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 ical College at Pekin. 
 
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 President of the FOO & WING HERB 
 COMPANY, Ex-Official Physician to the 
 Emperor of China, graduate of the Imperial 
 Medical College at Pekin, widely known 
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 903 S. Olive St. Us Angela- 
 
 THE SCIENCE OF 
 
 ORIENTAL MEDICINE 
 
 ITS PRINCIPLES AND METHODS 
 
 = COMPRISING = 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ITS LEADING PRACTI- 
 TIONERS, ITS TREATMENT OF VARIOUS PREVALENT 
 DISEASES, USEFUL INFORMATION ON MATTERS 
 OF DIET, EXERCISE AND HYGIENE 
 
 ALTH 
 
 COMPILED BY THE FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 
 INCORPORATED 
 
Copyright 1902, by W. A. HALLOWELL, Jr. 
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER I Introductory information A brief explanation of the 
 
 principles and methods of the Oriental system of medicine 
 
 The use of non-poisonous herbal remedies Diagnosis by the 
 
 pulse. .. .Some comparisons with other systems. Pages 7 to 20. 
 
 CHAPTER II Instruction on diet and hygiene Bills of fare rec- 
 ommended .... Special rules of diet for certain diseases Diet in 
 
 health How the body derives sustenance from foodi Direc- 
 tions for cooking Valuable recipes for the preparation of food 
 
 for invalids. Pages 20 to 72. 
 
 CHAPTER III Information for patrons and inquirers Suggestions 
 
 on securing and preserving health .... Some handy remedies.... 
 Easy but useful exercises. Pages 72 to 87. 
 
 CHAPTER IV Tom Foo Yuen, President of the Foo and Wing Herb 
 Company His diplomas and other credentials A brief bio- 
 graphical sketch .... His career in Southern California Testi- 
 monials from patrons and friends .... His plan for a college of 
 Oriental medicine in America. Pages 87 to 113. 
 
 CHAPTER V Tom Leong, vice-president of the Foo & Wing Herb 
 
 Company A brief sketch of his life and education. Pages 113 
 
 to 121. 
 
 CHAPTER VI Some topics of Oriental medicine Anatomy from 
 
 the Chinese point of view The medical profession in China 
 
 ....The herbal remedies. .. .Vivisection among the Chinese. 
 Pages 121 to 150. 
 
 CHAPTER VII The diseases of women Testimonials. Pages 150 
 
 to 168. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII Treatment of colds, malaria and paralysis Testi- 
 monials. Pages 168 to 190. 
 
 CHAPTER IX Treatment of asthma, consumption and hemorrhages 
 Testimonials. Pages 190 to 208. 
 
 CHAPTER X Treatment of cancers, abscesses, eczema, catarrh, 
 bronchitis, rheumatism, neuralgia and heart troubles Testi- 
 monials A concise discussion of Oriental medicine. Pages 
 
 208 to 246. 
 
 CHAPTER XI Treatment of piles or hemorrhoids, diphtheria, throat 
 troubles, injuries to bones and cases usually supposed to require 
 surgical treatment Testimonials. Pages 246 to 263. 
 
 CHAPTER XII Diseases of the eye Cure of the liquor habit 
 
 Appendicitis, its causes and cure. Pages 263 to 296. 
 
MNDING 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 This book is offered to the public in the belief that it discusses 
 matters of general interest and of vital importance to every family 
 that it may reach. The subject of health is always interesting, and 
 is uppermost in the thoughts of many people. Those who are not 
 invalids will find in these pages several articles which are valuable 
 as the productions of an educated Chinaman, and contain suggestions 
 in reference to health and the care of the body which are worth while 
 for any one to consider and to remember. The old adage that an 
 ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure applies to no other phase 
 of human existence so fittingly as to the preservation of mental and 
 bodily vigor. There are suggestions here which, if followed, may save 
 years of suffering and regret. 
 
 Unfortunately, the great majority of the American people have 
 already realized in their own experience, when too late, that it is 
 much easier to keep health than to regain it when once lost. Our 
 ways of life, filled with the excitements of pleasure, of society and of 
 money-getting, bring the bitter with the sweet, and we have to pay 
 for our nineteenth-century enjoyments not only in the coin of the 
 realm, but in a thousand pains and aches through which nature takes 
 revenge for the innumerable small violations of her laws. She has a 
 summary way of inflicting her penalties in every case, that would 
 teach the world better things were it not for the regretable, but unde- 
 niable, fact that nobody learns anything except through personal expe- 
 rience, which usually comes too late. 
 
 Recovery of lost health is an uphill struggle, and the worst fea- 
 ture of it is that the means usually employed are things that we so 
 thoroughly dislike, bitter, nauseous doses, that we would be afraid to 
 take in health, but are compelled to swallow in sickness, when one 
 would naturally suppose that they would do us the most harm. It is an 
 
odd thing, if you will stop to think of it, that, just as soon as a man is 
 taken ill, he is compelled, or at least advised, to take into his stomach 
 some substance dug out of a mine or distilled from a poisonous plant. 
 This does not seem rational, but it is the established custom. 
 
 The Chinese never fell into this way of medical practice. For 
 centuries the use of all minerals and of all poisonous herbs or other 
 substances has been forbidden by law in the Flowery Kingdom, and, 
 with the off-hand ways of trial and punishment in vogue in that 
 country, it would have been all a man's life was worth to prescribe 
 opium, arsenic or any similar substance. The result is that a system 
 of medicine has been practised in China for centuries which depends 
 for its results solely upon strictly non-poisonous substances. In the 
 opinion of the writer, the marvelous results attained by this system 
 of medicine is due largely to this fact, and perhaps also to the pecu- 
 liar method of diagnosis employed, through which the physician 
 judges of the patient's condition through the pulse alone. The deli- 
 cacy of touch and the quickness of perception attained by experts in 
 this system is something simply marvelous and can be appreciated 
 only by a personal experience. 
 
 Some of the following articles have been printed in the news- 
 papers of Los Angeles and are here presented in convenient form for 
 preservation and reference. Those who desire to know more of this 
 method of healing than is here presented are cordially invited to call 
 at the office of the Foo and Wing Herb Company, at No. 903 South 
 Olive, this city, for a free consultation, diagnosis by the pulse, and 
 opinion. You will find ladies and gentlemen of your own race in 
 attendance and ready to offer every assistance. There is nothing 
 hidden about this company, but the fullest investigation is cordially 
 invited. 
 
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 Foo & WING HERB Co, 
 
 903 S. Olive St. Los Angeles, Cd* 
 
CHAPTER L 
 
 INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION. 
 
 Some Facts About the Oriental System of Medicine Its History and 
 
 Principles. 
 
 For the benefit of those who do not understand the principles 
 underlying the true Oriental system of medicine, as practiced in China, 
 its use of herbal remedies and its theories of disease and anatomy, 
 its method of diagnosis, its treatment and care of patients, we shall 
 offer a brief discussion of the principles upon which this system is 
 based, and shall tell something of its history and the reasons for its 
 existence and adoption by the great Chinese nation. Some of the 
 earliest mentions of Chinese medicine are found in an article upon 
 China contained in the revised edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, 
 an authority which no one will dispute, from which we quote as 
 follows : 
 
 " The spacious seat of ancient civilization which we call China has 
 loomed always so large to- western eyes,- and has, in spite of the dis- 
 tance, subtended so large an angle of vision that, at eras far apart, 
 we find it to have been distinguished by different appellations, accord- 
 ing as it was reached by the southern sea route or by the northern 
 land route, traversing the longitude of Asia. In the former aspect, 
 the name has nearly always been some form of the name Sin, Chin, 
 Sina, China. In the latter point of view, the region in question was 
 known to the ancients as the land of Seres; to the middle ages as the 
 Empire of Cathey. (Page 1539). 
 
 " Cathey is the name by which the Chinese Empire was known 
 to mediaeval Europe, and is in its original form (Kitai) that by which 
 China is still known in Russia and to most of the nations of Central 
 Asia. (Page 1540). 
 
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 " The notice of Rubruk runs thus: 'Further on is great Cathey, 
 which I take to be the country which was anciently called the Land 
 of the Seres, for the best silk stuffs are still got from them. The sea 
 lies between it and India. Those Cathayans are little fellows, speak- 
 ing much through the nose, as in general with all those Eastern 
 people, their eyes are very narrow. They are first-rate artists in 
 every kind of manufacture, and their physicians have a thorough 
 knowledge of the virtue of herbs, and an admirable skill in diagnosing 
 by the pulse.' " 
 
 Now Rubruk, quoted above by the Encyclopedia Britannica, was a 
 celebrated traveler of the twelfth century. The evidence is undis- 
 puted, and it necessarily follows that in the twelfth century, the 
 Chinese were practicing their herbal system of medicine, were diag- 
 nosing diseases by their pulse diagnosis, a method entirely distinct 
 from that practiced in Europe at that time or since, and were very 
 skillful in the treatment of disease. It is needless to ask what was 
 the state of medicine in Europe at that time. All students of history 
 are aware that it was in a very primitive and barbarous condition. 
 The Chinese, therefore, had their system perfected and in successful 
 operation long before there were doctors in Europe worthy of the 
 name, and centuries before the discovery of America. 
 
 Such was the report of Chinese civilization and particularly of 
 Chinese medicine brought back by Rubruk, the daring adventurer and 
 explorer who had ventured into strange and unknown lands. But 
 Chinese civilization was old when Rubruk saw it ^centuries old, and 
 Chinese medicine was as old as Chinese civilization. In fact, this 
 system was spread throughout Asia at least 3000 years ago. Hence 
 it was more than 2000 years old when Rubruk saw it and recorded the ' 
 results of his observations, and the peculiar thing about it is that it 
 has been consistent and unchanging from the beginning. 
 
 When the Chinese commenced to study medicine they went at 
 once to the root of the different questions involved by practicing vivi- 
 section. Thousands of condemned criminals were taken and cut to 
 pieces for the benefit of the living. In this way the functions of the 
 vital organs, such as the kidneys, the liver, the stomach, the spleen 
 and the heart were studied in the living person. The intensely 
 important questions involved in the digestion of foods were deter- 
 mined as well as the effects of different drugs. These investigations, 
 made while the man was still alive, were a thousand times more 
 
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 thorough and reliable than the guesswork which civilized physicians 
 have practiced for many years by cutting up the bodies of dead men, 
 when heat, motion and life are gone, and death has destroyed every 
 function. Another important point established in this way was that 
 the pulsations at three different points on each wrist show the condi- 
 tion of the vital organs of the human body, a fact which is the basis 
 of the pulse method of diagnosis. According to our ideas vivisection 
 is very cruel, but .- is not necessary for us to discuss this phase of 
 the subject except to say that 3000 years ago human life in any part 
 of the world was held much cheaper than it is today in America. It 
 may be questioned, moreover, whether vivisection was any more cruel 
 than the methods of execution in vogue not so many hundred years 
 ago in England, when men were hanged, drawn and quartered, burned 
 at the stake, and put to death in many other cruel ways. 
 
 The benefits of the practice, from a medical point of view, cannot 
 be denied. In fact, high medical authorities in this country and in 
 Europe have earnestly advocated its practice, within recent years. 
 One of these men is Professor Pyle, of the medical coltege at Canton, 
 Ohio, who recently presented a bill before the legislature of that state 
 permitting the vivisection of criminals condemned to death for the 
 benefits of science and humanity. Dr. Pyle, in his argument in sup- 
 port of this bill, proposed to do exactly what the Chinese did centuries 
 ago. He stated that he would expose the stomach of the condemned 
 and study the action of foods and liquids and of drugs. In this way 
 definite results would be reached, and we would understand exactly 
 many processes which, like the growing of a blade of grass, are mat- 
 ters of every day experience, yet are hidden deep beyond the limit of 
 human understanding. In fact, this is acknowledged to be the only 
 way of arriving at a correct knowledge of these subjects, the 
 importance of which is perhaps greater than that of any others which 
 concern the human race. But it is needless to say that no legislature 
 has ever granted permission to vivisect criminals, and it is doubtful 
 whether any legislature ever will. Americans know nothing of the 
 action of the medicines which they take into their stomachs except by 
 final effects. They can tell what the medicines do, but not how they 
 do it, and they are ignorant whether the process, in many cases, as a 
 whole, is a benefit or an injury. Consequently everybody distrusts 
 medicine and doctors, although compelled by the greater fear of death 
 to take medicines and to employ doctors. 
 
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 The Chinese, having made thorough investigations by means of 
 vivisection, laid down the law at the start that no poisonous drugs 
 whatever, and no minerals should be employed in the practice of 
 medicine. This law has ever since been rigidly enforced. Invariable 
 respect for this principle has prevailed, and no authenticated . Chinese 
 physician would think of prescribing opium, mercury or any similar 
 substance. Through centuries of teaching the common people have 
 also been educated to a horror of these so-called medicinal sub- 
 stances. And the result is that they are not used at all in Chinese 
 medicine. 
 
 The theory of Chinese medicine, in general, is that a substance 
 which can be used for food is suitable for use as medicine, and that 
 a substance which would be poisonous or otherwise injurious as food 
 is not only useless as medicine, but actually hurtful. The Chinese 
 believe that one has no right to force upon a sickly, perhaps broken- 
 down constitution, substances which would injure sound constitutions. 
 Alcohol is a poison which they never use in the preparation of their 
 remedies. They strive to strengthen and build up by the use of vege- 
 table substances, many of which are really foods in special form, 
 which are readily absorbed into the system, make new and rich blood, 
 and through the blood nourish and sustain the body, just as any 
 form of wholesome food nourishes and sustains. No one can allege 
 this fact of morphine, strychnine, arsenic, nux-vomica, belladona, aco- 
 nite, digitalis and a thousand and one other medicines which are pre- 
 scribed every day by American physicians. 
 
 Again, the Chinese do not believe in using concentrated medicinal 
 elements in the sense that American physicians employ them. It is 
 the habit of the latter and of all manufacturers of medicinal prepara- 
 tions, in order to disguise the taste of the materials employed, to 
 present them in as concentrated a form as possible. Therefore, a 
 little very powerful medicine is taken into the system which is 
 expected to do a great deal of work. The Chinese avoid this extreme. 
 They do not attempt to accomplish results so quickly or so easily or 
 with so little shock to the sense of taste. Everybody takes every day 
 a great deal of food into the stomach in order to assimilate a com- 
 paratively small portion of it, which sustains us from day to day. 
 After the same analogy the Chinese give larger doses of less concen- 
 trated medicines, and almost always in liquid form. This is absorbed 
 into the system, and, without violent action, but gradually and surely 
 
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 it accomplishes the desired result. The longest way around is often 
 the surest way home, and cures are frequently accomplisned in a few 
 days or weeks by these simple, harmless, vegetable substances which 
 have resisted all the efforts of modern medical Science for months and 
 even years. 
 
 These facts are not stated to antagonize American physicians or 
 to decry their methods of practice. The Oriental Herbal System of 
 Medicine is so entirely different from any system in common use in 
 America that there can be no comparison between them as to their 
 respective merits, and these references to the methods of other phy- 
 sicians are made simply to illustrate our meaning and not with the 
 intention of adverse criticism. The world is wide, and there is room 
 for all. We do not wish to be insolent toward others or unnecessarily 
 incur resentment and arouse bitterness. The facts speak for 
 themselves. The Oriental system has cured thousands of cases of 
 various forms of disease which had been abandoned by other doctors. 
 This has been established beyond the possibility of dispute. In fact, 
 we prefer to treat so-called incurable cases. As a rule Caucasians 
 have been unwilling to consult us until they had tried every other form 
 of medical treatment within their reach. Therefore, it may be said 
 that all of the cures which we have made have been of cases given 
 up by other doctors. We have hundreds of testimonials for these 
 cures, and there are hundreds of people in Southern California who 
 are now outspoken in upholding our system of medicale treatment, and 
 make no secret of the fact that they have been cured by us, have 
 confidence in us, and employ our methods whenever they believe them- 
 selves in need of medical attention. In other words, we have lived in 
 Southern California long enough to establish a reputation, and to 
 secure a following. This being true, we claim a right to recogni- 
 tion, and to state our principles and to explain our methods of practice, 
 without malice toward any others. 
 
