Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21

nifcentlv simple remedy.--molten lead was
poured into the hollow tooth, and then either
the pain stopped or the sufferer died.
DIR. Marcus EuStace, who is in practice at
Busrah on the Persian Gulf. was almost in de-
Spair over the popularity of his native rivals,
who treated strangulated hernia by sticking
huge fiat needle into the back of the patient
and gave out internal remedies in thousands
for every ILL., which consisted mainly of verses
of the Koran written on paper and eaten by
the sufferers
1t indeed is no wonder that the American
doctor in savage lands should be Mortified at
the suffering he sees Never will a certain
young St. Louis physician who was practising
in the interior of China forget how a Mandarin
of high rank eliminated leprosy from his dis
trct. This man sent out invitations far and
wide to all the lepers. saying that he had ar
ranged sumptuous banquet for them.
So he had only when they were in the
middle of it he set fire to the building. and such
of the unhappy victims as escaped were met
by cordons of soldiers and swords. A day or
two afterward the Mandarin received letter
of congratulation from the Court of Picking for
having Stamped out leprosy.
A Public Cure
A YOUNG Chicago physician, practising at
I-chang away up the Yangtse River.
mentions a curious case of public cure.
This most extraordinary of "dispensaries
consists of colossal brass mule to which sick
and injured people flock in thousands and all
they have to do is to rub the affected part on
the corresponding part of the mule, and. 10
the thing is done. 1t is pathetic to learn that
the brass mule has been rubbed into holes by
sufferers in the course of centuries.
The writer privileged to see letter from
DR. Emma Larson, who does all she to
mitigate suffering among the Chinese in Can
ton. The other day man came in with d
burn on his side measuring eight inches by
fourteen. This was due to Chinese doctor,
who had treated him at first with fearsome
medicine compounded of bits of snakes human
bones, scorpions. and other things found in no
civilized pharmacopria. These drafts having
failed. the doctor next mixed some camphor
and sulphur and applied it to the patient 5
side, afterward applying burning alcohol to
the medcated area.
Torturing to Heal
DR. JOHN A. ANDERSON had a little boy
brought to him who at first had been sui
ferng from a harmless eruption on the body.
The parents, genuinely anxious about their
son. called in two of the best native doctors
One of these tortured the poor child for two
months. applying the lighted wick of a lamp
to every spot on his body. Another patient
had been forced to take two hundred pills a
day. with the alternative of three pounds of
medicine day for several weeks His doctor
got relatively enormous fee for the treatment.
and guaranteed cure.
The American doctor in China however. ex-
periences opposition in the beginning. and it
is not until he has wrought what to the natives
appear miracles that he is tolerated.
DR.. Young of the United Presbyterian
Church. who works in the Lungari district of
China. had a stormy time from the beginning.
The landlord who had rented the house to him
was beaten by mob for helping to bring in a
foreign devil Dr. Young, however. won
over the people by the following episode
IA soldier he writes. was carried into the
city in a dying condition. having been shot IN
the head by a mounted robber They told me
that the bullet was in his brain and l sent
word that they ought to bring him to me. as
possibly might be able to save him. They
spent the day. however in going around to
native doctors, importing such chance as the
wounded man had of his life. Finally they
brought him on a wheelbarrow to my yard,
when l put him under chloroform and sue
ceeded in extracting the bullet, which found
among splinters of bone in front of the
ear. 1t had been DETECTED by the skull bones
and Law three inches from the place of en-
trance. The moment the man began to mend.
my position was assured. and the people came
with presents of tea and cake"
DR.. ]. W. Mexican who practises medicine
and surgery in the interior of Siam. tells