Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-19

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 Hospitals and nurses are one of the great needs of China and hospital work is one of the greatest aids you can render a people who are striving as we are, said Dr. Yamei Kin, the woman physician at the head of a big hospital in Tientsin, at the annual meeting of the board of lady visitors of the Backus hospital. held Thurs day afternoon at 3 o'clock in the main hospital building.
 The meeting was called to order a few minutes after o'clock by Mrs. Charles l.. Hubbard chairman Of the ladies' advisory board, who said it gave her much pleasure to see so large a gathering before her. In order that as much time as possible could be given to the talk delivered by Dr. Kin the business session was short. Mrs. Hubbard announced that Mrs. H. L.. Stanton had consented to serve as secretary and treasurer for another year.
 Committees Appointed.
 Christmas decorations-Miss Efie McGee, chairman; Mrs. Eben Learned Mrs. Frank Farrell Miss Jennette Hall
 Purchasing committee-Mrs. John D. Hall, chairman: Miss Jane Bill, Miss Mazie Caruthers.
 pr. kin's Address.
 pr. Kin was then introduced by Mrs. Hubbard. In her preliminary remarks pr. Kin said that one of the first places she visited when she came to this country 30 years ago to take up the study of the medical profession, was Norwich Town, and she spoke warmly of the excellent impression she received here on that visit. Dr, Kin said she had been requested to speak of the eDperiences of medical practitioners in China. Her own life has been that of a practitioner in her native land. China sometimes in private capacity and again in the gov ernment;s employ At present she is the head of a7 large hospital staff in Tientsin. Although athe people in China recognize that western medi- cineS are far superior to those of China yet they show reluctance in giving up their old methods of treating. dis eases.
 One of the things practitioner must remember is that there is a great deal Of human nature in ,the world and even more in China than in other coun- tries, said DF. Kin. Continuing, she said: When you consider that you in America have existed as a nation for less than 200 years while we have existed for 5100 years You can per- haps understand how it is that our traditions have such a binding effect.
 Borax Solved Bath Problem.
 Dr. Kin spoke of the great difficulty in getting the people accustomed to foreign ideas. In China now when people are sick. especially with fever, suspend bathing during their illness. They wouldn't experiment and what was to do, said pr, Kin. When they came 10 me so much in need of bath hit upon this plan. I had boraX, bought it by the ton; I gave it to them NOl1 fIln virtue of the medicine lay in the amount of water it was dissolved in and that it was absorbed through the pores of the skin. The results were very surprising and I came to have a very large clinic of skin diseases.
 In the city government we have very good water supply, second to none. Everything goes by degrees in China; we have a water supply, but no sewer system. The houses are many families use the court yards in common. If everyone bathed, the court yards would be filled with mud, for there is no other place to throw the water. We must impress upon our officials the need of municipal re- forms.
 Chinese Pulse Tells Everything.
 The different style of medicine is another question to cope with. The Chinese medicines are based on drugs and herbs and roots. and are put up unprepared. They are not sold in the tincture form. The Chinese prescrip- ton is compounded in the herb and root form, is put up in large packages which are carried home by the pur- chaser and there boiled or cooked in special pots. 4 prescription is boiled down to one dose. generally a pint and sometimes a quart. Taking Chinese medicine Is no joke and a doctor sell ln civ Iao nran R- cording to the Chinese system of med ical practice every organ, everything in the body sends a certain pulse. A good doctor is supposed to diagnose every ailnent by the feeling of the pulse.
 Quantity Their Idea.
 However, this doesn't mean that they haven't good medicine they have some very good medicines. Since the Chinese dose is so very large and the foreign dose so very small the patients are likely to take more of our medi- makes them we'll. why wouldn't two doses make them even better, and fol- lowing out this conclusion they some times take a whole bottle at once.
 The main idea of the Chinese method is not only the pulses that are sup posed to run through the body, but that there are certain humors. All their medicine is divided into hot and ''cold" medicines. Dr. Kin pre- scribed chicken broth for a fever pa- tient, but friends of the patient ob- jected. Why, they said, chicken be- longs to the hot kingdom, fever to the cold kingdom; would you give a fever patient chicken broth? Dr. Kin rested their fears by telling them that the patient was being treated with foreign medicine and that the foreign medicine required chicken broth to as- sist it in it's work
 Medical Work Proves Christianity. One of the greatest boons that west dinir s.. kn