 We are firm believers in preventive medicine, in teaching correct 
 living and in checking the progress of disease before it has reached 
 a stage to be dangerous to life or incurable. To arrest the progress 
 of a disease in its early stage is far better than to cure it when it has 
 become chronic, because a great deal of suffering is saved and the 
 result is much more certain. Fewer chances are taken because the 
 patient's vitality is not so much impaired and there is more to build 
 upon. Most people today are so afraid of doctors that they do not 
 
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 seek medical advice at the first symptom of disease, as they ought to 
 do. They let the trouble run along because they do not want to be 
 dosed with poisonous substances, and the resuit is that, after a little, 
 there is need for ten times the amount of dosing that would have 
 been required in the first place. If these same people knew that they 
 could be treated by harmless vegetable substances, roots, herbs, 
 barks, berries and flowers similar in their nature to substances which 
 are eaten every day, medicines which do not derange the stomach or 
 establish, like the morphine habit, greater difficulties than they are 
 intended to cure, then they would take treatment at the outset when 
 everything is in favor of recovery, instead of waiting until all the 
 chances are against recovery; and the percentage of cures as com- 
 pared to the number of invalids would take a sudden rise. There is 
 something wrong in establishing methods in this respect. There are 
 more doctors than can find practice, and each year brings forth a 
 multitude of new discoveries in practice and in remedies. Yet the 
 army of invalids constantly grows larger, showing that the discov- 
 eries, the remedies and the doctors do not accomplish what they 
 undertake. In our opinion there are two principal reasons for this 
 deplorable condition of affairs. One is that the people are not edu- 
 cated to the value of preventive medicine; the other is that American 
 physicians have no correct theories of the origin and basis of life, 
 and a very imperfect understanding of the correct functions and exact 
 workings of the twelve vital organs. 
 
 Now, as to the position of the Chinese upon these two important 
 points: In regard to the first, the whole Chinese nation is fully 
 educated as to the value of preventive medicine. So true is this that 
 the better class among the Chinese take regular courses of medicine, 
 once or twice a year, for the purpose of purifying the blood, correct- 
 ing the digestive powers and toning up the system in general. The 
 result is that they avoid many attacks of sickness, and the Chinese 
 nation, as a whole, is a remarkably healthy people. Even the poorest 
 understand that, at the first symptoms of disease, they must use 
 great care in diet, and some of the simple remedies with which all 
 are familiar. A doctor's advice in China does not cost much, where 
 every physician of repute sees from two hundred to three hundred 
 patients a day. Moreover, the Chinese are not afraid of the remedies 
 employed. They know that these will not harm them under any 
 circumstances, and will probably do them good. They take medicine 
 
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 and regulate their diet and manners of life so as to keep well, and the 
 result is that they are less often exposed to the perils of critical ill- 
 ness than the people of other countries. And many of the contagious 
 diseases so prevalent in Europe and America, as consumption, for 
 example, are practically unknown in China. 
 
 In reference to the second point, we have already explained that 
 vivisection gave the Chinese at the outset definite ideas and facts 
 concerning the normal functions of the vital organs, facts which can- 
 not be determined from any number of examinations of those organs 
 after death, when their very substance is impaired by disease and the 
 vitalizing principle which keeps them in healthful action has departed 
 forever from the body. The nations of Europe and America have 
 never had the benefit of such observations upon the living and 
 healthy subject. Hence we have the spectacle of thousands of learned 
 men devoting their lives to building an elaborate and costly system 
 of medicine, upon the truth of which the lives and health of millions 
 of people depend, upon a foundation which is intact, incomplete and 
 largely the merest guesswork. That science which should be the most 
 certain of all sciences is admittedly the most wavering and the most 
 changeable. Physicians are constantly abandoning established theo- 
 ries and taking up with whatever is new and untried, and perhaps, 
 better than the old. Consequently medicine with the Caucasian is a 
 succession of experiments, while the Chinese are still curing disease 
 by the methods and the remedies which have been tested for centu 
 ries. 
 
 Take the spleen for instance. American physicians do not hesi- 
 tate to admit their ignorance of its action and functions. In fact, 
 they are inclined to poke fun at anyone who claims to know, and 
 regard him as either an imposter or an ignoramus. Yet it is evident 
 that the spleen must have been put into the human body for some 
 useful purpose, and the Chinese know what that purpose is. They 
 know that it is a very important factor in the processes of digestion, 
 and they know just how it assists in those processes. They know 
 what remedies will assist it; something that the American doctor 
 cannot know if he does not know what the organ is for. The Chinese 
 have definite theories of anatomy in reference to every organ, and 
 their philosophy goes deeper into many questions than that of any 
 other nation. Here, again, vivisection set them right on the start, 
 
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 and they have never abandoned the facts which they discovered in 
 this way. 
 
 The Oriental method of diagnosis is by the pulse alone, three 
 fingers being used upon each wrist. By this method of examination 
 is determined the condition of each vital organ, the derangement of 
 any one, or of all of them, as the case may be, and the seat of the 
 disease. No other examination is ever made except in case of exter- 
 nal injury. This doubtless seems mysterious and impossible to many 
 people, but their doubts can easily be removed if they will make a 
 personal test of the matter. Only from three to five minutes time 
 is required for an expert by this method to inform the person under 
 examination of his good or ill health, his weakness or strength, and, 
 sometimes, of the location of the various pains and aches which have 
 disturbed him. Nearly everyone who has ever submitted to an exam- 
 ination by the pulse has been greatly surprised by its results. We 
 ask no questions except, sometimes, the age of the person, and 
 whether married or single. We sometimes also look at the patient's 
 tongue. No charge is ever made for examination and diagnosis. 
 Patients are always instructed upon the correct theory of diet and 
 ways of life, and, although our ideas upon these subjects are new to the 
 people of the United States, yet nearly everyone who becomes familiar 
 with them at once recognizes their value. They appeal to common 
 sense and to universal experience. And all have agreed that our 
 theory of diet is far in advance of any other taught upon this conti- 
 nent. 
 
 The Oriental remedies are usually administered in the form of 
 herb teas. These teas are made from herbs indigenous to Asia, which 
 are gathered on the mountains and in the valleys of China, and are 
 imported directly by ourselves. More than 3000 different species of 
 these herbs are in use, comprising roots, barks, flowers, leaves and 
 berries. From ten to eighteen kinds of these herbs are used in each 
 prescription. From two to six cups of water are added and then 
 boiled down to one cup, which is a dose for an adult, and is drunk 
 hot. The dose is varied to suit the strength and constitutional power 
 or vitality of the patient, as determined by pulse examination. 
 Changes in these are at once apparent in the pulse, and the effect of 
 each dose is ascertained before another is administered. This Is 
 important, because medicines have different effects upon people of dif- 
 ferent constitutional powers. In serious cases a daily examination is 
 
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 made as long as the patient is under treatment, but in less severe 
 cases, after the strength of the medicine to be prescribed has once 
 been decided, less frequent examinations, say every other day, or 
 once in three days, are sometimes sufficient. It is sometimes neces- 
 sary to give a test treatment of a week or ten days to ascertain the 
 effect the remedies will have in a given case before we can decide 
 whether the case is curable or not. Many cases apparently hopeless 
 have been restored to health. One dose of medicine, that is, a full 
 cup of tea, a day is the usual rule. But sometimes two doses a day 
 are given, and sometimes the one cup is divided into two doses and 
 given at shorter or longer intervals, according to circumstances. 
 
 Nearly all of the prescriptions are varied often. It is rare that 
 one runs for more than five days without some change in proportion, 
 or by leaving out one ingredient or more, and substituting others. 
 This is true even of chronic cases which require treatment from three 
 to fifteen months. The herb teas are always to be taken on an empty 
 stomach. Sometimes in the early morning, between two o'clock and 
 five, sometimes an hour or so before breakfast, dinner or supper, or 
 at bedtime, but always from three and a half to four hours after a 
 meal. The intention is to have the stomach empty of foods so that 
 there may be nothing to interfere with the action of the remedies, 
 and also so that the stomach may be prepared for the next meal by 
 that action. We explain all forms of food, meats, fruits, vegetables, 
 drinks, cereals, etc., and show which are beneficial and which are 
 injurious to our patients while taking our remedies. We consider the 
 diet that we prescribe to be fully as essential as the remedies, and we 
 insist upon our patrons observing our bills of fare. We show them 
 that the success of the treatment depends upon this. Medicine is of 
 no value whatever if the food taken counteracts it, but the food and 
 the medicine should work together. Then the patient gets the full 
 nutritive value of the food which he eats, and his recovery is hastened 
 rather than retarded. 
 
 After all, success is the true test of the merit of any system, and 
 by this standard we are prepared to compare ours with any other. 
 The results show that we have a thorough knowledge of the Chinese 
 system of medicine and theory of life, which are founded upon a com- 
 plete understanding of Nature's laws. Americans carry their theories 
 of science to extremes and get too far away from the simple, funda- 
 mental facts upon which health depends. The hardest cases we find 
 
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 to cure are those who have been the rounds of the scientific men, 
 sometimes traveling from one end of the continent to the other, testing 
 every conceivable form of medication, often including mineral waters 
 at so-called health resorts, and hundreds of patent medicines. The 
 substances in these agencies misnamed medicinal, permeate the whole 
 body, accumulate in the pores of the skin, the muscles and tissues, 
 and the very substance of the bones itself. All of these poisons have 
 to be dislodged before recovery is possible. Nine-tenths of the chronic 
 sufferers from disease are poisoned through and through as a result 
 either of their own ignorance and neglect of Nature's laws or of 
 unsuccessful attempts to cure them aftfir they had begun to lose their 
 health. To take these people and rescue them not only from the grasp 
 of disease, but also from the additional burdens of unsuccessful medi- 
 cation is certainly a test of the highest skill. But we have accom- 
 plished it over and over again, and the results have often seemed 
 miraculous to those who have witnessed them in only a few instances. 
 After they have seen the same results accomplished repeatedly they 
 begin to understand that knowledge, not magic, works wonders. 
 
 In these difficult cases from three to four months' time is required 
 to effect a change in the blood, without which recovery is impossible. 
 This is what we call a course of medicine. Usually one course is 
 sufficient for a cure, but in obstinate cases two, three or even four or 
 five courses may be necessary to reinstate the patient's health. This 
 depends, of course, entirely upon the patient's condition, the extent 
 of the ravages of the disease, whatever it may be, upon the vital 
 organs and the constitutional power. Age also has much to do with 
 the length of time required for a cure. The teas almost always agree 
 with even the weakest stomachs. Children and even infants take 
 them without hesitation after the first dose or two, and the stomach 
 very rarely rejects them. They leave no disagreeable taste in the 
 mouth, and these facts show that they are in harmony with the human 
 body and its functions. 
 
 Our treatment is always thorough and persistent. We expect 
 that patients will co-operate in every possible way by following direc- 
 tions implicitly, even when they involve a certain degree of self sacri- 
 fice. We hold that considerations of health are infinitely higher than 
 any possible consideration of pleasure or convenience, and that, when 
 a man is in pursuit of lost health, everything else should take second 
 place, if necessary. Our patrons soon see the reasonableness of this 
 
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 position, and the fact that we are firm with them gives them all the 
 greater confidence in us. It is absurd, when fighting disease, to fight 
 also improper food, irregular hours and dissipation of various kinds. 
 Instead of these disadvantages the patient should have the assistance 
 of a correct, wholesome and nutritious diet, regularity in eating, exer- 
 cise and rest, and avoidance of all undue excitement or excess. Better 
 have all possible elements of the problem of health on your side than 
 to array them all against you and then depend upon medicine alone 
 to do the work. The latter course is to invite failure, which we do 
 not propose to do, for we fully realize our responsibility when we 
 examine a patient and undertake to cure him. 
 
 Surgery in China is a distinct profession from that of medicine, 
 and we never resort to the use of the knife, but we do accomplish 
 through medicines alone, taken internally or applied externally, many 
 things which are commonly supposed to be impossible. Our treat- 
 ment avoids many painful, uncertain and risky surgical operations, 
 which are too often a last resort after medication has failed. If medi- 
 cation were more often successful there would be little surgery nec- 
 essary. We have shown many times that our herbal remedies cure 
 many diseases, the diseases of women for instance, which have been 
 too often treated by surgical interference as a last resort, after physi- 
 cians and "specialists" had tried in vain to cure them by medication. 
 The difference is that our remedies nourish and repair the organs of 
 the human body in addition to their medicinal effect. Whenever 
 surgery conflicts with medicine there is a confession that the latter 
 'is a, failure, for surgery never cures. It is simply a last resort, to 
 make the patient as well as possible under the circumstances, and to 
 prevent greater injury than has already been done by cutting away 
 the seat of disease, not by curing the disease. 
 
 We have often been asked: "What is your specialty?" We reply 
 that we treat all derangements of the human system, but are not so 
 particular as some other physicians in naming them. We ascertain 
 what organs are diseased and the extent of the injury, and we apply 
 the remedie's which help those organs to throw off the disease or to 
 recover from the derangement. If more than one organ is involved 
 we treat all that are involved. The normal and harmonious perform- 
 ance of the functions of all the vital organs is health. The derange- 
 ment of one or more is disease. This is the whole question in a nut- 
 shell. Names are a very minor consideration. Naming a disease 
 
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 does not help to cure it nor to preserve life. A hundred persons may 
 be in ill health, with different symptoms of disease, yet the cause 
 of the trouble in each may be substantially the same. It would be 
 illogical to treat the outward symptoms in these cases. The true way 
 is to prescribe for the organ or organs involved. Then the outward 
 symptoms, in all their varied forms, disappear and the cure is estab- 
 lished. If a tree is dying for want of water the best way is to apply 
 water to the roots, and the beneficial effect will be felt everywhere 
 from the roots to the leaves. It is the same with the human body. 
 If the vital organs can be kept normal in their action these take care 
 of the rest of the body and there is no unpleasant symptoms of disease 
 except from external injuries. 
 
 As a general rule, in the case of a confirmed invalid, there can 
 be no permanent cure without a thorough cleansing of the system. 
 When the processes of digestion and elimination have been deranged 
 for some time there are certain to be impurities in the system which 
 clog the blood, obstruct all the functions and even penetrate the tis- 
 sues and the very marrow of the bones. The longer the case has gone 
 without help the worse is this condition. It is useless, under these 
 circumstances, to attempt a cure by outward applications of plasters, 
 poultices, inhalations or injections, or to attempt to build up a weak- 
 ened system by so-called strengthening foods, which it cannot assimi- 
 late and use. The source of the disease still remains as active as 
 ever in spite of these palliative measures, which are usually abso- 
 lutely ineffective. The system must first be cleansed. Then the vital 
 organs can do their work properly and without hindrance. If the 
 digestive organs and juices are first restored to a normal condition 
 digestion becomes again perfect and the patient thrives and gains 
 flesh and strength on ordinary foods, and even on those that are 
 usually considered very plain and light foods, without an attempted 
 forcing upon the system of heavy, oily substances, which are distaste- 
 ful to a strong stomach, and cannot possibly be taken up by a weak 
 one. There is no use in adding fuel to a fire that is covered and 
 clogged with ashes. Rake away the encumbering mass first, then 
 apply your fuel and a blaze is the result; but if the spark hidden in 
 dead material cannot be reached because of that material it cannot be 
 made to burn into a flame. So the weakened human body will resume 
 its normal functions when the impurities are taken out of its way, 
 and not before. 
 
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 But before anything whatever can be accomplished a correct diag- 
 nosis is indispensable. In very many cases this can only be obtained 
 by the pulse method. Hundreds of patients have told us that ours was 
 the first and only correct diagnosis they had ever had in their cases. 
 We cannot dwell here upon the reasons for our expertness in this 
 direction, except to say that an inherited gift has been cultivated 
 to the highest degree of efficiency by long and patient practice. There 
 are many examples of equal expertness in other branches of human 
 endeavor which illustrate this. The blind, for instance, cultivate the 
 sense of touch until it takes the place of the sense of sight to a great 
 extent. The musician cultivates the sense of hearing until he can 
 detect the slightest discordant note in the loud burst of an orchestral 
 music. A discord which is absolutely unnoticed by the ordinary ear. 
 So long practice has enabled us to detect the minute signs of distress 
 and decay which the vital organs send to the wrist through the 
 medium of the pulse. When the source of the difficulty is thus abso- 
 lutely defined, the proper remedies can be prescribed with a reason- 
 able certainty of benefit in every case, and the chances of failure are 
 reduced to the lowest. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 OUR BILLS OF FARE. 
 
