Popular science monthly . A choice assortmentof medicinal rootssoaking in a Chi-nese drug shopprior to theirconversioninto drugs. The Chief instruments of a Chinese doctor,including a pair of scissors, a large knifeand a straw hat which signifies prosperity Doctoring the nose with a few drops of herbmedicine on the end of a needle. Some-times the needle is driven with a mallet 240 Popular Science Mnnthly of a Chinese bedroom through greatgoggle-shaped ghisses—two inches acrossand set in huge uncouth copperframes. Most important in diagnosing a case,according to Chinese ideas, is the feelingof
Popular science monthly . A choice assortmentof medicinal rootssoaking in a Chi-nese drug shopprior to theirconversioninto drugs. The Chief instruments of a Chinese doctor,including a pair of scissors, a large knifeand a straw hat which signifies prosperity Doctoring the nose with a few drops of herbmedicine on the end of a needle. Some-times the needle is driven with a mallet 240 Popular Science Mnnthly of a Chinese bedroom through greatgoggle-shaped ghisses—two inches acrossand set in huge uncouth copperframes. Most important in diagnosing a case,according to Chinese ideas, is the feelingof the different pulses of the humansystem. The pulse at each wrist is felt,and each is divided into three, whichaccording to the light or hea\\- characterof the pressure, indicates a differentorgan of the body. By thus feeling thepulses, the states of a dozen real orimaginary organs are determined. Hav-ing then learned by the pressure ofthese three at each pulse, the seat of thedisease, a few questions may be asked,but these are considered scarcely neces-sary. A prescription, sometimes cailinr^for the most horrible and naus
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