Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

garded as a UNIVERSAL remedy. and has for
its object the qpfcke6tng Of the vital
spirits" It is pfscticsa by twisting or
in the first case is Called nedschibari. in the
last udschibari. BY this operation free
passage is supposed to be made for the
winds" Besides this, Chinese surgery in
n " apphcation or moxes cupping, in
nt culation. para centeris of the eve and
bleeding. Surgical, operations are chiefly
connned to removing a tooth. prickinr
sores and humors with needles and irving
nv leuaee aislocasi and reunite fractures
ny pressure or bandaging. Sometimes they
successfully execute more difficult cases
as the operation for a harelip and insertion
OF false teeth. Under ordinary circum
this ,;s 'ney make shift with poultecs-in
tnls nve cats liver is specially popular
while fractures are treated by extension.
Poultfces made of many strange or disgust
ing substances are applied to injured parts.
III; i.i one case man who. having injured his
IRIS by fall, was ordered by his physician
10 cut chicken in halves having a norton
on the eye as cataplasm and eating the
other as an internal cure. Viyisection ia
rarely attempted, but leeches and cunning
are employed to remove the blood from a
particular spot. kneading of the muscles
(massaSe), which is said to have been in
use 1000 years before Christ. is likewise
practlced The Chinese also claim to have
Deen able for thousands of years to pro-
duce anaesthesia by means of the prenara
ton, mayo.
Novel Drugs
The Chinese despse our science. and nre
fer to swallow down mighty mixtures fear
fully and wonderfully brewed, which for
ever SO many hundred years have been
mentioned as infallible remedies Tho Cbi-
nese pharmacology consists of forty octave
Voiumes, and contains remedies from the
vegetable and animal kingdoms almost ex
$50 different kinds of leaves. about a5O VOC
elaDie medicines, so mineral and 70 animal
me use of acids and reagents is rnLnown
LOT tney imply more knowledge of chem,s
uS .han me Ch1nese possess. Their meii-
clnes are arranged under six heads-tonice
astrlngents, resolvents, purgatives aItero
ives OF poisonous humorS and of the blood
Among many herbal medicines which IN.
uoupteuiy are more or less tonics we find
tfat the same qualities are ascribed 70
stalactite, fresh tops of stag horns dried
red spotted lizards. silkworm moths hjacE
and white lead, tortoise shell and dogs
meat. N ooe
BY the same stretch of the imapino-
ton the bones and teeth of dragons
oyster shells, loadstone tale and gold and
silver leaf are regarded as astrineents.
Whlle verdigrls calcareous spar, catechi,
pearls, bears gall, shavings of rhinoceros
horns and turtle shell are used as nurra
t1ves Elephants skin, and with Ger
tain consistency, ivory shavings, are con
side1 ed to be antidotes to poison. The
genuine ginseng root and the edible nests
OF the swallow are considered veritable
panace2s. and are specially priced by the
Chinese as aphrodisacs. In fact, ginseng
which used to be sold for eight times It's
weight IN silver stands at the head of
all remedies. Tea, in various modes Of
PREPARATION, is much valued as a medicine
and different parts of rare animals are
included in the list with the reputation
or properties as multifarious and incon-
SiS ter, tI,1 ,N;11,
every animal supplies distinct specific,
particularly its blood and its liver In de-
bility the extract of tigers blood is pre-
scribed Among the agents employed are
many strange and repulsive substances, as
snakes, including rattlesnakes, lizards
bears gall. dried spiders, bugs, toads,
claws. ears, tongues. hearts, livers of
numerous animals, dragon hone, cotton,
ivory, musk rhubarb, gentian, camphor,
fossil bones, rhinoceros or hartshorn shay
seeds leaves in large doses fungi and in
Vulnerable other things. Calomel, vermll-
ion. red precipitate, minimum, arsenic,
plumbago. mercury and suphate of copper
physicians. Then. of course, exorcsm by
physicians lin epidemics,, with dragon ban
ners in front, burning scraps of coored
paper. inscribed with formulate of incan-
tation, firecrackers. &c), and similar SUI
perstitlous observances, are not wanting.
The Hudson River and New York.
From the January st. Nicholas.
How could New York double it's uooula-
ton in fifteeE years. and beat its great
rival, Philadelphia when the latter was
surrounded by a far wider belt of rich
farms and populous towns?
1t was due primarily to the fact the
Robert Fulton brought here his steam
boat and that New York men knew how to
take advantage of the invention. Phila-
dclphia also had the steamboat, you will
reply. Yes; but she did not have the Hud-
river.
The Hudson had from the first been an
advantage to New York, because it af-
forded a highway for 100 miles inland,
and thus had greatly aided in the early
of western New England. BY the improve
ment of the steamboat, river travel At
once became so cheap and speedy that the
country dealers and the farmers them
selves could go straight down to New
at first hand. This brought "a great deal
of new business, both wholesale and retail,
to New York, some of which was taken
away from its rival cities.
Moreover, the steamboats, and towboats
lcssened the cost of bringing building
materials, grain, hay, meat and all the
country grown food found in city marke's
and therefore lessened the expense and in
creased the comfort of living and working
here.