 VALUABLE RECIPES FOR INVALIDS. 
 Some Rules in Reference to Diet, Exercise and Hygiene. 
 
 We are very particular about the diet of our patrons. The gen- 
 eral rule in this regard is to avoid all foods which are too strong and 
 tend to produce inflammation, and all foods which contain little or no 
 nutriment and therefore impose a useless burden upon the digestive 
 powers; also all foods which are made up principally of sweets and 
 acids, because these are likely to ferment in the stomach and are of 
 no value as nourishment. It should be remembered in this connec- 
 tion that persons taking these medicines require much less food than 
 others. 
 
 For purposes of convenience in reference we divide our list of 
 foods into three bills of fare. No. 1 is for weak people or those in a 
 somewhat advanced stage of disease, or those who are taking strong 
 medicines. It is very important that these persons should not over- 
 load the stomach. 
 
 BILL OF FARE NO. 1. 
 
 Mushes and Cereals. 
 
 Steamed or Boiled Rice. Rolled Oats. Rolled Wheat. Corn Meal. 
 
 Wheatena. Graham Mush. Germea. Farina. 
 
 Wheat Grits. 
 
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 Soups. 
 
 All Vegetable Soups. 
 
 Soups prepared with Macaroni and Vermicelli. 
 
 Cream of Celery Soup and other soups prepared with Milk. 
 
 Gruels made of Rice, Barley or Oatmeal. 
 
 Meat and Eggs. 
 
 Beef Stew. Young Duck. Young Beef or Veal. 
 
 The whites of two eggs, prepared as directed under the heading "To 
 
 Cook Eggs," or a Poached Egg or Egg Timbales, according 
 
 to the recipes given below. 
 
 Vegetables. 
 
 Boiled Green Peas. Young Mustard. Lettuce, Greens or Spinach. 
 
 Lentils and Split Peas. Steamed, Baked or Boiled Potatoes, 
 
 either Sweet or Irish. 
 
 Bread. 
 
 Meek's Aerated Bread, either White, Graham or Whole Wheat. 
 
 Gems made from Gluten or Whole-Wheat Flour. 
 
 Corn Bread. Boston Brown Bread. Shredded Wheat Biscuit. 
 
 Graham and other Crackers and Hard Biscuits. 
 
 White Bread a little Stale. 
 Toast, either Dry, Buttered, Cream or Milk. 
 
 Butter may be used, but not to excess. Patients on this bill of fare 
 should be careful in this respect. 
 
 Desserts. 
 
 Very plain Puddings made from Rice, Sago, Tapioca or Farina. 
 
 Custards. A little Grape, Currant or Guava Jelly. 
 
 Fig or Blackberry Jam. Unfermented Grape Juice. 
 
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 Fruits. 
 
 Patients whose health is delicate should be careful in the use of 
 fruits while taking our remedies. Cooked fruits are always better 
 than raw. Those whose digestion is impaired or whose condition, for 
 any reason is serious, should use no raw fruits whatever. They may 
 eat cooked pears, apples, figs, blackberries and prunes. 
 
 Drinks. 
 
 With this bill of fare we recommend only boiled water, boiled milk, 
 weak black tea and perhaps a little cocoa or chocolate. We shall dis- 
 cuss the question of drinks and thirst more fully in a later paragraph. 
 
 Sufficient Nourishment Given. 
 
 We consider that this bill of fare will afford ample nourishment 
 for delicate persons. The cereals, boiled milk and a little meat should 
 be the foundation of the diet, other articles being added for variety. 
 
 All meats must be used with caution if there is any fever. If 
 there is no fever then meats may be used more freely. Milk is excel- 
 lent food for all who can use it. It may be used by our patrons in all 
 cases where there is no coughing or raising of phlegm, but if either of 
 these is present milk should be employed only sparingly. A little 
 cream may be given on mushes, cereals, puddings, toast or baked 
 apples. 
 
 BILL OF FARE NO. 2. 
 
 When patients are stronger and their digestion is better, and 
 there is little or no fever, the following foods may be added to those 
 mentioned above: 
 
 Turkey, squirrel, venison, chocolate and cocoa may be used more 
 freely than in bill of fare No. 1. Coffee is forbidden. Birds are too 
 strong for invalids. Soups and broths made from lean meat and pre- 
 pared after some of the receipts given below may be used. White 
 lima or string beans, asparagus, cooked celery and ripe olives may 
 be added to bill of fare No. 1. 
 
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 BILL OF FARE NO. 3. 
 
 When our patrons are still better they may add certain foods to 
 the bill of fare No. 2. Young chicken may be used. The pullets are 
 preferable as the meat is less strong and less likely to cause inflam- 
 mation. A small amount of boiled ham may be employed, also some 
 lamb. Lamb is good for strengthening the system, but should not be 
 eaten if the patient has any poison or eczema in his system. This 
 meat is too strong for an impure system. A little broiled bacon may 
 be used, well done. Patients may now also eat all kinds of fish, 
 except oysters, crabs, lobster and other shell fish, which are not good 
 at any time. Lobsters and crabs are more injurious than oysters. 
 They may use water cress, green corn, turnips, lima and white beans. 
 
 NOTE. 
 
 In many diseases where the person is suffering from nerve 
 exhaustion or other weakness, and where there is no fever and the 
 digestive organs are not seriously impaired, the person need not com- 
 mence with bill of fare No. 1 and proceed gradually to the others, 
 but may select his articles of diet from any of the foods permitted in 
 either of the bills of fare. But in acute cases, especially where there 
 is fever, the bills of fare must be strictly followed. In all cases the 
 articles forbidden must be avoided. And the special directions for 
 diet for the different diseases must also be followed. When all fever 
 is gone and the person improves, greater freedom in diet may be per- 
 mitted except as regards those articles absolutely prohibited. 
 
 GENERAL SUGGESTIONS ON DIET. 
 
 All fruits should be cooked. Then the acid digests easily. But 
 in cases when there is diarrhoea or indigestion, or a raising of mucus 
 or phlegm, the use even of cooked fruits should be less. In some of 
 these cases a very little fruit may be used, but great caution must be 
 observed. Sometimes dried fruits, such as dried pears, raisins and 
 figs are better than any other fruits, because they contain less acid, 
 and they are therefore better in the above kinds of sickness. But all 
 fruits allowed, whether dried or fresh, should be cooked. The patient 
 and his friends must use judgment in all of these matters. 
 
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 The following vegetables and fruits are not good and are to be 
 avoided at all times: Tomatoes, squash, pumpkin, peaches, apricots, 
 all kinds of plums, pine apples and muskmelons. Apricots and 
 peaches are especially injurious in skin diseases and after attacks 
 of measles. 
 
 Remember that nature is always kind to man as long as he obeys 
 her commands. But if he persists in transgressing her laws then he 
 must take the consequences. If ill health has been induced by an 
 improper mode of life, the first thing to do is to get back as close to 
 nature as is possible. In the matter of foods this means plain food 
 and not too much of that. Improper food is the cause of most of the 
 ills of life, and most of the diseases that afflict mankind. Use no 
 concentrated foods, no foods heavy with starch or sugar, no lard or 
 similar highly carbonaceous food, no finely bolted flour. As a rule 
 the fruits of California have too much acid. If they are eaten freely 
 they burn or dry up the gastric juices. Then comes thirst. There 
 is a deficiency of gastric juices for the digestion of the food. When 
 coffee is taken under these circumstances the situation is still worse. 
 It adds to the dryness of the stomach and intestinal tract and brings 
 on constipation, liver troubles and nervousness. One who has any 
 stomach trouble, indigestion or gastric difficulties, should avoid every- 
 thing cooked in hot air. All foods should be steamed or boiled. 
 
 Patrons of this system must necessarily use judgment in reference 
 to all articles of diet not included in our bills of fare. We have 
 given what we consider an ample variety for all persons suffering 
 from any disease sufficiently severe to require a course of medication. 
 Still, some little latitude may be allowed in the choice of other foods. 
 These bills of fare apply especially to the climate of Southern Califor- 
 nia, which is a warm climate. Persons living in a colder climate may, 
 perhaps, use some more highly carbonaceous foods to advantage. In 
 a general way, all sweets, acids, very cold foods or drinks, and all 
 stimulants should be avoided, also raw fruits. 
 
 AS TO THINGS TO DRINK. 
 
 We have constant inquiries from persons who suffer from exces- 
 sive thirst and desire permission to drink various things which are 
 forbidden in our bills of fare. We think that we allow an ample 
 variety when we permit hot or boiled water, hot milk, weak black 
 
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 tea, rice gruel, hot or cold lemonade, cocoa and chocolate. The cocoa 
 and chocolate must be taken sparingly, for they are heavy, oily foods, 
 and not easily digested. Remember that water alone will not quench 
 thirst because it will not allay fever. The thirst from which many 
 people suffer is not a natural condition. It indicates inward fever and 
 a deficiency of gastric juices. The only way to cure it is to allay 
 the inflammation and to grow up the gastric juices. This requires 
 time. Our remedy No. 123 is the best thing known for this purpose, 
 and the use of it for a few days or weeks will produce a remarkable 
 change for the better. We have found hot water with a couple of 
 teaspoonfuls of strained honey excellent. Water should always be 
 filtered and boiled and taken hot. Those who work away from home 
 and cannot get the water hot should boil it and take it with them and 
 drink it cool. But never take ice-cold drinks under any circumstances. 
 They do not allay thirst at all, but simply add to the inflammation 
 already existing. Ice-cold soda water and beer are the causes of 
 innumerable derangements of the stomach. The fact that these are 
 usually taken in the summer, when the weather is very hot, makes 
 their use all the more detrimental, for the stomach is first heated by 
 the hot breaths of summer and then suddenly cooled by the forced 
 invasion of a quantity of ice-cold fluid, mixed with various syrups and 
 gases which make it pleasant to the taste but destructive of health. 
 
 GOOD ADVICE FROM AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN. 
 
 In this connection we desire to reprint the following from a recent 
 article in the Los Angeles Times, written by an American physician, 
 which contains much sound advice upon the subject of What people 
 ought to drink. After some discussion of the evils of using alcoholic 
 drinks the writer continues as follows: 
 
 "After all, however, straight whisky or brandy, if pure and taken 
 in small quantities, is probably the least harmful of alcoholic bever- 
 ages. Beer, as it is consumed in this country, contains a large 
 amount of carbonic acid gas, and then, it is always served far too cold 
 to be wholesome. You will notice that a German usually warms his 
 glass of beer with the hands before he consumes it. In Europe they 
 would never dream of serving it at such a low temperature. There 
 is no question that the extensive consumption of iced beverages is 
 one of the leading causes of dyspepsia in this country, and is also 
 
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 of Bright 's disease. In addition to these drai 
 that which is made on the spot, contains salicylic add. 
 The same drawbacks carbonic add gas 
 to all the drinks sold at drug stores, in 
 
 to which, some of these, such as cocoa and bromide bever- 
 which have become so popular during the past few years, 
 
 qualities of their own. 
 Of the numerous liqueurs, chartreuse is probably the most whole- 
 some. It has medicinal qualities, the main component being pure 
 olive oiL This, however, cannot be regarded as a beverage. 
 The light wines of the country contain only a moderate 
 
 by the fact that a great majority of the California 
 
 acid. This caused one of our local dealers a con- 
 of trouble and loss some years ago, when he sent a 
 of California wine to Mexico, where tne government appears 
 to be more careful than ours of the health of its citizens. Sweet 
 wines, such as port, sherry, angelica and muscatel, should be avoided 
 by those who value their digestive organs, especially the sweet 
 in California. They are an artificial beverage, the 
 arrested by the addition of brandy, and will work havoc in the 
 department of a human being quicker than any other variety 
 of air"h*Kr' beverage. A morning headache, following an indulgence 
 in such wine, is somfthfag long to be remembered, even by a con- 
 firmed worshipper of Bacchus. Fruit juice, or "unfermented wine," 
 is likely to recommence fermentation when it lies in the warm 
 
 alcoholic beverages altogether, we are still 
 of the question what to drink. Tea, 
 
 in the average person. We have not, like the 
 been accustomed to the use of tea for hundreds, or even 
 of years. Coffee hardens and injures the liver, on account 
 of which a number of substitutes have been placed on the market of 
 late, and have met with a large sale. These usually consist of mixed 
 grains, roasted and ground, and from a hygienic standpoint are cer- 
 tainly superior to the product of the coffee tree. Cocoa and chocolate, 
 as sold in the market, usually contains a large proportion of starch, 
 
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 which is not a very wholesome food. Again, these beverages cannot 
 be readily assimilated by many stomachs. Milk is regarded by many 
 as an ideal beverage, but it should really never be taken as a bever- 
 age, but as a food. Milk was intended for infants, not for grown 
 persons. It should never be taken in conjunction with meat. The 
 injunction of Moses against boiling the lamb in its mother's milk has 
 a hygienic foundation, like most of the other Jewish laws that we find 
 in the Bible. If milk is used by grown persons, it should be sipped 
 very slowly, and taken preferably hot. Indeed, hot drinks are better 
 than the cold beverages so popular in this country. The general use 
 of hot drinks by the Chinese, and their avoidance of cold liquors, is 
 doubtless one of the reasons for the astonishing vitality they display. 
 Buttermilk is a wholesome beverage for those who can digest it. It 
 contains an acid which Is good for the liver and digestion. Here 
 again, however, we are confronted by the fact that much of the but- 
 termilk sold in the cities contains a preservative. 
 
 We find, therefore, that if we wish to fix upon a beverage that is 
 absolutely wholesome, we shall have to confine ourselves to water 
 pure mountain spring water, or distilled water at a cold, but not icy 
 temperature. There are, however, many who will not consent to this. 
 For these the most wholesome and least harmful liquid menu would, 
 probably be, for breakfast, a cup of weak, black tea preferable Cey- 
 lon or Assam, on account of cleanliness in preparation or cereal 
 coffee, and for lunch and dinner a little California Riesling or claret, 
 diluted with about half as much pure water without ice. If a 'night- 
 cap' Is taken although it would better be omitted a glass of hot 
 Scotch Is about the best thing to take, although a cup of herb tea 
 would do the stomach more good and tend to produce pleasanter 
 dreams. 
 
 Again It should be repeated that alcohol Is In no sense of the word 
 a food, Is not necessary, and is always more or less Injurious, In 
 whatever form it may be taken. If, however, a person believes, or 
 imagines, that he must use alcoholic beverages, or simply desires to 
 use them, whatever his belief may be, let him at least use judgment 
 and not make a human hog of himself." 
 
 FOOD VALUE OF TEA. 
 
 There is much discussion among medical authorities in reference 
 to the food value of tea. We are inclined to permit out patrons to 
 
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 use tea, to a reasonable extent, always with the proviso that it is to 
 be taken weak by those in a weakened or serious condition, and never 
 to excess by any. Tea is a stimulant and, especially when there is 
 fever, it should be taken with caution. Nevertheless, it has a certain 
 value as food. In this connection we quote the following paragraph 
 which has been going the rounds of the press recently: 
 
 " FOOD VALUE OF TEA. We may state that one pound of good 
 tea contains about a third of an ounce of theine, two and a half ounces 
 of caseine, one-twelfth ounce of volatile oil, two and a half ounces 
 of gum, half an ounce of sugar, half an ounce of fat, four ounces of 
 tannic acid," says a noted American medical journal. Mineral matter 
 of ash, water and woody fiber make up the remainder. Caseine, of 
 which there is so large a quantity, it will be remembered, is the nutri- 
 tive principle of milk; vegetable caseine, or legumen, is analogous in 
 principle. Tea is, therefore, a highly nutritious substance, and fully 
 capable of forming flesh and sustaining life. Peas and beans are 
 highly concentrated forms of food, and yet analysis shows that the 
 better qualities of tea are as rich in the nitrogenous element of nutri- 
 ment principle as are these seeds. Caseine is iuentical in composition 
 with the muscular fiber, and with the albumen of the blood, and is 
 easy of assimilation." 
 
 COFFEE AND TOBACCO. 
 
