The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-27
A CHINESE HOSPITAL.
Feature of San Francisco's Celes-
 tial Quarters.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
 San Francisco has Chinese hospitai-the only one In America It is situated on the borders of Frisco's Chinatown. and there ale Chinese doctors, Chinese medicines and Chi nese nurses to minister to the Chinese sick. large two story building on Sacramento Street, with neatly curtained windows' D. plays a conspicuous sign. which reads: Ori- sntal Dispensary and Hospital. This IS the ret eat for the Celestial invaills.
 The residents of Ch natown aye immensely proud of this new acqu sition and well they may be, for. although America has for years har bored many thousands of immigrant om CAinA never before has she permitted them s refuge in time of sit kness. There were ht.nea for the protection of cats dogs no ses' parrots anything and everyth ng tw' O four footed but boards of health persistently re- fused the Chinese residents permit to build and maintain out of their own pockets haven for their indigent sick Several attemptes within the last decade to uni such an h. stitution resulted only in tat. ure. Had not Ho Vow the Chinese Consul in San Francisco, upcu taking the office been alarmed st the condition and tnm diately made hero enc ts to remedy the matter, the Chinese woul III be dying in unde ground dens without succor of any kind
 A sick Chinese. unless afflicted with iep- O. sy. in which case he was cared fJr in the pest-house. had no en;ree into the public hos pitals. The prejudice against the Chinese has Tn tnlB lnSIAnCS DeeH h tc iIuS HodAoANSp " the causs of humanity Ho Vow, whose keen Intellect and liberal educat on wou have made him powsr~aTnoug his people even without the consulate set about at once to enlist the interest of the Six Companies A | petition was circulated among the rich Chi nese me chants, with the gratifying Tetu n of 1 ovar S2s 900 The Board of Health al last recognized the need of such on institution. I and wondered at their former stupidity. The l Sz6. 900 raised was invested in paying real es- tate. from which the income at present. just supports the hospital " tn no surplus. Tn the Oriental F ee Disper sary there Is a daily clinic held. and a resident white phy- scian and su' geon Is ready to answe' al UT gent calls. There is a Chinese department ! with Ch nese doctor. The patients, upon ! entering. given their choice of doctors, and about one-half of them choose the Eu- | ropean treatment
 | Sometimes as many as four hundred cases e month treated, the gI and total of over | 0lo being duly egistered and treated since the foundation Of the hospi; al two years ago. | Out of the 49O monthly patients an average of | only about fifteen succumb to their alm 3uts the others are entirely GU ed or are well enough to leave the hosp tai and proceed with their work. About forty beds aIe in readi- | ness. the surgical and medical treatment bSIus f ee of cha ge
 | Chinese me from all portions of the United | States to this hospital. mary of them from Eastern States for stated befo il | is the only inst tuition of It's kird In America | Besides Ho Vow and the Six Companies. Hoc Honk Yuen. Director General of the hospital | is doing splendid work in behalf of the insti- | tuition. Hoo Hong Yuen Is also a cousin oi Ho Vow the Consul. The o iental Di pensary physician is Dr. Tom Wal T1ng. By h.s un trymen he is acc edited with great wisdom and many Caucasian physic ans say that some | of his cures are far beyond the ordinary
 There few places moro inter esting ir Chinatown than the Oriental laboratories ant drug stores. Quaint and curious many of the presc' ibed remedies although many o the herbs used are excellent for some mala des. and this fact Is etty genera ly recog nized, for the average Chinese doctor who car speak English counts among his patient: | Americans well Orientals.
 One of the largest drug stores in Chinatown is that of Wong Woo. who has over 5000 diff
 ferent barks. roots and be- ries all imported from his own country. Some few of the he b. grow here, but they have not the strength o
 the On nese plant. For instance. ginseng
 grown in Pennsylvania, from which s:a:e lar g
 quantities are exported. brings only 50 cent q ponnd, while Chinese ginseng sells for s
 and A.
 certain ba-k which. upon being broker
 into pieces. scl ses a silve y-colo ei si kel
 fiber, Is much used tonic: it is the bal
 of tree called toy chung Orange skn
 betel nut. ncorice, sweet tasting red beris
 bamboo shavings and all sorts of roots an
 herbs are used The Chinese herb medic ne
 have an indescfibable sweet sh bitter, entirel
 unappetiziug taste They served steami1
 hot in teacups, a dainty little dish p led hiE
 with preserved p unes being given with eac
 dose to take away the taste
 Dr. Wong Is very busy man; he issues a
 the orders and writes out the prescript 1 n.
 Although he handles of the medic n himself he generally stands by to see ina
 each order is properly executed. It is curiou enough to see the native q ug-ist hn a D ( SC ption cur ting of a piece of snake cl,r
 ping a bit of horn, a few hay ngs of bet, , nut, herb or two, and lastly a couple of liz
 ard