, and I prepare il myself. If pellet is burned on the top of the head you can never have any more children. I burn on the knees, the stomach, and on the palm of the hand, which are sure cures fol other diseases.
 "If man cuts an artery and is bleeding to death an application o1 deer-horn powder will stop the flow o1 blood immediately. When man gets a fish or chicken bone in his throat ] write certain things on paper, pass my hand over it, and say certain mys- terious words. The paper is then placed in cup of water, which the patient drinks, and the obstruction is at once removed. When a man has any kind of swelling, for instance, on his leg, I put some medicine on the swelling, then make four marks in the air at each corner of the swelling and one more above it, 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. It is nothing like the American way, but think we are more successful than you are.
 "Have you ever noticed that you never see crippled Chinaman? You never see one with but one arm; you never see one on crutches. I'll tell you why that is. Suppose a Chinaman has his leg crushed between the knee and ankle. We do not cut off the leg at the knee, we lap open the flesh and cut off the crushed bone. Then we get bone from dog's leg for instance, measure it exactly, and insert the new bone and sew up the wound. It nearly always heals and the man saves his leg. Supposing he has his forehead crushed in, we saw out the crushed portion, take skull from some dead man and trepan it with portion of the old skull, sew up the skin, and he is all right. He may be little crazy, but he is all right.