The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-25
CHINESE PLAN
 EXPENSIVE HOSPITAL New York Chinatown Mer- chants Take Up
 Project. THE GENUINE THING To Be Managed According to Chinese Tradi-
 tions.
THE GENUINE THING

To nave hospital or US own, where the Chinese will have Chinamen to at- tend them and Chinese doctors to ad- minister treatment to the patients un- der the supervision of an American physician who will be in charge. The building is to cost $25OOo, and com mittee of Chinese merchants, with Lee Yu and Ching Fong Wing at their head. will subscribe the money
 For the last three years the Chinese merchants have been supporting a hos pital at 1O5 Park street, without the necessary authorization from the State. Three weeks ago John s. Cooper and Champe s. Andrews, legal repre- l sentatives of the County Medical so- l ciety, paid a visit to the hospital, where they were politely received by the Chinese superintendent who informed them that there were fifteen doctors on the list of the hospital, who all had certificates from the Chinese Consul, Shah Kit Flu
 At the head of the medical list were | 0Is 1OlA 1iQNh f4hQlA 4 VI lJOyClS street, Lee Ling Boo of S4 Pell street, and Low Wing Fan of 3s Mott street. The certificate signed by the consul read;
 This is to certify that Dr. , hav- ing been doctor of medicine for many years in China, he now desires to prac- tice in this country l, consul of New York, do hereby issue this certificate to permit him to practice, Given un- der my hand and seal this office -."
 In an interview last flight with a Times reporter John c, Cooper said:
 "The reports which appeared in an evening paper were incorrect and did not emanate from our office or with our authority. The hospital has been run for three or four years without the sanction of the State authorities, through ignorance and not design. The | Chinese consul based his knowledge of our laws from the traditions handed down by his predecessors twenty seven years ago, when foreign medical men were allowed to practice in this coun- try with their own respective diplo- mas.
 Consul Shah Kit Flu was, accord ing to his own belief, acting with in his rights when he gave out these certih- catcs to the fifteen Chinese doctors Everything has been done in the mat ter In the most amicable manner. The consul has recalled all the certificates and the doctors, who are not ignor- amuses by any means, will go before the Medical Board to pass their exam nations in the orthodox manner.
 At present the hospital at 105 Park street, which is a substantial four story building, is being remodelled and will be used until a suitable site can be found for the new hospital.
 There were ony three old men in the place when we visited it three weeks ago. They are suffering from paralysis, and are being looked after The hospital is supported by the Chin csc merchants living in Chinatown and they are doing their best to fight the opium habit and are the only people in this country who can do 1t Lee Flu has given thousands ito the fund and been the mainstay of the old hospital
 "The whole question has been put be fore the State Board of Charities, thC authorities in Washington and the dis. trlct attorney here. They have all de. cided to leave the matter in the hands of the County Medical Society to set that the hospial is run on established lines for the health of the city.
 There are now two or three auali fled Chinese doctors in New York wht can carry on the work until the othei men obtain their certificates from thu board"
 Asked about the secret entrance tt the hospital and the exclusion of white visitors, Mir. Cooper said that tht statement was incorrect.
 "The whole thing" said MT. Cooper twas very creditable to the charity O the Chinese merchants toward thel poor, who received anything free il the hospital, including their food"
 In China it is the custom for the pa tient to get thA priest to shake up boo vase filled with pieces of bamboo with inscriptions written on them, anC the patient has to take whatever pre- scription he draws and make the dis ease suit the cure. This custom wa, followed in the old Chinatown in Sal Francisco before the earthquake, ant also some years ago in the old Chimes joss house in Mott street, but it vii not obtain in the new hospital