Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-08-01
cnlnese PRESCRIPTIONS
some 81 th. Horrible posr- the Doctors
Mia f..r Their Patients


Mia E.r Their Patients
The New York Chinese doctors are be-
ginning % lose their hold upon their
heretofore devoted clients. This has
been accomplished by simple but solid
American medical genius. II has been
The custom ever since the Chinese colony
began 10 tput on airs in New York for
sick Cinnamon from all parts OF the
country this side of the Rocky mount
aims 10 come 10 Gotham TO consult with
their big medicine men, OF whom there
are over dozen who have their fantastic
shingles hung up In Mott street upon the
doors of their domieiles. Besides this,
they give bigger prescription and
heavier doses than their American com
petitors. These Chinese physicians will
devote from two TO six hours TO feeling
your pulse, and all for the munificent
sum Of from quarter to fifty cent
piece.
Imagine a man who, having taken q
big 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 for speedy
shipment 10 China, having a doctor with
big round eve glasses sit down 10 feel the
poor fellows pulse for two hours and a
half, and then give him the following
prescription to be boiled into soup and
then drunk;
Picked lizards, two pairs. males and females;
Corea ginseng nooi VI an ounce willow cricke'
skins, half dozen. 3 males and females; swee,
potato vines ounce; white nuts, ounce; iotoe
leaves u an ounce; rattlesnake tall " OF an
ounce black dates ounces, elm bark. " AZ
ounce devil ilsh toes. " an ounce; reindeers
horn. u an ounce; birds claws. y OF nm ounce
dried ginger a OF an ounce; comm nails eolu
ones). u an ounce. Boil the whole with quarts
of water until only half Of the water Is ieft, and
then drink 1t as a preliminary dose
Such was the prescription given on
last Friday afternoon TO n poor laundry
man on the corner of Broome and De
laney streets by Chinese doctor, who
said his Office was at 10 Mott street. But
fortunately for the patient, before thu
| famous prescription was put up by I
| Chinese druggist ON Mott street, hi
| friend, All Sing, rushed To an American
doctor near Chinatown. The latter wen
10 the dying man and restored him 4
consciousness before the deadly mes
senger got back.
Here Is another prescription given &
Wong All Sing, of Mott street, SOM
time ago. for cancer. which the docto
and his colleagues had been trying h
cure for the past four years. But the,
didn't cure it, At last the poor fellow
was nearly dead. and the doctors ut tn
New York hospital got hold of the pa
tient and cured him in less than tire
| weeks
This is the prescription for the cure o
cancer. translated from the original:
| Raw earth. ounces winter wheat, ounces
| ginseng pills 3: sprig Of cinnamon, ~ ounces
southern apricot seeds ounce: willow leaves
| ounce: aniscEccd OIL | ounce; red dogs tail,
| ounce; peach skin ounce; clam shell, ounces
| sandal wood p ounces. dAndelion. dried. ounce
Mix and boil with water. take Il seven times
day Dn CHo PiNo
OF the dozen or more sick Chiname
who have recently been drugged neari
TO death 10y such wonderful compound
many have been subsequently cured b
American physicians when they ha
been given up rs hopeless 10y their ow
physician, These examples Of their ow
doctors inofiicicncy is the principal cau'
of their recent downfall. Wong Chi
Foo in New York World.