Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-12-30
CHINESE DOCTORS.
ONLY NATIVE PHYSICIANS ARE Tol'
GRATED IN CHINATOWN.

Treated by Regular Practisioacrs--tsow
the Chinese Medicai Man Acts.
Chinatown had had an unusually large
pumber OF visitors on a recent night, and |
the opium and gambling dcns were jam
med when AN undersixed Chinaman WAS |
thrown out OF n doorway into the gutter OF /
| Pell street He had been In a light evil |
IDENTIFY. and In the parlance OF the English |
| speaking element, had been done up" A |
| policeman took John 10 the police station |
| In Eiizabeth b street. lie was In danger OF n
| collapse and the sergeant sent for an am
buiance He had been cut In the face and
| on the head aud his clothes were soaked
/ with blood. In the washroom wateg was
| applied TO the wounds until the Ambulance
/ arrived The surgeon ascertained that
none Of the wounds was serious. but that
the Chinaman was suffering most from
the effects Of the opium. lie started 10
dress the cnts. but IN John saw the ban
dages he set mp vigorous bowling.
'swhat In thunder In the matter with
youS'' the sergeant demanded. shut up
that bowling or I'll turn the ho~e down
| your throat"
ME no want Mclean decker. Me want
Chinee docker."
He kicked and yelled no that the surgeon
picked mp his bandages and went away.
"rhe bloody pigtail thinks somebody
will eat him." policeman remarked.
II suppose he thinks we ain't got any
thing TO do but wait on him." another
added
Hut presently the condition OF the China
man changed His brrathing became Ia
bored, his eycbs,lls rolled horribly. his legs
and arms twitched convulsively and his
yellow skin took on more ghHstly hues
II believe the cbink Is going to kick" a
policeman said
"ftun down TO Mott street and see u 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 n tall. fat and solemn
, ChinHnan, who WIS dressed In the
+ Chinese costume He paid no attention To
] the sergeant or the other policeman. but
D 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. wrinkied
hands with bony fingers and long finger
nails. II seemed strange that such hands
. should belong TO 50 fat body. The pa
word, and after the doctor had completes
his examination he turned to the sergean
and said. "He much sick: too much hi
" pipe Me make him we'll"
Then the doctor began TO talk to the pa
tient in Chinese, and the sergeant ha
: shrewd suspicion that the doctor WA
u satisfying himself that his fee would b
. Forthcoming. Evidently the patients n
70 plies were satisfactory To him, for he be
VI gan bandaging the wounds In much th
II same way that any surgeon would, oni
D. the bandages were OF some curious Chi
= nese material and were tied In manne
I that would bring discredit upon the young
: est medical student. Then he took fror
" some receptacle hidden In the pockets G
an inside jacket several odd packages o
which were Chinese characters. They col
tained drugs evidently. for he took a littl
~ from each, using his nails n scoops. an
le spoke to the patient The latter stuck on
OF his tongue and the doctor dropped th
,g drugs on IT, The doctor then gave him
:. swallow Of water and sat down beside hin
: The patient seemed TO have every com
- dence In the treatment and began TO loo
~ better. After "A short wait the docta
as spoke TO him again, whereupon hc aro
'e- and the two went away together.
IL According to theexperiences OF the poli'
Il 1
precinct all Chinatown IL included, on
Christianized Chinamen will ever subm
to treatment by white physicians. Whe
ct ever sick Chinaman is brought 10 Il
ty station a Chinese doctor has TO be se
ell for.
INTERVIEWING cHINEsR DOCTOR
Strangely enough, these doctors are u
las known to the police. and ON each occasil
nc they have to rely upon Information fro
ed the Cinnamon In the streets or stores
ne hnd one The reporter met equal difiies
In ties In seeing one. After calling at half
on dozen stores In Chinatown and asking
score OF Chinamen In Mott, Pell and Doys
streets without result, he sought for Wo
Chin Foo. who directed him 10 Xiii Lex
dy who runs a Chinese drug store ut 10 Nj
for street. Xiii Leon, who IN very big q
.xv pompous, was measuring out opium
: daintiiy that Il was pleasure TO wat
him Several assistants were busy dol
iei up packages Of strange looking roots. \
eas Leon IL one OF the tallest Chinamen In NJ
ave York He has q round. smooth face, a
ent be wears dark silk costume. including
ust black skull cap. His pigtail In exec
,lis lngly long. and his nails are long and J
low. He was very suspicious when spok
TO. thinking. apparently. that some u
ven was being laid for him
aid- Are you doctorF
the what for you want 70 knowf"
Il want TO learn something about
Her way you practice"
uel Il no can tell nothink. ! no taikee W
| ,|ssf velly busy. Got no time. Call aga
1ui- yasf"
der He disappeared behind screen, and
efforts TO bring him back proved futile.
A Chinese missionary said; "Chin
atty doctors have no knowledge Of the hun
' OF system. and usually work by guess.
and against the Chinese ethics TO dissec
eral body. and the Chinaman has horro
She anybody who uses knife on a cor
.fir. Nevertheless the Chinese doctors man
am Do work n great many cures"
-. Il Is strange that Chinese doctors are
'@ lowed to practice in New York. where
law strictly prohibits any person from
II ~ ing a. q physician unless he has med
- certificate and y license from the eon
80. clerk, but u the law were enforced
sste doubtful whether the Chinese would
the In our physicinnS. New York Sun.