Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-03
CHINESE DOCTORS.
ONLY NATIVE PHYSICIANS ARE TOl-
GRATED IN CHINATOWN.
It Is the Christianized Cinnamon Who
Call In and Allow Themselves to Be
Treated by Regular Practitioners-How
the CT inese Medical Man Acts.

Chinatow had had an unusually large
number of visitors on recent night, and
the opium and gambling dens were jam
med, when an understood Chinaman was
thrown cut of doorway into the gutter of
Pell street. He had been in a fight evil
IDENTIFY, and in the parlance of the English
speaking element, had been ''done up" A
policeman took John to the police station
in Elizabeth street He was in danger of a
collapse and the sergeant sent for an am
bulance. He had been cut in the face and
on the head, and his clothes were soaked
with blood. In the washroom water was
applied to the wounds until the ambulance
arrived. The surgeon ascertained that
none of the wounds was serious, but that
the Chiraman was suffering most from
the effects of the opium. He started to
dress the cuts, but as John saw the ban
dages he set up vigorous bowling.
What in thunder is the matter with
your" the sergeant demanded. shut up
that how.in or I'll turn the hose down
your throat"
Me no want Mclean decker Me want
Chinee decker"
He kicked and yelled so that the surgeon
picked up his bandages and went away
THE bloody pigtail thinks somebody
will eat him." a policeman remarked
Il suppose he thinks we amt got any,
thing to do but wait on him." another
added.
But presently the condition of the China
man changed His breathing became la
bored, his eyeballs rolled horribly, his legs
and arms twitched convulsively and his
yellow SIX took on more CHASTITY hues.
Il believe the chink is going to kick" a
policeman said.
Run down to Mott street and see if you
can get one of the Chinese doctors" the
sergeant ordered Hurry, for I'm afraid
he'll die on our hands"
CHINESE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Wet towels were applied to his head and
he revived partly. Nearly half an hour
elapsed before the policeman returned,
accompanied by tall, fat and solemn
Chinaman who was dressed in the
Chinese costume. He paid no attention to
the sergeant or the other policeman, but
went straight to the patient, looked in his
face, tore of the wet towels and examined
the cuts. His long loose sleeves fell back
and disclosed pair of skinny, wrinkled
hands, with bony fingers and long finger
nails. 1t seemed strange that such hands
should belong to so fat a body. The pa
tient watched him without uttering a
word, and after the doctor had completed
his examination he turned to the sergeant
and said: He much sick. too much hit
pipe. Me make him we'll"
Then the doctor began to talk to the pa
tient in Chinese, and the sergeant had
a shrewd suspicion that the doctor was
satisfying himself that his fee would be
forthcoming. Evidently the patients re-
plies were satisfactory to him, for he be-
gan bandaging the wounds in much the
same way that any surgeon would, only
the banda ges were of some curious Chi
nese material and were tied in manner
that wouh bring discredit upon the young
est medical student. Then he took from
some receptacle hidden in the pockets of
an inside Jacket several odd packages on
which were Chinese characters. They con-
tanned drugs evidently, for he took little
from each, using his nails us scoops, and
spoke to tie patient. The latter stuck out
his tongue and the doctor dropped the
drugs on it. The doctor then gave him a
swallow OF water and sat down beside him.
The patient seemed to have every conf
dence in The treatment and began to look
| better. After short wait the doctor
spoke to him again, whereupon he arose
| and the two went away together.
According to heeXperiences of the police
| OF the Elizabeth street station in which
| precinct all Chinatown is included, only
| Christianized Cinnamon will ever submit
to treatment by white physicians. When
ever sick Chinaman is brought to the
station a Chinese doctor has to be sent
| for
INTERVIEWING CHINESE DOCTOR.
Strangely enough, these doctors are IN
known to the police, and on each occasion
they have 70 rely upon information from
the Cinnamon in the streets or stores to
find one The reporter met equal difficult
| ties in seeing one. After calling at half a
dozen stores in Chinatown and asking u
score of Cinnamon in Mott, Pell and Doyers
streets without result, he sought for Wong
| Chin Foo. who directed him to Xiii Leon,
| who runs 4 Chinese drug store at 10 Mott
street. Khi Leon, who is very big and
! pompous, was measuring out opium so
| daintily that it was a pleasure to watch
| him. Several assistants were busy doing
| up packages of strange looking roots. Xiii
| Leon is one of the tallest Cinnamon in New
York. He has round, smooth face, and
he wears "A dark silk costume, including a
black skull cap. His pigtaiI is exceed
ingly long and his nails are long and yell
low He was very suspicious when spoken
to, thinking, apparently. that some trap
was being aid for him.
| Are you a doctor?"
What for you want to know"
Il want to learn something about the
way you practice"
Il no can tell nothink. no talkee well
Velly busy. Got no time. Call again.
yess"
He disappeared behind a screen, and all
efforts to bring him back proved futile
A Chinese missionary said: Chinese
| l~~rfDro hay-a iedO of tho hmm r,
system. and usually work by guess. 1t is
against the Chinese ethics to dissect a
body, and the Chinaman has a horror of
anybody who uses knife on corpse.
Nevertheless the Chinese doctors manage
to work great many cures"
It Is strange that Chinese doctors are al
lowed to practice in New York, where the
law strictly prohibits any person from act
ing as physician unless he has medical
certificate and license from the county
clerk, but IL the law were enforced 1t is