 Tobacco burns out the juices of the system and injures the saliva 
 upon which digestion largely depends. It is best for our patients to 
 stop the use of tobacco entirely, if possible. If it is easy for you to 
 drop off your cigars entirely you had better do so, but if this seems 
 too hard, in the case of confirmed smokers, then you should smoke 
 less, say one cigar in the morning and one in the evening, after dinner 
 or supper. This measure of indulgence will not be enough to produce 
 any great injury to the system. Our bill of fare is intended primarily 
 for weak and sick people. After a cure is made it is, in many cases, 
 better to follow the bill of fare, but this is not imperative. If you 
 do not follow it for a time and see no bad effects from returning to 
 your customary diet, then you can continue in that way and there will 
 be no harm done. Everyone must decide this matter for himself, 
 because what hurts one does not necessarily hurt another. 
 
 The same reasoning applies to coffee. After you are cured you 
 
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 can drink a little coffee; you can also use roast and fried meats in 
 moderation, which may help the natural heat of the body. But you 
 must be careful to avoid excess in all of these matters. You should 
 also use boiled and steamed meats, which assist the gastric juices 
 more and are easier to digest than fried and roast meats, but the 
 latter hurt the natural heat, and for that reason are bad. A little 
 might not hurt the gastric juices, but excess will give rise to inflam- 
 mation. If, after a cure, you stop following the bill of fare and find 
 afterwards that you do not feel well or that there is some difficulty 
 of digestion or other trouble, then you should take it up again and 
 follow the bill of fare all the time. This shows that you cannot eat 
 whatever you like, and that you must live plainly; that there is too 
 much fire in your system; if the natural juices are helped you will 
 feel good; if the natural heat is helped you will feel bad. But not 
 many people have this temperament, althougn it applies to some, 
 who should be put on their guard in this particular. 
 
 USEFUL HINTS. 
 
 The herb tea should be taken fully one hour before meal time, or 
 about three hours after a meal. Four hours after is better; must be 
 two hours at least. 
 
 Undigested food ferments, generating a gas, which increases the 
 poisonous gases already in the system, adding fuel to flame, poisons 
 the system and counteracts the effects of the medicine. 
 
 Weak people cannot digest a meal as quickly as healthy persons, 
 therefore great care should be exercised to avoid taking anything 
 into the stomach before the previous meal has been completely 
 digested. When foods and liquids are taken into the stomach before 
 the previous meal has been completely digested, the process of diges- 
 tion will be interrupted; then the food will sour and ferment and 
 generate a gas that will enter the circulation, poisoning the' blood, 
 causing more or less distress to weakly people. 
 
 DIET IN CERTAIN DISEASES. 
 
 Realizing that the most difficult question in cases of sickness is 
 what the patient may be permitted to eat we give below special 
 instructions on diet in several of the more common forms of disease. 
 We have attempted to adapt the ordinary foods permitted by Ameri- 
 
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 can physicians to our form of treatment as far as possible. But 
 there are certain points of difference which must be brought to the 
 attention of persons using our remedies in order to prevent confusion 
 in their minds between our rules of diet and those recognized by 
 American physicians. Some of these are the following: 
 
 Use of Stimulants. American physicians, both in acute and 
 chronic disorders, very frequently employ foods and liquids that are 
 highly stimulating in order to keep up the strength of the patient. 
 Thus they prescribe alcohol in its various forms, whisky, brandy, gin, 
 rum, wines of many kinds, and malt liquors, such as beer, ale and 
 porter. Now we do not say absolutely that a dose of wine or whisky 
 may not be in rare instances of some benefit. Yet we do not permit 
 the use of these articles either as medicine or food. We believe 
 that all stimulants must be avoided. This is particularly true in 
 cases of fever. Our effort is directed towards restoring a natural 
 condition of the system, developing the gastric juices and reducing 
 the fever. Alcohol, in any form, and stimulating foods work against 
 this effort. We permit no beef juice, rich broths or highly concen- 
 trated foods in fevers. They add fuel to the flame. In acute attacks 
 of all kinds the simpler the food taken the better. Then our reme- 
 dies have an opportunity to accomplish their work without combating 
 both the disease ana the food taken into the system. There is far 
 more danger of the patient taking too much food than there is of his 
 taking too little. 
 
 Use of Heavy Foods. The same principle applies in other wast- 
 ing diseases, such as tuberculosis or consumption. There is no use in 
 loading the stomach of the patient with fats, hot blood, cod liver oil 
 and similar substances which he cannot digest. We direct our efforts 
 to clearing his system of poisons and restoring the digestive juices 
 and processes to something like a normal condition. Then the patient 
 will take on more flesh with a comparatively small amount of food 
 than he will with great quantities, little of which is digested and 
 assimilated. 
 
 Use of Liquids. We do not permit our patients to drink ice-cold 
 liquids of any kind. These do not quench thirst but often add to the 
 inflammation which causes the thirst. They may give a little tem- 
 porary relief, but the final result is to increase the thirst instead of 
 rendering it less. We prefer that our patients should take their 
 liquids hot, including hot water. This is the best for the system in 
 
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 every way, and hot water, even in cases of fever, will quench the 
 thirst much quicker than ice-water. But sometimes, if patients tire 
 of the hot water, they may be permitted water that is cool, but not 
 ice cold. Some physicians teach that sick people should take a great 
 amount of liquid in the shape of various drinks. This is unnecessary, 
 in our opinion. Only a moderate quantity of liquids should be taken. 
 Weak tea may be used in the place of tea and coffee, when patients 
 feel that they must have some warm drink besides water. Plain soda 
 water or mineral waters, cool, but not cold, may be taken if persons 
 are fond of them. 
 
 . Use of Sugars and Acids. We desire our patrons to avoid the use 
 of sweets, because they ferment and become acids in the stomach, 
 and the use of all acids. These create an injurious condition of the 
 blood, which we try to counteract by the use of our herbs. But there 
 is no use in trying to work the acids out of a person's system by means 
 of medicine if that person is constantly adding more through the 
 mouth. In many cases this is very important, and patients must 
 abstain entirely from all sugars and acids of every kind, including 
 acid fruits. In milder cases a moderate amount of sugar may be 
 taken with the food. 
 
 Spices and Highly-Seasoned Foods. For similar reasons we for- 
 bid all spices and highly-seasoned foods, except a little pepper and 
 salt. Foods prepared with mustard and heavy oils are most difficult 
 of digestion and become a burden to the digestive organs which they 
 are not prepared to bear in cases of sickness. 
 
 Our bills of fare give all of the ordinary foods which sick persons 
 ought to eat. After recovery a little more latitude may be allowed. 
 We shall now discuss some of the foods that are to be used in special 
 diseases, and commence with the foods that may be employed in that 
 very large class of cases wherein there is fever. 
 
 DIET IN CASES OF FEVER. 
 
 In fever there is always a very rapid wasting of the tissues of the 
 body, because the fever burns these up and, at the same time prevents 
 the degree of digestion necessary to repair them. The food in fevers 
 must therefore be nutritious, but of a sort that will not add fuel to 
 the flame and make the fever worse, and also of a sort that is easily 
 digested. Fever always means a severe sickness, and therefore th^ 
 
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 patient has little appetite or ability to take much nourishment, 
 although it is important that he should be well nourished. For this 
 reason the lack of appetite and the difficulty of digestion no solid 
 food should be taken, but all the food should be in liquid form, or in 
 the form of soft foods, and care should be taken that the patient does 
 not take too much at a time, for if the stomach is overloaded a part 
 of the food remains and decomposes and adds to the difficulties of the 
 case. 
 
 Milk is one of the best foods that we have in cases of fever. It 
 contains all the elements that are necessary to sustain life and repair 
 waste of tissue. It is best to take it hot, or it may be made into 
 broths, with a little rice or arrowroot. Milk should always be sipped, 
 eaten slowly. If taken too rapidly it forms a mass in the stomach 
 that is very hard to digest. In severe cases, milk is really about the 
 only safe food there is. 
 
 In cases of more moderate severity and of shorter duration, more 
 freedom may be allowed in the choice of foods. Although no solid 
 foods should be given and all meats are forbidden, yet semi-solid 
 food may be permitted, such as milk toast or cream toast, soft cooked 
 eggs, cooked in the shell or prepared as directed below under the 
 head of "Egg Timbales," thoroughly boiled oatmeal gruel, or rice 
 or barley gruel, plain rice pudding. The gruels, used, except the rice, 
 must be strained through a fine strainer or a cheese cloth bag. They 
 may be salted and flavored, if desired, with a little cinnamon or clove. 
 Grape sugar may also be added. Beef tea may be added to these 
 gruels, if entirely free from fat or grease, or beaten eggs may be 
 used. Eggs eaten alone should be slowly cooked, as described in the 
 paragraph headed: "Another Good Way to Cook Eggs." Rice gruel 
 prepared as directed in this chapter is a splendid food in all cases 
 of fever and may be given often. It is a food, is soothing to the 
 stomach and also supplies liquid to quench the thirst. 
 
 In addition to the rice gruel, a little sour lemonade, either hot 
 or cool, may be taken, or weak tea. But if there is severe indigestion 
 in the stomach, the tea should not be given. Barley water may be 
 used in place of the rice water, if preferred, and may be flavored 
 with cinnamon or sweetened with grape sugar. 
 
 As the patient begins to recover, the use of food must be very 
 sparing at first, but may be gradually increase. And these patients 
 usually develop a very active appetite. Such articles as poached eggs 
 
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 on toast, egg-nog, beef tea taken hot, jellies, custards, cream of celery 
 soup, cocoa, tapioca or rice puddings, buttered toast, baked sweet 
 apples with cream, baked potatoes, may be given for a few days, 
 say from one to two weeks, and after that, more solid food may 
 gradually be added, such as meats, poultry and game. 
 
 TYPHOID FEVER. 
 
 In this severe form of fever especial care must be taken with 
 the diet because the intestines are affected by the fever and any 
 form of solid food would be very likely to lacerate the intestinal 
 walls. If taken in time, our remedies break up typhoid fever and 
 prevent a long sickness. But if the malady is fully started before 
 our remedies are taken it may run a month, or even five or six 
 weeks, and care must still be taken with the food for a period 
 of from two weeks to two months after the patient begins to 
 recover. 
 
 Milk is the best possible food in typhoid fever. And enough should 
 be taken to keep up the strength of the patient as far as possible. 
 This quantity will vary anywhere between one and three quarts per 
 day. Probably in most cases, three ounces of milk every two and a 
 half hours would be sufficient. 
 
 Milk is best given boiled. It may be diluted with plain hot 
 water or with rice water. A little cocoa may be added, sometimes, 
 to disguise the taste, if the patient tires of the plain milk. Some- 
 times typhoid patients lose flesh very rapidly, and, in these cases, the 
 milk diet must be varied. Soups made from farina, arrowroot or rice 
 may be given, or a little beef or mutton broth, if entirely free from 
 fat and grease, custards, egg-nog, or the whites of eggs beaten up 
 with cream, or with a little sherry wine, or with milk and sherry. 
 Plenty of rice gruel should be taken, and plenty of hot water. 
 The mouth should be washed out very frequently and always after 
 taking milk. A piece of cotton may be used for this purpose, and 
 the tongue should be scraped with a spoon handle or a piece of bent 
 whalebone. 
 
 No solid food should be taken for several days after the fever has 
 gone down. Then, at first, rice, tapicoa, vermicelli, cream toast 
 should be given, maccaroni, soft-cooked eggs, and finally, chicken or 
 
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 mutton or beef broths, then some of the vegetables, such as baked 
 potatoes or cooked celery, then a little beef, mutton, chicken or game. 
 
 SCARLET FEVER AND MEASLES. 
 
 In these diseases, the diet should be about the same as in gene- 
 ral fever. Plenty of water should be taken, or lemonade may be 
 used, or weak tea. Not much strong food should be used until the 
 patient is rapidly getting better, then rice plain or in puddings, 
 farina, cup custards, sago, with cream or milk, baked apples, stewed 
 prunes, then the meats that are allowed our patrons, and eggs. 
 
 INFLUENZA AND LA GRIPPE. 
 
 In these very common disorders, a fluid diet is the best at 
 first or until the first violence of the attack is worn away. For 
 the first two or three days milk is the best food. A patient may 
 take as much as two quarts a day, without injury. After the fever 
 subsides he may use beef, mutton or chicken broths, milk toast, 
 custards, egg-nog, then stewed meats or a little broiled beef steak. 
 Then, gradually, vegetables and the ordinary food. 
 
 DIPHTHERIA. 
 
 All foods must be given in a fluid form in cases of diphtheria. 
 Of these, milk is the best, as usual. But it may be thickened with 
 rice, cream or beaten eggs, using only the whites. Rice gruel is a 
 splendid drink. Weak tea is allowed. After the fever is gone and 
 the patient begins to recover, he may take broths, and arrowroot, 
 rice, sago, etc., either plain or in puddings. All toasts and gruels 
 may be taken. 
 
 MALARIAL FEVERS. 
 
 In these fevers the diet should be about the same as that given 
 under our general heading of diet in fevers. During the paroxysms 
 of ague but little food of any kind should be taken. After these 
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 has any appetite, he need not be quite as careful about his diet as 
 in other cases of fever, but may take some solid food, if desired. But 
 when the fever is on, the diet must be more carefully watched. 
 
 TUBERCULOSIS. 
 
 In this wasting disease, the food must be nutritious, and at the 
 same time, it must be food that can be readily digested, and the 
 stomach must be brought into condition to do its work. As we have 
 already said, a small amount of food, which is digested, is of infinitely 
 greater value to a sick person than a large amount of too strong 
 food, which cannot be digested and simply remains in the stomach 
 to ferment there, or is carried out of the body without doing the 
 patient any good. For this reason, too often, highly-concentrated 
 foods, such as cod-liver oil, blood, etc., etc., often do the consumptive 
 patient no good, and he will gain flesh more rapidly upon a little 
 rice, milk and other plain foods, if digested, than on all the beef 
 extracts and cod liver oil in the world undigested. Our remedies help 
 in the digestion of the food. They are foods in themselves, and our 
 patrons very often gain flesh rapidly upon an exceedingly plain diet. 
 
 Still, patients of this class may vary their diet, if desired, much 
 more than those suffering from wasting fevers or acute disorders. 
 They may take barley, vermicelli or bouillon soups, vegetables soups, 
 such as those prepared from peas, beans or celery. Milk either alone or 
 in soups, may be used by some consumptives, but if there is much 
 coughing or raising of phlegm, milk must be used sparingly. Whipped 
 cream may be taken occasionally. Buttermilk may also be drank 
 if acceptable to the patient. Fresh fish of any kind, preferably 
 boiled. Eggs, soft-cooked, or in egg-nog or custard, poached or in 
 plain omelet. All the meats that we have named in our bills of 
 fare, chicken, turkeys, partridge, squab, or quail. Butter and olive 
 oil may be used, the former on bread, the latter on lettuce. 
 
 For vegetables, we recommend baked potatoes, green peas, 
 string beans, spinach, cooked celery, boiled onions, asparagus and 
 cauliflower, but all vegetables must be used in> moderation. All 
 the cereals that we have recommended may be used; for fruits, 
 baked or stewed apples, pears, prunes, grapes and blackberries, also 
 stewed figs. Ripe olives may also be eaten by patients of this class. 
 
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 Rice and bread puddings and blanc mange are good for desserts. 
 Unfermented grape juice may be taken. 
 
 CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA. 
 
 Patients suffering from asthma require great care in diet and 
 should always avoid any tendency to overload the stomach. For any 
 excess above the amount that can readily be digested, will cause 
 fermentation and the accumulation of gases, which react upon the 
 muscles of the diaphragm and abdomen aad interfere with breath- 
 ing, often causing distressing paroxysms. All food that is constipat- 
 ing or is likely to cause the formation of gas should be carefully 
 avoided. All fats, sweets and starchy foods should b'e given up. No 
 pork or veal should be used. No water should be taken with meals, 
 or until three hours after a meal. A glass of hot water should be 
 taken on rising in the morning and on retiring at night. All foods 
 should be thoroughly masticated and patients suffering from these 
 diseases should always be punctual in eating their meals at the same 
 hours each day. 
 
 PNEUMONIA. 
 
 The general rules that we have given in severe cases of fever 
 apply to cases of pneumonia and great care is necessary in the diet. 
 All soups, liquors and stimulating foods must be strictly avoided. In 
 this deadly disease the use of broths, and liquors, under the delusion 
 that they are sustaining the strength of the patient, is simply adding 
 fuel to fire and is likely to burn) out the life of the patient very 
 quickly. The grease from broths goes to the lungs, burns there 
 and fills them with a waste product which adds frightfully to the 
 congestion and causes great danger. No starchy or sugary foods 
 should be given. Plenty of cool drinks should be taken and milk 
 should form the basis of the diet until the danger is past, and the 
 fever is gone. Then other foods may be slowly added as given in our 
 directions for cases of fever and recovery from fever. 
 
