Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-23
STUDY OF MEDICINE DATES
BACK THOUSAND YEARS
Lack OF Physicians in China Causes
Frightful Infant Mortality
Rate.
SURGERY DIVIDED INTO CLASSES
Oriental Superstition Relies on Old
Mythical Methods to Effect Cures
and Conduct All Native Opera
lions. -

" Nohuuct All NatNe oPcr"'
tons. .
Medicai practice in China 1rigina o,
no progress since then. except as
Western ideas of med cine and sur.
gerry have been introduced into The
country by Christian missionaries. In
fant mortality in that unstable republic
u something frightfui and Is mostl!
due to lack of physicians who have
and the lack of any sort OF hygienii
knowicdge by Chinese men. women and
doctors alike. The program or the
Church. which is raising more than
$1,000 600 for eXpending and extending
diturc OF Si2S7.752 of the fund In
China. Nearly one-fourth OF th.s vii
be devoted TO its medical and hospital
work there.
China without study. without examina.
lions, certificates or hospital exneri.
side Of those ma !n.ained by Christian
churches until OF recent Years Nnr
were there medical colleges. All that
Chinese doctor is to obtain :, ,orr r roh.
put on an air OF profound wisdom and
n tSnrn nc names OF certain herbs ana
.. phSsict,n made IN from them. The
my case that may be brouyh, 20 hin.
even the most complicated
Have Queer Customs
w; shhuanH' however. when Il Chinese
nc works OF famous practitioners ~
me arr or healing who lived In CHINA
f huhn1e ,1, ana thousands of years ago.
'icaliy the same stare OF ady,nra'rc,,
nat II was III 2737 II. C.. when E,nnr,or
,s t,e S Gns w9rshiped in China Today
uost certainty that lie WAS a ,nvthic,I
tn.rncter. wrote his famous medical
2 ssir,. Nung Is supposed to have been
assumed n human q for r%re h Tor mankind,
earn how, to combat the innuinornbi i
h h"in in ma, mat man was heir 10. TO
ha, he could test the value Of Tnr,o ne
With h Inn on n,ner insIIee1len,s and SEQ
rney had on the human bod. RI.
esaLt he Is supposed 10 have written
and ,shi xr,SHt!sn which bears his name.
On drugs and their action Ia the rre ~;
"i'o'''S OF Chinese "physicIuns
Two Glasses OF Doctors.
-, ,y,c 10 ITO, ~ TO 25t a. d. is another
sr,en INC great figures i, Chinese me,lica,
.,rn .,p, "nose principles OF medicine
rs SUI studied and Dracticet. The
,n,hGSe argue tha, The human ,ptns
IS nov Az, as 'nScn developed then as Il.
J her is to be known about treai tnn,
ohi ,'s physic!ans are divided into
~ ciassos-thosc who trea, internsi
diseases and those VINO del vii, 80 49, !
..H,.i complaints. Sometimes ,in
5 EN- man processes 10 be able ia ,re,,:
nina the human BODY /. JjyiInGte ~
,Ne!ye compnr;.acnts dad ~ 6 ,nsJ
'nohFs OF the day the blood nnycs viii.
a ma Ia.
.H3' us IL IS believed In ,na 49,,
StAltr o. the body. me blood 49,
tV ,.iat eoinpartment exactly al noon
n!o" on the hear, at tina; hon ,ro,,, y;
t5Ne!Y be fatal. tire Chlne.e ,n,t n",n
''pNcfs and pngillsts aim nj tba n,r'
h3rtmen. o: their adverssrT. 10 f hnm, :.
"eFe ineE suppose thc blood 10 he
me hour or t..e contest hrt,sytn,
'aAt /" blow there VIII lunic, ~ -, ~
T'.ouS injury SO firmly nroI -, ~
h.hcse pusil!st!c Inind Is this .hoi;as
boysr 'i ,n ".!o nave been struck by a
$50. IN Sonph!tTcnt when !. yvas
supHIStdly fG!! OF blood .lecis 70 ~, ~
zee! the pain months and v.,.s
.;!|SrWards MANY go into sc-ions
Medicine Divided in Gro,,,
a IN medical men believe tina,
Ilere are two Principal causes for ms.
"l ne disease tina; aMicts Inc hun mon.
podp--heit and cold Conscni,en;i,
mea'c,ncs' and even foods. are dJviScsi
49, - cat cItSSeS-rDoi;nu
.satihG When man is .,indom:n III.
u' siuSslsh and his vital forces Low
ICY oeliere those vital force n,',s:
ne stimulated into action nv foo,,. .u rus,
N"ulSlnes which are heating. r. h." ~
eVcFish and his pulse ranid ,h.r -
at'Nn mat cooling remedies ,ni,s, No
\ favor!;e remedy for reducing
Yer ~ TO give the sufferer uncnni "a
hHsrs. which are nearly tas,nlcsS e ca
30 lard that the human teeth can
har'ly penetrate them even whnn , I'm
INV, ImnSE Is In the best Of health. Yet
TX, AHEeFish paticnt VIII try tn cat
,n" 20 fnGneh his thirst and alinv
; ,, eyer What we regard as cool.
,nG drink, like milk. ,hoy think wo uI1
"".S add to the fires of fever;
IS small wonder that ,in i,f,,,
mortality of China is so Nigh 1,,,a
3..h ana The suffering there were ,jr.i
u, Eouuced TO tho healing arts ar ~
,usn'hl medicine and surgery 'tbro,mi
~. hospitals established nv c,Lr,S -
yhurchcs. Native Chinese phvsici,n.
GOT their fHst instruction In Wns,',:,
mcthoas at these hospitals. Eivn -,
lncm. winch are run by the Enisno,,oi
Nhurch, are TO receive financial ,;S cr -,
~ increased personnel and mnrn az "i,u
u'ate equipment through the EnJscnn.I
n-Widc campaign 10. Tho nptnn.p pa.
almost s1,000.0O0 This assis,snc oi 20. %,
also open more widely the VA. e. VII
Chinese mind 40 the