The historic times., 1891-11-07
CHINESE PATENT MEDICINES.
Wong Chin Foo Throws Light Upon m
Interesting subj ject.

Wong Chin Foo Throws Light Upon m
Interesting subject.
The Americans are not the only peo.
pie who are famous in the world fol
patent medicines The Chinese have
patent medicines, too, and they have
millionaire patent medicine makers.
The most famous Of these fortunate
manufacturers have been enjoying the
celebrated sentimentalities of the
famous Col Sellers, in fact just think
of it, medicine that is made use of in
every family in China at half an ounce
of silver box, which is equal to seven
ty-five cents in American money. Sew
enty-five cents box, or a clear profit
of seventy cents on each box, bought
annually by over seventy-fvo million
families, or fifty-two million dollars
year profits, and this has been going on
from the great Soong dynasty to the
present day, or nine hundred and TWEEN
ty-nine years prosperity. Where ls
Col Sellers now?
Here are some of the leading patent
medicines of the empire of China that
are considered the standard cures for
the various ailments OF the human body:
The famous Ming Shin Yo Wan"
made by Chin Lee Chop, is a small
black pill, like shot, and is said to be
a sort Of tonic as well as blood purifier.
which all classes have much faith in.
An entire box weighs about an ounce.
The next in Importance is the Pop
Fa Yo," by Yip Man Troong, or cam
phorated oil with some other mixture,
said to be a sure cure for headache; it
comes in bottles of about two inches
high by half an inch square, is sold at
ten cents n BOTTLE and is about -four
hundred years old. Its proprietors are
also millionaires. These are composed
of the descendants of the founder, more
than a hundred families Of them all
told, and every one of them is wealthy,
while few of them are millionairea
Like the Ming Shin Yo," it is In Sc
almost constantly in every family, many
families using bottle each week.
The Way Sung Due" or Come to
Life Wine," is made by Jhoo Chung
Yuen, of Canton, and is only about fifty
years old. This is a medicated wine in
quart bottles and is sold at seventy-five
cents a bottle in New York and much
cheaper in China. The proprietor is
also a millionaire But like all other
paving business in modern times, all
over the world competitors sprung up
who claimed to manufacture an equally
good brand This has been the means
of reducing his profits recently, SO that
he was compelled to issue prOclama-
ton warning his patients against pur
chasing counterfeits. There is no law
against infringement on patents in
China, and the only safeguard an in
ventor has is keeping the secret of his
invention to himself.
The devices in advertising these wares
are even more prolific and varied than
are the Americans The Chinese ad-
vertiser seems to have no limit in his
language of praise of the medicine he
wishes to introduce to the public. Ere
quently medicine is made to do for
fever as well as for dyspepsia, cold or
debility.
A great quantity of Chinese patent
medicine is sold in New York, The
Chinese believe in large doses. When
| they take medicine at all they take a
| whole meal of it at one time and then
| it down and wait for results.-N. Y.
sun.