 ANAEMIA AND CHLOROSIS. 
 
 In these cases, the patient requires plenty of rest, and exercise 
 in the open air, that is, moderate exercise. The strength should not 
 be overtaxed. The diet should be liberal. Use plenty of milk, eggs 
 and meat. Take hot water often. 
 
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 BRIGHT'S DISEASE. 
 
 Meats, eggs and all little made-up dishes are to be avoided in 
 this disease. An exclusive milk diet is prescribed by American phy- 
 sicians and may be of benefit with our remedies. If the patient loses 
 weight too rapidly under this, some farinaceous foods that is, foods 
 prepared from the different grains may be added. Rice and bread 
 are the best of these. In an exclusive milk diet, it is necessary 
 to give from fourteen to eighteen or even twenty-two six-ounce glasses 
 during each twenty-four hours. In some cases, milk does not agree 
 and sours the stomach. If so, the ' quantity must be reduced. In 
 ordinary cases, this diet must be continued for four to eight weeks. 
 In some cases it may have to be followed out for six months or 
 more. As the patient improves, boiled fish, chicken, game, butter 
 cream and beef may be added, also olive oil. Tea and cocoa are 
 permitted. 
 
 We have never tied our patients down to so rigorous a diet, as 
 our remedies act upon this disorder without that necessity. Still, we 
 think that this diet is a good one for this disease and recommend it 
 to all who have serious attacks of Bright's Disease. 
 
 GONORRHEA. 
 
 Persons afflicted with this acute disorder must avoid all starchy 
 foods. In severe cases a diet of skimmed milk is the best at nrst. 
 Then light farinaceous articles, such as rice,, bread and butter, milk 
 ?nd some of the lighter cereals may be added. Alcoholic drinks 
 must be strictly avoided. No acid fruits, fried foods, condiments can 
 be used. Plenty of water should be drank, and soda, seltzer and 
 ipollinaris are all good. 
 
 TONSILITIS AND QUINSY. 
 
 In these diseases the food must be fluid and concentrated. Meat 
 juice may be given, except when there is high fever, or beaten eggs; 
 if necessary to make them appetizing a little brandy may be added 
 to these. Milk is the best food in this disease as in so many others. 
 A little plain vanilla ice cream may be given and is often soothing 
 
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 to the throat. It may also be used in* cases of dyphtheria. As the 
 patient improves, the diet should be more generous. Egg-nog and 
 milk punch may be given and solid foods may be gradually added. 
 
 DYSPEPSIA. 
 
 There are so many forms of dyspepsia that it is almost impos- 
 sible to give rules of diet that will apply in them all. Patients 
 should follow our simple bills of fare. We give also the following 
 general rules, which we have taken from a recent American work 
 on diet: 
 
 1. Eat slowly and chew the food very thoroughly. 
 
 2. Drink fluids an hour before meals or two or three hours 
 after meals rather than with meals. 
 
 3. Eat at regular hours. 
 
 4. If greatly fatigued lie down and rest before and after each 
 meal. 
 
 5. Avoid, as far as possible, taking business worries or profes- 
 sional cares to the table. 
 
 6. Take systematic exercise in the open air. Walking, bicycle 
 and horseback riding are the best forms. 
 
 7. If you are strong enough to bear a cold sponge bath, with 
 vigorous friction by rough towels, on rising, this is advisable. 
 
 8. The bowels should be kept open by the use of laxative foods 
 and fluids rather than by medicines. 
 
 9. Avoid too much variety at one meal. Take meats and vege- 
 tables at separate meals. 
 
 Weak tea in very hot water is often beneficial. Strong tea is 
 astringent. Cocoa, but not chocolate, may be allowed to dyspep- 
 tics. Milk and vichy or milk and seltzer may be drank as a beverage, 
 unless there is a tendency to flatulence. Avoid starchy foods, 
 sweets, and milk and eggs if they disagree. Cream, fresh butter 
 and olive oil are allowable. 
 
 DIARRHOEA. 
 
 Less food than the usual quantity taken, must be used in cases 
 of diarrhoea. No irritating substances whatever should be taken 
 into the stomach. No fruits, no vegetables. At the commencement 
 
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 of an acute attack, it is a good plan to go without food entirely for 
 a day. Then give rice or arrowroot gruel or barley water. As the 
 patient improves he may use mutton or chicken broth thickened, if 
 desired, with boiled rice, tapioca, sago, arrowroot or cracker crumbs, 
 or may take milk diluted with one-third rice water, if there is no 
 vomiting. On returning to ordinary diet, first use such articles as 
 milk toast, well-cooked macaroni, boiled rice, and baked or boiled 
 potatoes. Rice gruel is very useful, both as a food and as a drink. 
 
 CHRONIC CONSTIPATION. 
 
 The vegetables allowed in our bills of fare should be freely used 
 by persons suffering from chronic constipation, also coarse graham 
 bread, rye bread, wheatena, wheat grits, Indian meal, oatmeal, Boston 
 brown bread, olive oil, stewed figs, blueberries, apples, pears, prunes 
 Fruit is most laxative when eaten between meals or half an hour 
 before breakfast. The action of the fruit is assisted by drinking 
 a tumberful or two of water. Two or three tumblerfuls of water 
 either hot or cool, before retiring and on rising in the morning are 
 also good. Also a tumberful about an hour after each meal. Foods 
 to be avoided by persons with this trouble are eggs, milk, sweets, 
 puddings, made from rice, sago, etc., all fried foods, gravies, sauces, 
 strong coffee and tea. 
 
 HEMORRHOIDS. 
 
 Bulky foods should be avoided by persons suffering from hem- 
 orrhoids. Also milk. Fresh fruits should be eaten and aperient fluids 
 taken. Regularity in meals and time of going to stool must be 
 observed and abundant outdoor exercise taken. 
 
 ECZEMA. 
 
 In eczema the diet should be very simple. In bad cases a diet of 
 milk, or bread and milk, for one, two or three weeks, is often of 
 great benefit. From one and a half to two and a half quarts of milk 
 may be taken each day. Meats of all kinds should be used very 
 sparingly. Fish, boiled preferred, may be used sometimes. Tea, 
 
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 coffee, or cocoa not more than once a day, coffee not at all in severe 
 cases. In some cases even oatmeal is too strong a food. Apples 
 are not good in ecezma. The best food is whole wheat bread, fresh 
 plainly-cooked vegetables, eggs, milk, and a little meat once a day. 
 Do not take much fluid with meals. 
 
 ^ OBESITY. 
 
 Hot water, taken half an hour before meals, on rising and on 
 retiring, are beneficial and less fluid than otherwise is then required 
 with the meals. Usually not more than five ounces of fluid should 
 be taken with each meal, or fifteen ounces per day with meals, and 
 this amount may be still further reduced by giving water between 
 meals instead. Soups of all kinds are forbidden. Little milk should 
 be used. The food should be as dry as possible, no watermelon or 
 food like raw tomatoes should be eaten, no sugar, little fat, except 
 butter, little farniaceous or starchy food. Gluten bread is better than 
 W|heat bread. Lean meat should form the basis of the diet, but 
 should be varied with other foods. 
 
 DIET FOR LEANNESS. 
 
 Plenty of fat meats, butter, cream, milk, cocoa, chocolate, bread, 
 potatoes, well-cooked cereals, especially oatmeal and cornmeal, far- 
 inaceous puddings such as rice, sago and farina, with sugar and 
 cream, sweets such as syrup and honey, sweet fruits. Avoid acids, 
 sour fruits and fresh vegetables. 
 
 ACUTE RHEUMATISM. 
 
 While the fever lasts and other symptoms of acute disorder, 
 such as pain and swelling of the joints, are present, the patient 
 should be placed upon a fluid diet. Milk or bread and milk diet is 
 best at these stages. If milk cannot be taken, then milk toast, rice, 
 barley and oatmeal gruels and soups entirely free from fats may 
 be used. Lemonade and slightly acid drinks may be taken, also 
 weak tea. As the patient improves, the diet should be principally 
 
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 of farinaceous articles, but not starchy foods. Rice, arrowroot, oat- 
 meal, cornmeal, wheat grits, milk toast, plain, unsweetened pud- 
 dings, blanc mange are all good . No meat or fish for several days 
 after the fever has subsided and the acute symptoms are gone. 
 Later eggs, fish, a little lean meat, asparagus, spinach, stewed celery, 
 baked apples and pears may be taken. No sweets, no alcohol under 
 any circumstances, no malt liquors of any kind. 
 
 CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. 
 
 Not much meat; farinaceous foods and fresh green vegetables 
 should be the basis of the diet, no sweets or alcoholic drinks. All 
 foods should be thoroughly and plainly cooked and eaten in moder- 
 ation. 
 
 DIABETES MELLITUS. 
 
 Foods permitted: Soups and broths made of lean meats and with- 
 out vegetables, eggs, fresh fish, fresh meats, some chicken and turkey 
 or game, olive oil, butter, cream, spinach, water cress, lettuce, aspar- 
 agus, carrots, no sweet fruits, but some acid fruits such as sour 
 apple, almonds, walnuts, Brazil nuts, hazel nuts, pecans. 
 
 Foods forbidden are sugar in any form, including honey, all 
 starchy foods, such as rice, sago, tapioca, oatmeal, cornmeal, hom- 
 iny, barley, macaroni, vermicelli, spaghetti, everything made of flour, 
 all pastry, pies and puddings, such vegetables as beets, potatoes, 
 parsley, peas, beans, turnips, cauliflower, rhubarb, sweet fruits, such 
 as dates, figs, prunes, plums, bananas, apricots, berries of all kinds, 
 chestnuts and peanuts. Use of water should be restricted, weak tea 
 may be taken, either alon-e or with a little lemon, buttermilk may be 
 drank, and plain soda or other mineral waters. Lithia waters are 
 good. 
 
 NUTRITIOUS AND ATTRACTIVE DISHES FOR INVALIDS. 
 
 We give below recipes for preparing a number of dishes that will 
 serve to tempt the appetite of invalids, and will prove of great 
 value. Some of these are given after our own methods of cooking. 
 
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 Others have been selected from various American books on cooking 
 and diet. We give first the best methods of preparing food which, 
 next to milk, is probably the best food in the world for most cases of 
 sickness, namely, rice. This should always be the best quality 
 obtainable and the best Chinese rice is the best in the world. 
 
 RICE GRUEL. 
 
 Take a quarter of a cup of rice and wash it until the water is 
 clear. Boil it in six cupfuls of water for about one hour. A smaller 
 quantity will cook in less time. Salt slightly. It is always to be 
 taken warm. A cupful may be taken before each meal. It is excel- 
 lent in case of cold and fever. 
 
 This preparation is very healthful and useful, especially for inval- 
 ids and weakly persons. It is a splendid warm weather tonic, and 
 cleanses "and rinses out the stomach and removes the phlegm and 
 residue, increases the juices and prepares the stomach for the meal. 
 
 The gruel quenches thirst when taken as herein directed; is 
 also very soothing to all inflamed conditions of the internal organs, 
 especially the stomach and bowels; also relieves indigestion and sum- 
 mer complaint. It is equally good for infants and invalids, and can 
 be used to advantage by robust people. It should be used without 
 dressing of any kind with infants who are in ill health, until a healthy 
 condition of the system is reinstated. In hot weather the gruel should 
 be made rather thin, but in cool weather it should be made as thick 
 as mush. With people who are very feeble, a cupful of the gruel 
 may be used two or three times daily in very warm weather, only 
 a small quantity at a time. 
 
 There is no form of food that compares with this gruel as a tonic 
 at all seasons of the year, for all people and in all conditions of ill 
 health. 
 
 RICE WATER. 
 
 Thoroughly wash one ounce of rice in cold water. Then macerate 
 for three hours in a quart of water kept at a tepid heat. Afterwards 
 boil slowly for an hour. Then strain. This is a very useful drink in 
 diarrhoea and dysentery and in all irritable states of the alimen- 
 
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 tary canal. It may be sweetened, or flavored with a little lemon 
 peel, placed in the water while boiling, if desired. 
 
 ANOTHER RECIPE FOR RICE GRUEL. 
 
 Take two ounces of ground rice, one-fourth of an ounce of 
 powdered cinnamon, four pints of water. Boil forty minutes and 
 add one teaspoonful of orange marmalade. 
 
 RICE CREAM. 
 
 Two tablespoonfuls of rice, two cups of milk, one saltspoonful of 
 salt, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two eggs. 
 
 Cleanse the rice by washing it in several changes of cold 
 water. Cook the rice with the'milk in a double boiler until the grains 
 will mash. Three hours will generally be required to do this. 
 Should the milk evaporate, add more to make up for the amount 
 lost. When the rice is thoroughly soft, press it through a colander 
 or soup strainer into a saucepan. Return it to the fire, and while 
 it is heating, beat the eggs, sugar and salt together until very 
 light. When the rice boils, pour the eggs in slowly, stirring lightly 
 with a spoon for three or four minutes or until the eggs and all coagu- 
 late, and the whole is like a thick, soft pudding. Then remove from 
 the fire and pour it into a dish. By omitting the yolks of the eggs 
 and using the whites only a delicate cream is obtained. 
 
 RICE AND APPLE. 
 
 Boil about two tablespoonfuls of rice in a pint and a half of 
 new milk, stirring it from time to time until the rice is quite 
 tender. Have ready some apples, peeled, cored and stewed to a 
 pulp, and sweetened, with a very little loaf sugar. Put the rice 
 around the plate, and the apples in the middle and serve. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR COOKING PLAIN RICE. 
 
 Wash one cup of rice till the water runs clear; then add two 
 cups of cold water and boil in a stewpan till the rice appears to be 
 boiled about dry till the rice shows holes in the top or settles in 
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 commences. Then the stewpan should be placed on the stove where 
 the heat is low, and allowed to steam about twenty minutes, or until 
 the rice is thoroughly, cooked and very soft, so that the kernels will 
 mash easily. A cloth should be placed over the stewpan and the 
 cover over that when the stewpan is placed to steam, for the purpose 
 of retaining the steam in the stewpan. Do not stir the rice but once, 
 and then within a few minutes after it commences to boil. When 
 well cooked the rice should be very light and lay up loose, and each 
 kernel appear to be ready to roll away from the others. It should 
 be eaten in the state that it comes from the stewpan. 
 
 Rice cooked in the above manner should constitute one-half of 
 the meals regularly, at least twice each day. By using the rice as a 
 base food, one is not at all likely to over eat, or eat more than the 
 powers of digestion can work up perfectly. 
 
 We never have known of an instance where a person who per- 
 sisted in the use of rice cooked in the way prescribed above, did not 
 become attached to the article and feel that they could not make a 
 meal without it, and really prefer it to bread or potatoes. 
 
 A heavy iron porcelained-lined stewpan is best, and agate ware 
 is second best to cook rice in. 
 
 TO COOK RICE QUICKLY. 
 
 Rice may be cooked very thoroughly and well in half an hour if 
 attention is paid to the details of the process, so as to secure all the 
 benefit of the steam that is generated while the rice is cooking. Take 
 one cup of rice and two cups of water. The cups may be larger or 
 smaller as desired. First wash the rice very thoroughly, in four 
 changes of water. Pour the two cups of water over it, in an agate 
 stewpan or pail, covered tightly. Put it over a fire, either a stove 
 or an alcohol or gasoline fire. In ten minutes it will commence to 
 boil. Let it boil hard for about ten minutes without stirring or open- 
 ing the dish. At first when there is a greater amount of steam, it 
 will spurt out of the edges of the cover. As the steam grows less it 
 will come slower and will rise nearly straight into the air. This is 
 an indication that the rice has boiled long enough, but, in any event, 
 from eight to twelve minutes is the proper time. 
 
