New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
MEDICINE IN MANY LANDS
TERRIBLE REMEDIEs USED BY LIE
HEATHER
nocrops WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO RELIEVE
THE PAINS OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ARIES OF scIENCE--MORE NEEDED.


,,ssIonorrcs meet IN spreading tho Gospel among
hcathen their efforts to introduce SCIENCE ' tIo,s
always crowned with success. Inc "oramPPV' -. 80
or the follower OF MahOmct VIII resent any CIV" 80,
vour mart 10 interfere with his idea Of future M
but II Won can show him anything which ne cohs'u'
will ameoroto his present condition. lie is eager 10
odont IT, And the branch OF science which appcaiS W
him more quickly than any other. peFnhpS' - Wv
healing art, medicine. surgery. MISSIONARIES "i -
the world have Crasped this Idea now. for experience
has taught them that all doOs are open 10 the
hi, art is welcomed even where his Christ Is ha'ou'
| Many ncople too i'm Christian lands who have been
doubtfu about sending out theological tcacHcts' as
long as the crceds Of Christendom are 50 diverse anu
| ambiguous have misgvincs about the De"ch'' "
be conferred heather By sending them meuio"i WHO
Tho field for this work is vast. the cry LOT suo
On Ioud our knowledge so far beyond theirs and the
desire to relieve physical suffering so strong Ill hcH
| every mans breast that it is almost WONDER '""'
medical missionaries were not sent out long before re-
| llgous
Many people who arc perfectly satisfied with ther
priests arc painfully that their ply sclans Rho"
| next to nothing. They follow the prescriptions Vi
these Ignorant witch doctors and superstous iPosoo
because they know no better Of alloviatng inc
| suncrlnCs of themselves their loved ones. though
the cure In many cases fully bad as the disease
MANY curious examples arc cited by missionaries 10
show the utter and surprising lack OF correct ue"'
about the functions and even formation OF inc h"""n
| body possessed BIZ tribes reasonably Intelligent on
other topics and good people who hear OF these drcau
full remedies turn with horror at the crney ~
| they deem It, OF those who practise them This Is n
mistake Cruelty does not prompt these practices but
| love 1t fortunes those who innct them on son,
daughter wife husband. almost as much as they DO
the sick victim. But they hope for q cure. ana Kho"
no better way The loving New-York mother VINO
lets tho doctor break the bones Of her club foot chu
in order TO correct his deformty is not accused OF
| tho moth
the doctor her Infants flesh In long scores In order
to let the devil ont OF It.
| TRYING TO WASH OFF MEASLES.
In ono Of the central provinces Of india not long ago
measles broke out among the naves shortly aitcr tho
arrival Of two women missionaries from America Chl'
icn were soon diving I'm such numbers that thc MS
slonarlcs wished they had learned something about
medicine before they came. They knew. however that
children with measles should be kept warm and not
allowed 10 run any risk Of catching cold. The NOR
tay caused by simple disease, as they had known
H. astoundcd thcm and they made Inquiries as to no"
the little patients were treated II was In the rainy
season and they found that these poor people thought
fe best way to cure measles was TO strip the babies
p.ricctly naked and hold them ont In the cold rain I'LL
the water soud wash all the measles eruption OIL the
sldn 80 wonder they died: \ fatal chill struck the
fral fcvcrcd. little body, and the mother could only
| moan and beat herself IN despair.
| In SIAM when falls sick, the doctors diagnosis
NJ the disease Is serious matter lie generally comes
with his mind fully maize up that the patient IS pos
seSsed Of evil spirit To find just whcr" In tho body
this evil spirit lies IS the diagnosis The doctor takes
tigers tooth from his pouch The tooth IS long
canine one, sharpened TO needle point. This lie !abs
| Into the sick In various spots II tho sick man
yclls with pain loudly when be Is puncturcd here
than he does when he + pnnctnrcd There, nen the evil
| one turks here. Preparations made 10 drive him
ont but generally tho patients spirit deserts tho tor
/ tu-cd body before the Imaginary one.
| In AIca young missionary who won't ont from
his city some time ago pcnetncd far into The interior
| Wliorc white man had ever been before. Tho
| ,Hbc had n curious tradition that day white
man would como them and do wonderful tAngs for
| them. so they built hut. tho best kind they knew
| how 20 construct 10 have ready for the paciacc
when hr should arrive. When this ardent young Amer
| lean suddenly appeared day, they welcomed him
with open arms. To say TINT he was surprised. IS
putting il mildly. Tho same day two women came 70
him. each With q child In her arms and bcsought him
10 them lie looked Al the babes and found they
dead lie told hcm be- could DO nothing for dead
batcs and thereby nj fell Of considerably In their
estimation. Ile asked what had been done for the
chldrn and told that their bodies had been scored
with sharp 20 let the evil spirit out lie counted
| on ono little body 400 cuts and then there more
Those mothers loved their Children passlonaely Fancy
what pain they underwent while nhctmg agony
their babies In the vain hope of doing them good.
wErTCHED rNrt,N WOMEN.
| HOW tcfFhf Is me condition 81 suUelng women IN
| india the following extract viii show; II IS from
| icttcr written b. Nils Emma i. Cummings. VI. D..
| medical missionary IN that country. she avs:
Il shall never forget u wish could expert
| ,ncc that had called mp AZ midnight 10 a
woman In The last stages %; fever found her tossing
and muterinsln dellrium that ran into stupcr and
| then death. did what could to make her CON
Portable. bathing tho hot skin. and mo,tening the
| parchcd lips etc. bat II too late. 80 sooner dld
her friends learn tlat death than neichb rs
began in, until the miserable hut had twenty
thirty IN it, all volug with each other In sroanng
| shr.elang. shifting the chest and screaming
| an vain showed them that The noise torture
to her poor BRAIN AID that her head began to roll
| from ,idc to side again. could not keep them even
from throwing thcmsclvcs full weight on her poor
chest nborlug harder and harder TO give her breath.
and when wanted 20 give a few drops Of medicine,
but failed because her Jaws already set, turned
cold and faint 10 her mother strike her 10
compel her to swallow! | saw that | could do no
good and a, the strain was too 10 be borne I'M
necessarily lcn her two hours before sac died. but
tho scene haunted me fer months.
SIMPLY HORRIBLE
in some parts Of india IT Is believed that a woman
dying from certain complaint dcsccnds into the
.uhdcr world to be slave 10 "A stor whose tormcus
she IS driven in vain to relieve and that she loses her
chance Of reaching womans Paradise. I. c. tcnantng
tho body Of man. after passing through some mill
| ions OF animals. Do YOU wonder that many commit
| suicide TO end such miserable vcsl May God. in His
mercy excite your pity for hom. As yon read these
things and shuddcr. they suffer them and perish"
| some idea OF the manner In which mnatlcs arc
| treated may be gained from the following thrilling
| narrative Mrs. Peoples, writing from SIAM says
| "Two Of their number became crazy. and was
their supcr,tl,ious custom, they tied up for a
time but they grew no batter they were taken out
and buried alive, In spite Of their cries and pleading.
There are thousands and thousands bound In Just such
| horrible superstltions all around us"
Everybody knows how trying sickness Is under the
most favorable circumstances. This is sick room In
| India, as described by worker there:
| sickness at home means nice. pretty room, kind
nursing and dainty food In India there Is no bed,
| -,IDL l.hi In nnI