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 Now take the dish from the fire, and let it stand a few minutes, 
 say about five, where it will partially cool. The steam in the top of 
 the pail and the moisture will condense and settle to the bottom. 
 Do not remove the lid. After a few minutes place the rice carefully 
 over the fire, turning the dish so that the fire will not be long in one 
 place, and let this condensed moisture be boiled away. Only two or 
 three minutes will be required for this. Then remove from the fire, 
 still with the cover on, and let the dish stand five or ten minutes 
 longer, so that the steam and hot air still in the dish above the rice 
 will cook it on top. Then remove the cover and you will find the rice 
 thoroughly cooked, dry and the kernels unbroken. Sprinkle with salt 
 and eat plain, or with a little butter. 
 
 TO COOK EGGS. 
 
 Take the whites of two eggs, well beaten, and two tablespoonfuls 
 of cold boiled water, and salt to suit taste; place the bowl in a stew- 
 pan of boiling water, then cover the stewpan in a manner to confine 
 the steam. Cook about twenty minutes, or until thoroughly done. 
 
 For the first few days, use every other day, then once daily. All 
 may be eaten at one time, using other foods to complete the meal. 
 
 By using cold boiled water, it will dissolve the eggs and there 
 will be no lumps. If you should prefer them thinner, add more water. 
 
 ANOTHER GOOD WAY TO COOK EGGS. 
 
 The following is an excellent way to cook eggs, when patients 
 are sufficiently strong to digest eggs boiled in the ordinary way: 
 
 Have ready a small pail, or covered dish, filled with boiling water. 
 A quart pail will be large, enough for three eggs, a gallon for eight 
 or ten. Place the eggs in the boiling water and cover tight. Set them 
 aside, away from the fire for fifteen minutes. In this way the eggs 
 are all cooked evenly and after a little experimenting, any one can 
 learn how long to cook them in order to have tnem done just right. 
 
 EGG TIMBALELS. 
 
 A Very Dainty and Attractive Dish, Either for Invalids or Well 
 
 People. 
 
 To prepare these properly, one should have little tin or agate 
 ware cups so that they may be made as small as desired. But ordi- 
 
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 nary tea or coffee cups will answer. Old cups with the handles 
 broken are good enough. Grease the cups with melted butter. Beat 
 four eggs, whites and yolks together and add a pinch of salt and a 
 cup of milk. Fill the little cups, place them in a pan and fill the 
 pan with boiling water to half way up the sides of the cups. Bake in 
 the oven from ten to fifteen minutes, trying them with a silver knife 
 as you would a custard. When they cease to stick to the knife they 
 are done. Prepare a cream sauce by taking one tablespoonful of but- 
 ter melted in a dish. Stir in a tablespoonful of flour and let it 
 dissolve. Then add one and a fourth cups of milk, a teaspoonful of 
 salt, and stir it over the fire, boiling until it thickens. Turn out the 
 timbales of egg on a hot dish and cover with the hot cream sauce. 
 Serve hot. These are very appetizing and very nutritious; should not 
 be made too large for an invalid. 
 
 A NUTRITIOUS WAY OF PREPARING MUSHES. 
 
 Germea, cream of wheat and similar finely-ground cereals may 
 be cooked and served in a very digestible and nutritious mush in the 
 following way: Take one pint of water and one pint of milk. To this 
 and three-fourths of a cup of the wheat or germea and one tea- 
 spoonful of salt. Bring these to the boiling point, then stir in the 
 wheat slowly till the mush thickens. Cook for an hour, if possible in 
 a double boiler. 
 
 BARLEY WATER. 
 
 Take two ounces of pearl barley and wash well in cold water, 
 putting through two or three washings. Afterwards boil in a pint and 
 a half of water or twenty minutes in a covered vessel. Strain. The 
 resulting liquid may be sweetened and flavored with lemon peel, or 
 lemon peel may be added while the boiling is going on, to give it a 
 little flavor. This makes a soothing and mildly nutritive drink some- 
 thing like rice gruel. 
 
 ANOTHER RECIPE FOR BARLEY WATER. 
 
 Wash two ounces of pearl barley in cold water. Then boil it for 
 five minutes in some fresh water and throw both waters away. Then 
 pour on two quarts of boiling water and boil it down to one quart. 
 
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 Stir and skim occasionally. Flavor with finely cut lemon peel, add 
 sugar to taste, but do not strain unless the patient prefers it strained. 
 
 MULLED WINE. 
 
 Although we do not very often permit our patients wine or any 
 ether drink containing alcohol, yet it is possible that there might be 
 some circumstances under which it would be allowable. We, there- 
 fore, give the following receipt for mulled wine: 
 
 Boil down spices, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon or mace, in a little 
 water, just to flavor the wine. Then add a wineglassful or two of 
 sherry or any other wine, and bring it to a boil. Serve with little 
 pieces of toast. Sweeten, if desired. If claret is used it will require 
 some sugar. The vessel in which this is boiled should be absolutely 
 clean. 
 
 LEMONADE. 
 
 Pare the rind from a lemon thinly and cut 'the lemon into slices. 
 Put the peel and the sliced lemon into a pitcher with one ounce of 
 white sugar. Pour over them one pint of boiling water. Cover the 
 pitcher closely and let stand until cool enough to drink. Strain or 
 pour off the liquid. May be taken hot or cool. 
 
 BEEF JUICE. 
 
 Broil quickly some pieces of round or sirloin of beef of a size to 
 fit into the cavity of a lemon squeezer previously heated by being 
 dipped into hot water. The juice, as it runs away from the squeezer 
 should be received into a wine glass and, after being seasoned to 
 taste with salt and cayenne pepper, should be taken while hot. 
 
 BEEF ESSENCE. 
 
 Cut a lean piece of beef into small pieces and place them in a 
 wide-mouthed bottle, securely corked, and allow it to stand for sev- 
 eral hours in a vessel of boiling water. This may sometimes be 
 used when it is important that the patient should have considerable 
 nourishment, and milk disagrees with the stomach. 
 
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 BEEF TEA. 
 
 Chop fine a pound of lean beef, free from fat, tissues, gristle, etc., 
 cover with a pint of cold water, and let stand for two hours. Then 
 let it simmer on the stove for three hours at a temperature never 
 over 160 deg. Make up the water lost through evaporation by adding 
 cold water so that when done, one pint of beef tea will represent a 
 pound of beef. Strain and carefully express all the fluid from the 
 boef. 
 
 CHICKEN BROTH. 
 
 Skin and chop up into small pieces a small chicken or half of a 
 larger one, and boil it, bones and all, with a blade of mace, a sprig 
 of parsley and a crust of bread in a quart of water for an hour, 
 skimming it from time to time to take off all the fat and scum. 
 Then strain through a colander. 
 
 CHICKEN, VEAL OR MUTTON BROTH. 
 
 Chicken, veal or mutton broth may be made like beef tea by 
 substituting chicken, veal or mutton for beef, boiling in a sauce 
 pan for two hours and straining. For chicken broth, the bones should 
 be crushed and added. For veal broth the fleshy part of the knuckle 
 should be used. Either of these broths may be thickened and its 
 nutritive value increased by adding pearl barley, rice, vermicelli or 
 macaroni. 
 
 BEEF TEA WITH OATMEAL. 
 
 This makes a very nutritious food. Take two tablespoonfuls of 
 oatmeal and two of cold water and mix them thoroughly. Then add 
 a pint of good beef tea which has just been brought to the boiling 
 point. Boil together for five minutes stirring it well all the time, and 
 strain through a sieve. 
 
 MILK AND CINNAMON DRINK. 
 
 Boil with one pint of new milk, sufficient cinnamon to flavor It 
 pleasantly and sweeten with white sugar. This may be taken cold 
 with a teaspoonful of brandy and is very good for diarrhoea. Children 
 may take it warm without the brandy. 
 
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 MILK PUNCH 
 
 Is made by adding brandy, or whiskey, or rum to milk in the 
 proportion of about one part of liquor to four or six parts of milk. 
 Flavor with sugar and nutmeg and shake well. Will not often be 
 required by our patients. 
 
 HOME-MADE LIME WATER. 
 
 Pour two quarts of hot water over fresh, unslacked lime (a 
 piece the size of a walnut). Stir until it is slacked, then let it stand 
 until it becomes clear and bottle it. This is often added to milk 
 to neutralize the acidity of the stomach. 
 
 EGG-NOG. 
 
 Is made by adding the beaten yolks of eggs and a little spirits 
 to a tumberful of milk, stirring well, and adding sugar and the whites 
 of the eggs separately beaten. One egg is usually sufficient, the 
 digestibility of this food is greatly increased by adding half an ounce 
 of lime water which does not affect the taste at all. 
 
 ANOTHER WAY. 
 
 Scald down new milk by putting it contained in a jug into a sauce 
 pan of boiling water, but it must not be allowed to boil. When the 
 milk is cold, beat up an egg in a tumbler with a fork, together with a 
 little sugar. Beat it to a froth. Add a dessert-spoonful of brandy and 
 fill up the tumbler with some of the scalded milk. This is a nutritive 
 drink in some acute diseases where there is no fever. 
 
 ARROWROOT BLANC MANGE. 
 
 This makes a good light dessert for invalids. Take two table- 
 spoonsful of arrowroot, three fourths of a pint of milk, lemon and 
 sugar to taste. Mix the arrowroot with a little milk into a smooth 
 
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 batter. Pour the rest of the milk over this; put on the fire and let 
 it boil, sweeten and flavor it, stirring all the time until it thickens 
 sufficiently. Put into a mould until it is quite cold. 
 
 ARROWROOT. 
 
 Mix thoroughly two teaspoonfuls of arrowroot in three table- 
 spoonfuls of cold water and then pour on these, half a pint of boil- 
 ing water, stirring well meanwhile. If the water is quite boiling, the 
 arrowroot thickens and it is poured off and nothing more is necessary. 
 If only warm water is used, the arrowroot must afterwards be boiled 
 until it thickens. Sweeten with loaf sugar, and flavor with lemon 
 peel or nutmeg or with sherry wine, or with port wine or brandy 
 if desired. Boiling milk may be used instead of the water, but 
 v^hen this is done, no wine or spirits must be used or It will curdle. 
 
 OATMEAL GRUEL. 
 
 Take one tablespoonful of oatmeal, one saltspoonful of salt, one 
 scant teaspoonful of sugar, one cupful of boiling water, one cupful of 
 milk. Mix the oatmeal, salt and sugar together and pour on the 
 boiling water. Cook for thirty minutes. Then strain through a fine 
 wire strainer to remove the hulls of the oatmeal. Place again on the 
 stove, add the milk and let it come just to the boiling point. Serve hot. 
 
 SCOTCH BEEF BROTH. 
 
 To a pint of beef broth which has been carefully strained and 
 seasoned, and from which all fat has been removed, add a teaspoon- 
 ful of oatmeal and boil gently for two hours. Strain and serve hot. 
 In this preparation the oatmeal should be soft and jelly-like, and if 
 too much water evaporates during the boiling, more should be added. 
 
SOME POINTS ON COOKING. 
 
 The main thing to remember in regard to all forms of cooking 
 for invalids, is that everything must be very thoroughly cooked for the 
 purpose of rendering it easily digestible. This applies equally to 
 bread, cereals, meats and vegetables. In our opinion, the best way 
 to cook foods for invalids is by steaming them, boiling is next best. 
 We rarely permit our patrons to eat anything that is broiled or 
 roasted, although for the sake of variety, we may occasionally per- 
 mit a little roast beef, or baked potatoes or broiled meats, such as 
 bacon, chicken or beefsteak. The reason for this is that foods 
 cooked in hot air are too dry. They do not supply the juices of the 
 system but, on the other hand, exhaust those juices upon which diges- 
 tion and health depend. This is a point, we think, not fully under- 
 stood by American writers on diet. 
 
 Double boilers are the best dishes for cooking, so that the food 
 may be inclosed in one dish and surrounded by hot water contained 
 in the other dish. A gas fire is very fine, because the heat may be 
 regulated so as to cook the food thoroughly and evenly. The best 
 way to prepare cream or milk, is to steam it in the following way. 
 PJace the milk or cream in a boiler or dish and set that boiler or 
 dish into another containing boiling water, and allow the water to 
 boil until the milk or cream has been thoroughly cooked. For milk 
 or cream, the cover on the inside dish should be perforated to permit 
 the steam to escape. 
 
 All meats, mushes, cereals and vegetables may be cooked in the 
 same way, but inside dish should have a tight cover to confine the 
 steam and the cooking should be slow but thorough. Meats and 
 vegetables should be steamed with just enough water to cover them, 
 adding more, from time to time, if necessary and, in the case of 
 
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 meats, the resulting juices form a very nutritious and palatable 
 gravy, containing all the nutriment. A piece of tender beefsteak 
 cut into small pieces, covered with water, and steamed in this way 
 until well cooked, say for an hour, makes a most palatable dish. 
 Ducks and chickens may be cooked in the same way and served with 
 boiled rice and green peas, are splendid. Serve the gravy with the 
 rice. There is no danger of cooking too thoroughly. 
 
 All vegetables must be thoroughly cooked and in enough water 
 to make them soft without being sloppy. Such articles of food as 
 rice, oatmeal, wheat flakes and potatoes need very thorough cook- 
 ing by steaming or boiling to break up the starch granules and 
 render them fit for taking into the human stomach. If these gran- 
 ules are not well cooked, they are hard and indigestible, but, if well 
 cooked, as in a nicely-baked or boiled potato, or in well-cooked rice, 
 they burst apart and are readily converted into sugar during the 
 digestive processes and this, in turn, is digested and goes to nourish 
 and strengthen the individual. This breaking apart of the starch 
 granules is what gives the attractive, "mealy" appearance to a well- 
 cooked potato, as distinguished from the hard, clammy, soggy appear- 
 ance of a half-cooked potato or one that has been allowed to stand 
 in water after the cooking was finished. 
 
 The following remarks upon the cooking of meats are taken from 
 one of the bulletins issued by the United States Department of Agri- 
 culture for the benefit of the people at large and are quoted here 
 because they agree with our ideas upon this subject. The following 
 ideas are given upon the subject of boiling meats: 
 
 "If meat is placed in cold water, part of the organic salts, the sol- 
 uble albumen and the extractives or flavoring matters will be dis- 
 solved out. At the same time small portions of lactic acid are formed? 
 which act upon the meat and change some of the insoluble matters 
 into materials which may also be dissolved out. The extent of this 
 action and the quantity of materials which actually go into the solu- 
 tion depend upon three things; the amount of surface exposed to the 
 water, the temperature of the water, and the length of the time 
 of the exposure. The smaller the pieces, the longer the time, or the 
 hotter the water, the richer will be the broth and the poorer the 
 meat. If the water is heated gradually more and more of the soluble 
 materials are dissolved. 
 
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 "If, on the other hand, a piece of meat is plunged into boiling 
 water, the albumen on the entire surface of the meat is quickly 
 coagulated and the enveloping crust thus formed resists the dissolv- 
 ing action of water and prevents the escape of the juices and flavor- 
 ing matters. Thus cooked, the meat retains most of its flavoring mat- 
 ters, and has the desired meaty taste. The resulting broth is cor- 
 respondingly poor. 
 
 "The foregoing statements will be of much help in the rational 
 cooking of meats in water. The treatment depends largely upon what 
 it is desired to do. It is impossible to make a rich broth and have 
 a juicy, highly-flavored piece of boiled meat at the same time. If 
 the meat alone is to be used the cooking in water should be as 
 follows: Plunge the cut at once into a generous supply of boiling 
 water and keep the water at the boiling point, or as near boiling 
 as possible, for ten minutes, in order to coagulate the albumen and 
 seal the pores of the meat; the coating thus formed will prevent the 
 solvent action of the water and the escape of the soluble albumen 
 and juices from the inner portions of the meat. But if the action 
 of the boiling water should be continued, the whole interior of the 
 meat would, in time, be brought near the temperature of boiling 
 water, and all the albumen would be coagulated and rendered hard. 
 Instead of keeping the water at the boiling point, (212 deg.,) there- 
 fore the temperature should be allowed to fall to about 180 deg., 
 when the meat could be thoroughly cooked without becoming hard. 
 A longer time will be required for cooking meat in this way, but 
 the albumen will not be firmly coagulated, and the flesh will be 
 tender and juicy instead of tough and dry, as will be the case when 
 the water is kept boiling, or nearly boiling, during the entire time of 
 cooking." 
 
 STEWING. 
 
 "If both the broth and the meat are to be used, the process of 
 cooking should be quite different from that outlined for boiling 
 meat. Stewing is in this country, a much undervalued method of 
 cooking. This is probably partly due to the fact that stewing is 
 generally very improperly done. 
 
 "In stewing, the meat should be cut into small pieces, so as to 
 present relatively as large a surface as possible, and, instead of 
 
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 being quickly plunged into hot water, should be put into cold water 
 in order that much of the juices and flavoring materials may be dis- 
 solved. The temperature should then be slowly raised until it 
 reaches about 180 deg. F., where it should be kept for some hours. 
 Treated in this way, the broth will be rich and the meat still tender 
 and juicy. 
 
 "If the water is made much hotter than 180 deg. F., the meat 
 will be dry and fibrous. It is true that if a high temperature is main- 
 tained long enough the connective tissues will be changed to gelatine 
 and partly dissolved away, and the meat will apparently be so 
 tender that if touched with a fork it will fall to pieces. It will be 
 discovered, however, that no matter how easily the fibers come apart, 
 they offer considerable resistance to mastication. The albumen and 
 fibrin have become thoroughly coagulated, and while the fibers have 
 separated from each other the prolonged boiling has only made them 
 drier and firmer." 
 
 STEAMING, THE BEST WAY TO COOK MEATS. 
 
 It will be seen from the above quotations, that, according to the 
 highest American authority, stewing, or slowly-cooking meats, com- 
 mencing with cold water and gradually heating it to a point where it 
 will simmer but not boil, is the best way, when both the meat and 
 the broth is to be used as food. But, in our opinion, the method of 
 steaming, in a double boiler, covering the meat with only a little 
 cold water, which is heated into steam, is still better. Our patients 
 should use whichever of these ways is most convenient, as a 'general 
 rule, in cooking meats, and should employ other ways only occas- 
 ionally, and as a matter of variety. 
 
 BROTHS, SOUPS AND MEAT EXTRACTS. 
 
 The same authority that we have already quoted has the follow- 
 ing to say upon the subject of broths, soups and meat extracts, and 
 the reader will note that these remarks fully sustain the position 
 that we have always held in regard to the use of soups and broths 
 in cases of fever and other acute diseases, namely, that the use of 
 such foods is a source of the greatest danger, and is likely to imperil 
 the patient's life. The article says: 
 
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 "The quantities of ingredients in a meat broth may be illustrated 
 by a German experiment. One pound of beef and seven ounces of 
 veal bones gave about a pint of strong broth or soup, which con- 
 tained, by weight, water 95.2 per cent.; protien, 1.2 per cent.; fat 1.5 
 per cent.; extractives, 1.8 per cent.; mineral matters .3 per cent. 
 
 "Very palatable broths can be made by using more water and 
 adding savory herbs. Broths thus made, have, of course, a greater 
 amount of water, frequently as much as 98 per cent, or even more, 
 and the nutrients are correspondingly reduced in amount. It would 
 appear from the analysis given above, that the amount of solids in 
 broths is generally small. Consequently their strong taste and stim- 
 ulating effect upon the nervous system must be ascribed to the meat 
 bases (flavoring matters) and to the salts of potash which they con- 
 tain. Besides meat bases soups contain more or less gelatine, vary- 
 ing directly with the quantity of bones used in the preparation. 
 
 "The true meat extract, if pure, contains little else besides the 
 flavoring matters of the meat from which it is prepared, together 
 with such mineral salts as may be dissolved out. It should contain 
 no gelatine or fat, and cannot, from the way in which it is made, 
 contain any albumen. It is, therefore, not a food at all but a stimu- 
 lant, and should be classed with tea, coffee, and other allied sub- 
 stances. It should never be administered to the sick except as 
 directed by competent medical advice. Its strong, meaty taste is 
 deceptive, and the person depending upon it alone for food would 
 certainly die of starvation. Broth and beef tea as prepared ordinarily 
 in the household contain more or less protein, gelatine and fat, and, 
 therefore, are foods as well as stimulants. The proportion of - water 
 in such compounds is always very large." 
 
 The reader will see at once that the above bears out the con- 
 tention which we have maintained for many years, namely, that 
 broths, meat extracts and rich soups of all kinds are not true foods 
 but stimulants and therefore harmful in fevers. The object of the 
 American physician in the treatment of fevers is different from ours. 
 He wishes to maintain the strength of the patient until the disease 
 has run its course. We desire to develop the juices of the system 
 and to drown out the fever at the start, not permitting it to run its 
 course. Therefore, although the use of stimulants may be perfectly 
 proper from the point of view of the American doctor, it is exactly 
 contrary to our teachings. Our patrons need not fear starvation dur- 
 
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 ing the few hours required for our remedies to do their work and 
 to lessen the fever. Be content with a little of the plainest food, 
 rice, milk and similar articles for a few days. The fever will then 
 be less and stronger nourishment may be employed safely. We have 
 given some receipts for broths and soups, but we wish to impress, 
 once more, upon our patrons the fact that these are to be used with 
 the greatest caution in all critical cases. 
 
 THE PROPER WAY TO COOK FISH. 
 
 The best fish for the use of invalids are those that are white- 
 meated, cod, halibut, barracouda, etc. Salmon and dark-meated fish 
 are too strong. The best way to cook these is by boiling. But the 
 water should not be boiling when the fish are put into it. Let it 
 be on the point of boiling and kept at this temperature for a few 
 minutes, then permit it to fall to a temperature of about 180 deg. 
 Cooking from twenty to thirty minutes in water at this temperature 
 will usually be sufficient. Serve with a plain cream sauce. 
 
 A WORD IN CONCLUSION. 
 
 In conclusion of these directions on cooking we can only repeat 
 what we have already said. Be very careful of your diet, eat the 
 plainest foods and never overeat. Run the risk of eating too little 
 rather than too much and give our herbal remedies a chance to 
 restore the stomach to its normal activities before you burden it with 
 much food. This is altogether the safest course. The withdrawal of 
 tea, coffee and stimulating foods from your diet may give you a sen- 
 sation of weakness and languor for a short time. But this will soon 
 pass away and you will then be surprised to see how much strength 
 you will derive from plain food thoroughly digested. In this fact 
 lies half the secret of a cure. And we cannot repeat this caution too 
 often or too emphatically. 
 
 DIET IN HEALTH. 
 The Uses of Food in the Human Body. 
 
 We do not desire to leave our patrons, after recovery, entirely 
 without advice upon the subject of what they shall eat, one of the 
 
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 most important questions that any person has to consider. As a gene- 
 ral rule, patrons of our system who have been restricted in their use 
 of foods for several months naturally wish, after recovery, to allow 
 themselves some greater freedom in their choice of foods. To this 
 we do not strongly object, provided that caution and common sense 
 are exercised. But we propose to show, under this heading, that the 
 diet which we have laid .down for invalids is also, in a sense, the best 
 for well persons, that is to say the articles selected for invalids 
 should also form the basis of the diet for well people, and any addi- 
 tions or variations should be made with caution. Many people find 
 our diet so wholesome and beneficial that they have little desire to 
 depart from it, to any great extent, after they are beyond the further 
 need of taking the medicines. 
 
 As we are discussing American foods, and not Chinese foods, we 
 have tried to adapt our ideas to American ways of living, as far as 
 possible. And we have taken the following remarks upon the use 
 of foods from a very valuable book on diet entitled "Practical Die- 
 tetics" by Oilman Thompson, M.D., recently published by D. Apple- 
 ton & Co., of New York. We do not agree with many of Mr. Thomp- 
 son's ideas, yet there are many suggestions in his book which are of 
 great value. On the subject of the use of foods by the human body, he 
 Bays: 
 
 "The two ultimate uses of all food are to supply the body with 
 materials for growth or renewal and with energy for the capacity for 
 doing work. The energy received In a latent form, stored in the 
 various chemical combinations of foods, is liberated as kinetic or 
 active energy in two chief forms, first as heat, second as motion. 
 Force is a manifestation of energy. The force developed by a healthy 
 adult at ordinary labor, averages 3400 -foot tons per day, a foot ton 
 being the amount of force required to raise a weight of one ton 
 through the height of one foot. Of this, somewhat less than one- 
 fifth is expended in motion and somewhat more than four-fifths, or 
 2840 foot tons, in heat, which maintains the body temperature at Its 
 normal average. 
 
 "A man weighing 150 pounds, or over one-thirteenth of a ton, 
 obviously expends considerable energy in merely moving his own 
 body about from place to place, aside from carrying any additional 
 burden. The original force developed in the various functions of ani- 
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 obtained from the radiant heat of the sun stored in plants in the 
 latent form of certain chemical combinations, chiefly starches and 
 sugars, which, by being consumed as food by animals, furnish 
 energy." 
 
 This subject is further illustrated by the following comparison of 
 the human body with a steam engine, which we have taken from 
 an old scrap book. It gives a very clear description, in language which 
 everybody can understand, of the way in which the food that is 
 eaten by man is converted into the various uses necessary to sustain 
 life. It is entitled, 
 
 THE BODY AND ITS COMPOSITION. 
 
 "The lamp of life" is a very old metaphor for the mysterious prin- 
 ciple vitalizing nerve and muscle, but no other comparison could be 
 so apt. The full-grown adult takes in each day, through lungs and 
 mouth, about eight and a half pounds of dry food, water, and the air 
 necessary for breathing purposes. Through the pores of the skin, 
 the lungs, kidneys, and lower intestines, there is a corresponding 
 waste, and both supply and waste amount in a year to one and a half 
 tons, or three thousand pounds. 
 
 The steadiness and clear shining of the flame of a lamp depend 
 upon quality as well as amount of the oil supplied, and, too, the 
 texture of the wick; and so all human life and work are equally made 
 or marred by the food which sustains life, as well as the nature of 
 the constitution receiving that food. 
 
 Before the nature and quality of food can be considered, we 
 must know the constitutents of the body to be fed, and something 
 of the process through which digestion and nutrition are accomp- 
 lished. 
 
 I shall take for granted that you have a fairly plain idea of the 
 stomach and its dependences. Physiologies can always be had, and for 
 minute details they must be referred to. Bear in mind one or two 
 main points; that all food passes from the mouth to the stomach, an 
 irregularly-shaped pouch or bag with an opening into the duodenum, 
 and from thence into the larger intestine. Fom the mouth to the 
 end of this intestine, the whole may be called the alimentary canal, 
 is a tube of varying size and some thirty-six feet in length. The 
 mouth must be considered part of it, as it is in the mouth that 
 
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 digestion actually begins, all starchy foods depending upon the action 
 of the saliva for genuine digestion, saliva having some strange power 
 by which starch is converted into sugar. Swallowed whole or placed 
 directly in the stomach, such food passes through the body 
 unchanged. Each division of the alimentary canal has its own 
 distinct digestive juice, and I give them in the order in which they 
 occur. 
 
 First. The saliva, secreted from the glands of the mouth; alka- 
 line, glairy, adhesive. 
 
 Second. The gastric juice, secreted in the inner or third lining 
 of the stomach, an acid, and powerful enough to dissolve all the 
 fibre and albumen of flesh food. 
 
 Third. The pancreatic juice, secreted by the pancreas, which 
 you know in animals as sweetbreads. The juice has a peculiar influ- 
 ence upon fats, which remain unchanged by saliva and gastric juice, 
 and not until dissolved by pancreatic juice, and made into what 
 chemists call an emulsion, can they be absorbed into the system. 
 
 Fourth. The bile, which no physiologist as yet thoroughly under- 
 stands. We know its action, but hardly why it acts. It is a necessity, 
 however, for if by disease the supply be cut off, an animal emaciates 
 and soon dies. 
 
 Fifth. The intestinal juice, which has some properties like saliva, 
 and is the last product of the digestive forces. 
 
 A meal, then, in its passage downward is first diluted and 
 increased in bulk by a watery fluid which prepares all the starchy 
 portion for absorption. Then comes a still more profuse fluid, dissolv- 
 ing all the meaty part. Then the fat is attended by the stream of 
 pancreatic juice, and at the same time the bile pours upon it, doing 
 its own work in its own mysterious way; and last of all, lest any 
 process should have been imperfect, the long canal sends out a juice 
 having some of the properties of all. 
 
 Thus each day's requirements call for: 
 
 Grammes. 
 
 Of saliva 33-4 
 
 Of gastric juice 12 
 
 Of bile 33-4 
 
 Of pancreatic juice 11-2 
 
 Of intestinal juice 1-2 
 
 211-2 
 
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 Do not fancy this is all wasted or lost. Very far from it; for 
 the whole process seems to be a second circulation, as it were; and 
 while the blood is moving in its wonderful passage through veins and 
 arteries, another circulation as wonderful, an endless current going 
 its unceasing round so long as life lasts, is also taking place. But 
 without food the first would become impossible; and the quality of 
 food, and its proper digestion, mean good or bad blood as the case 
 may be. We must follow our mouthful of food, and see how this 
 action takes place. 
 
 When the different juices have all done their work the chyme, 
 which is food as it passes from the stomach into the duodenum or 
 passage to the lower stomach or bowels, becomes a milky substance 
 called chyle, which moves slowly, pushed by numberless muscles along 
 the bowel, which squeeze much of it into little glands at the back of 
 the bowels. These are called the mesentric glands; and, as each one 
 receives its portion of chyle, a wonderful thing happens. About half 
 of it is changed into small, round bodies called corpuscles, and they 
 float with the rest of the milky fluid through delicate pipes which 
 take it to a sort of bag just in front of the spine. To this bag is 
 fastened another pipe or tube the thoracic duct which follows the 
 line of the spine; and up this tube the small bodies travel till they 
 come to the neck and a spot where two veins meet. A door in one 
 opens and the transformation is complete. The small bodies are 
 raw food no more, but blood, traveling fast to where it may be puri- 
 fied, and begin its endless round in the best condition. For, as you 
 know, venous blood is still impure and dirty blood. Before it can be 
 really alive it must pass through the veins to the right side of the 
 heart, flow through into the upper chamber, then through another 
 door or valve into the lower, where it is pumped out into the lungs. 
 If these lungs are, as they should be, full of pure air, each corpuscle 
 is so charged with oxygen that the last speck of impurity is burned up> 
 and it goes dancing and bounding on its way. That is what health 
 means; perfect food made into perfect blood, and giving that sense of 
 strength and exhilaration that we none of us know half as much about 
 as we should. We get it sometimes on mountain-tops in clear autumn 
 days when the air is like wine, but nature meant it to be our daily 
 portion, and this very despised knowledge of cookery is to bring it 
 about. If a lung is imperfect, supplied only with foul air as among 
 the very poor, or diseased as in consumption, food does not nourish, 
 
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 and you now know why. We have found that the purest air and 
 the purest water contain the largest proportion of oxygen; and it is 
 this that vitalizes the food and, through food the blood. 
 
 To nourish this body then demands many elements; and to study 
 these has been the joint work of chemists and physiologists, till at 
 last every constituent of the body is known and classified. Many as 
 these constituents are, they are all resolved into the simple elements, 
 oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon, while a little sulphur, a little 
 phosphorus, lime, chlorine, sodium, etc., are added. 
 
 Flesh and blood are composed of water, fat, fibrine, albumen, 
 gelatine, and the 'compounds of lime, phosphorus, soda, potash, mag- 
 nesia, iron, etc. 
 
 Bone contains cartilage, gelatine, fat, and the salts of lime, 
 magnesia, soda, etc., in combination with phosphoric and other acids. 
 
 Cartilage consists of chondrine, a substance somewhat like gela- 
 tine, and contains all the salts of sulphur, lime, soda, potash, phos- 
 phorus, magnesia and iron. 
 
 Bile is made up of water, fat, resin, sugar, cholesterine, some 
 fatty acids, and the salts of potash, iron and soda. 
 
 The Brain is made up of water, albumen, fat, phosphoric acid, 
 osmazone and salts. 
 
 The Liver unites water, fat and albumen with phosphoric and 
 other acids, and lime, iron, soda and potash. 
 
 The Lungs are formed of two substances: one like gelatine, 
 another of the nature of caseine and albumen, fibrine, cholesterine, 
 iron, water, soda, and various fatty and organic acids. 
 
 How these varied elements are held together, even science with 
 all its deep searchings has never told. No man, by whatever com- 
 bination of elements, has ever made a living plant, much less a 
 living animal. No better comparison has ever been given than that 
 of Youmans, who makes a table of the analogies between the human 
 body and the steam engine, which I give as it stands: 
 
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 ANALOGIES OF THE STEAM ENGINE AND THE LIVING BODY. 
 
 The steam engine in action 
 takes: 
 
 1. Fuel: Coal and wood, both 
 combustible. 
 
 2. Water for evaporation. 
 
 3. Air for combustion. 
 
 And Produces: 
 
 4. A steady boiling heat of 212 
 degs. by quick combustion. 
 
 5. Smoke loaded with carbonic 
 acid and watery vapor. 
 
 6. Combustible ashes. 
 
 7. Motive force of simple alter- 
 nate push and pull in the pis- 
 ton., which, acting through 
 wheels, bands and levers, does 
 work of endless variety. 
 
 8. A deficiency of fuel, water or 
 air, disturbs, then stops the 
 motion. 
 
 The animal body in life takes: 
 
 1. Food: Vegetables and flesh, 
 both combustible. 
 
 2. Water for circulation. 
 
 3. Air for respiration. 
 
 And Produces: 
 
 4. A steady animal heat by slow 
 combustion 6f 98 deg. 
 
 5. Expired breath loaded with 
 carbonic acid and watery va- 
 por. 
 
 6. Combustible animal refuse. 
 
 7. Motive force of simple alter- 
 nate contraction and relaxation 
 in the muscles which, acting 
 through joints, tendons and 
 levers, does work of endless 
 variety. 
 
 8. A deficiency of food, drink or 
 air first disturbs, then stops 
 the motion and the life. 
 
 Carrying out this analogy you will at once see why a person 
 working hard with either body or mind requires more food than the 
 one who does but little. The food taken into the human body can 
 never be a simple element. We do not feed on plain, undiluted oxy- 
 gen or nitrogen; and, while the composition of the human body 
 includes really sixteen elements in all, oxygen is the only one used 
 in its natural state. I give first the elements as they exist in a body 
 weighing about one hundred and fifty pounds, this b~eing the average 
 weight of a full-grown man; and add a table, compiled from different 
 sources, of the composition of the body as made up from these ele- 
 ments. Dry as such details may seem, they are the only key to a 
 full understanding of the body, and the laws of the body, so far as the 
 food supply is concerned; though you will quickly find that the day's 
 food means the day's thought and work, well or ill, and that in your 
 
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 hands is put a power mightier than you know the power to build up 
 body, and through body the soul, into a strong and healthful manhood 
 and womanhood. 
 
 COMPOSITION OF THE BODY. 
 
 Lbs. Ozs. Grs. 
 
 1. Water, which is found in every part of the body and 
 
 amounts to 109- 
 
 2. Fibrine and like substances, found in the blood and 
 
 forming the chief solid materials of the flesh.... 15 10 
 
 3. Phosphate of lime, chiefly in bones and teeth, but in 
 
 all liquids and tissues 8 12 ' 
 
 4. Fat, a mixture of three chemical compounds, and dis- 
 
 tributed all through the body 4 8 
 
 5. Osseine, the organic framework of bones; boiled 
 
 gives gelatine; weight 4 7 350 
 
 6. Keratine, a nitrogenous substance, forming the 
 
 greater part of hair, nails and skin; weighs 420 
 
 7. Cartilagine resembles the osseine of bone, and is a 
 
 nitrogenous substance, the chief constituent of 
 
 cartilage, weighing 1 8 
 
 8. Haemoglobine gives the red color to blood, and is a 
 
 nitrogenous substance, containing iron, and weigh- 
 ing 1 8 
 
 9. Albumen is a soluble nitrogenous substance, found in 
 
 the blood; chyle, lymph and muscle, and weighs.. 110 
 
 10. Carbonate of lime is found in the bones chiefly, and 
 
 weighs 1 1 
 
 11. Hephalin is found in nerves and brain, with cere- 
 
 brine and other compounds 13 
 
 12. Fluoride of calcium is found in teeth and bones, and 
 
 weighs 7 175 
 
 13. Phosphate of magnesia is also in teeth and bones, 
 
 and weighs 7 
 
 14. Chloride of sodiuni, or common salt, is found in all 
 
 parts of the body 7 
 
 15. Cholesterine, glycogen and inosite are compounds 
 
 containing hydrogen, oxygen and carbon, found in 
 
 muscle, liver and brain, and weighing 030 
 
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 16. Sulphate phosphate and salts of sodium, found in all 
 
 tissues and liquids 2 107 
 
 17. Sulphate, phosphate and chloride of potassium are 
 
 also in all tissues and liquids 300 
 
 18. Silica, found in hair, skin and bones 30 
 
 154 
 
 SUBSTANCES THAT CAN BE USED AS FOOD. 
 
 Having thus given our readers some idea of the way that food is 
 employed in the human body to sustain life and to permit the body 
 to perform its functions, we now come to the question, "What are 
 food elements?" In other words, "what are the substances that the 
 body takes up and appropriates to undergo the different chemical 
 changes necessary to make blood, bone, flesh, brain and sinew?" 
 Upon this point we give the following chart which shows at a glance 
 the primary materials into which all food is reduced. This is one 
 of the charts published by the United States Government and pre- 
 pared by its eminent expert, Professor Wilbur Olin Atwater. Here 
 it is: 
 
 Food Materials 
 as Purchased. 
 
 Edible Portions, 
 
 Flesh of Meat, 
 
 Yolk and White of 
 
 Eggs, Wheat, 
 
 Flour, Etc. 
 
 Refuse, 
 
 Bones, Entrails, 
 Shells, Etc. 
 
 Water, 
 Nutrients, 
 
 ( Protein, 
 Fats, 
 \ Carbohydrates 
 Mineral 
 Matter. 
 
 Protein forms tissues, i. e., muscle, tendon and fat. 
 
 WWte of eggs, i. e., albumen; curd of milk, i. e., casein; lean 
 
 meat, gluten of wheat, etc. 
 Fats form fatty tissues. 
 
 Fat of; meat, butter, olive oil, oils of corn and wheat, etc. 
 Carbohydrates: 
 
 Sugar, starch, etc., are transformed into fats. 
 
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 Mineral Matters aid in forming bones, assist in digestion, etc. 
 
 Phosphate of lime, potash, soda, etc. 
 
 All of the above, the protein, the fats, the carbohydrates and the 
 mineral matters serve as fuel and yield energy in the form of heat 
 and muscular strength. 
 
 DEFINITION OF PROTEIN. 
 
 Perhaps the word protein is sufficiently explained above by show- 
 ing the shapes in which it appears, in its purest form, as food. Yet it 
 occurs so frequently in all works on diet that perhaps the chemical 
 definition will not be out of place. It is as follows: Protein is a 
 compound obtained from proteids, originally regarded as a proteid 
 deprived of its sulphur, but now as an artificial product resembling 
 alkali albumen. 
 
 It appears that, in order to know what protein is, we must also 
 know what a proteid is, and the definition of this latter is as follows: 
 
 Proteid, any one of a class of highly complex and usually amor- 
 phous compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and 
 sulphur, found as viscous solids or in solution in nearly all the solids 
 and liquids of animal and vegetable organisms. 
 
 Proteids are the most important animal and vegetable compounds, 
 and none of the phenomena of life occurs without their presence. 
 They are divided into animal proteids and vegetable proteids, between 
 which no essential differences appear. Some chemists use the word 
 albuminoid to mean proteid. 
 
 The other forms of the simplest elements of food, the carbohy- 
 drates, starches, sugars, fats and mineral matters, are sufficiently 
 explained for our purposes by their very names. Having thus given 
 this discussion of the elements of food, let us now consider how much 
 food is required for the daily use of man. Nature has used these 
 simplest elements in a great variety of forms, the flesh of different 
 animals, in grains, fruits and vegetables, which have different appear- 
 ances and tastes, and appeal to the appetite in different ways. It 
 remains for man to make the proper use of these food materials. 
 
 THE AMOUNT OF FOOD REQUIRED BY MAN. 
 
 Scientists have made many analyses of the different foods and 
 many experiments to determine just how much food a person in health 
 
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 ought to have in order to supply the necessary amount of heat and 
 energy to maintain his health and to enable him to do his daily work. 
 One of the scientists, Billings, thinks that an aduit male, doing mode- 
 rate manual labor, ought to eat, every day, twenty ounces of lean 
 meat, twenty-two ounces of bread and ten ounces of potatoes, or the 
 equivalent of these materials in other forms of food, together with 
 three or four cups of coffee. A robust man weighing 144 pounds may 
 consume one-twenty-fourth of his body weight, or six pounds, in nour- 
 ishment, every day, distributed as follows: 
 
 Inorganic food, water and salts, 3.5 pounds; organic food, such as 
 animal food, one pound, vegetable food, one and a half pounds. 
 
 Another scientist, Pavy, thinks a man should eat two pounds of 
 bread and three-fourths of a pound of beef, as weighed before it is 
 cooked. This, he thinks, would contain about the right proportion of 
 carbon and nitrogen. This would be forty-four ounces of solid food 
 per day. 
 
 The quantity of mineral matter for daily use varies from half an 
 ounce to one ounce. Another scientist estimates that a man of 150 
 pounds can do an average day's work upon a diet of albuminoids, four 
 and a half ounces; fats, three and three-fourths ounces; carbohy- 
 drates, eighteen ounces, and salts, one and one-half ounces. This 
 estimate is for foods free from water. 
 
 According to American doctors the quantity of water drank each 
 day is usually less than should be taken. Many persons believe that 
 it is injurious to drink much fluid with their meals, and forget to 
 take it between meals and, as a result, not enough water is consumed 
 to dissolve thoroughly and to eliminate the waste matter from the 
 system. The average quantity of urine voided is fifty-two ounces. 
 Ten ounces are lost from the surface of the lungs and eighteen ounces 
 from the skin. This total loss of eighty ounces must be replaced 
 daily in order to maintain the equilibrium of the body. The solid 
 foods of a mixed diet have been shown to contain on an average, 
 fifty to sixty per cent, of water, so that about twenty-five ounces of 
 water are taken into the system daily as an integral portion of the 
 food. In addition, at least fifty-five ounces or more should be drank, 
 either as plain water or in various beverages. The ratio of solid 
 to liquid foods should be about as one to two. 
 
 It is estimated that in each twenty-four hours a man of noraml 
 health and physique absorbs, including the respiratory oxygen and 
 
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 water, about seven and a quarter pounds of material, which he elimi- 
 nates in a corresponding quantity of waste, about three-fifths of which 
 is water. 
 
 THE BEST FOODS TO USE. 
 
 Having now given the reader some idea of the amount of food 
 that is required, in a state of health, to maintain health, let us con- 
 sider for a moment, the best foods that can be used. We shall find 
 that they are principally the foods that we have placed upon our bills 
 of fare for the use of invalids. We are considering, now, the ques- 
 tion of food solely from the point of view of health and without refer- 
 ence either to its cost or to satisfying the demands of a more or less 
 capricious palate. 
 
 Professor Atwater, whom we have already quoted, has given us 
 the results of experiments with University boat crews, in training for 
 races. These men required the very best foods because they were 
 laboring severely, and were also endeavoring to maintain the best 
 state of health and not only to" repair all tissue waste and loss, but to 
 increase their strength and muscular development. We may, there- 
 fore, accept the foods that they used as being the best that could 
 be obtained. 
 
 We find that the foods that were served to these healthy, well- 
 developed and active young men consisted of roast and broiled beef 
 and lamb, fricassed chicken, roast turkey, broiled fish, eggs, either 
 raw, poached or boiled in the shells, milk and cream, oatmeal, hominy, 
 toasted bread, shredded wheat, cornmeal, bread, potatoes, boiled rice, 
 beets, parsnips, green peas, spinach, asparagus, tomatoes, macaroni, 
 vermicelli, apple tapioca pudding, bread pudding, custard pudding. 
 A small amount of coffee jelly was served, and very rarely, ice cream. 
 No fresh fruit was served with the exception of a few oranges. 
 Stewed prunes, rhubarb and apples were allowed; also dates and figs. 
 
 Now there are a few of the above mentioned articles of diet 
 which we should not recommend to invalids, and we should object, as 
 a rule, to some of the methods of cooking. But the reader will see 
 that this diet contains many of the articles which we have placed 
 upon our bills of fare. 
 
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 A COMPARISON OF FOOD VALUES. 
 
 American chemists have analyzed all kinds of food for the pur- 
 pose of discovering which are the best, the cheapest and the most 
 wholesome. We do not care to give an extended discussion of these 
 results of chemical analysis because that would be out of place here. 
 But we wish to present the analysis of a very few articles which 
 illustrates the points that we have been making in the preceding 
 pages. The analysis shows the protein, the fats, the carbohydrates 
 and the fuel value in each article, and is as follows: 
 
 Mineral Fuel 
 
 Food Protein. Fat. Carbohydrates. Matter. Value. 
 
 Sirloin of beef 4.25 4.64 0.22 60.62 
 
 Milk 1.02 1.13 1.32 0.20 20.31 
 
 Butter 0.28 23.48 0.14 0.85 217.18 
 
 Salt Pork 1.84 16.88 ...... 1.05 164.67 
 
 Chicken 3.79 2.88 0.22 42.50 
 
 Eggs 4.24 2.97 0.25 44.89 
 
 Whole wheat bread.... 2.45 1.70 18.13 0.85 100.30 
 
 Oatmeal 4.42 2.06 19.28 0.53 116.25 
 
 Rice 2.20 0.11 22.38 0.11 101.87 
 
 The above comparison might be continued indefinitely, but we 
 have stated enough for our purposes. The reader will at once see 
 why milk and rice are wholesome foods in sickness, especially where 
 there is fever. Each of these articles of diet contains all of the ele- 
 ments necessary to support life with a low fuel value. Hence, when 
 a food is desired that will support life and repair the waste of tissue 
 which is a result of disease without creating fever, these two articles 
 are the best to be had. As regards meats we have given the analysis 
 of beei, with much protein and fat and some mineral constituents 
 and a small fuel value and, at the other extreme, salt pork, which 
 contains much less nutriment than beef, but nearly three times as 
 much heat. Hence this latter food would never do for an invalid, or 
 for a well person in a tropical climate. Its use should be confined 
 to healthy, vigorous, hard-working people living in a cold country. 
 
 Undoubtedly, the four articles of food that are of the greatest 
 value to the human race are wheat, beef, milk and rice. These are 
 the mainstays of life among the densest populations the world over. 
 
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 According to this analysis chicken ought also to be a very desira- 
 ble food in cases of sickness, but there is some quality about this 
 food, not revealed in the analysis, which makes it too strong in criti- 
 cal cases, and we much prefer beef until after our patrons have 
 recovered from the severest attacks and their digestive powers are 
 stronger. 
 
 THE FOODS OF THE FUTURE. 
 
 After all, considering the length of time that man has been upon 
 the earth, the variety of foods now used by him is less than might be 
 expected, and great numbers of the articles in use are not entirely 
 desirable from the standpoint of health. Realizing this, efforts are 
 constantly being made by some of the leading governments to add 
 new kinds of food, especially grains and vegetables, to those now 
 commonly used. The government of the United States has been 
 active in this direction, and has turned its attention to a considerable 
 extent to that vast empire of China, from which have already come 
 many of the best foods of man, in the hope of discovering there other 
 new varieties of value. 
 
 Upon this point Mr. Arthur Henry, in an article entitled "The 
 Foods of the Future," published in the Puritan Magazine for Novem- 
 ber, 1899, has the following to say: 
 
 "A dozen plants will cover the vegetable display on the average 
 American table from one year's end to another. If the experiments 
 recently undertaken by the Agricultural Department prove successful, 
 the dozen will be multiplied by hundreds. A government food expert 
 has recently estimated that the number of vegetables, all of which 
 could be grown for the table, would reach into hundreds. 
 
 "Onions, horseradish, cucumbers and melons all originated wild in 
 the Orient. Fifty years ago England sent out the explorer Fortune, 
 who brought back with him a remarkable collection of plants which 
 made him famous. Among these was the Chinese sand pear, in itself 
 a purely ornamental species, bearing fruit that is scarcely edible, and 
 yet from which, by a process of culture, resulted the Kieffer and Le 
 Conte varieties, which have revolutionized pear culture in the south- 
 ern part of the United States. 
 
 " It has been estimated by Mr. Augustine Henry, well known 
 for his researches on the Chinese flora, that there are at least one 
 hundred kinds of fruits growing wild and unknown in the interior of 
 
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 China which could be cultivated and made as valuable to the use of 
 man as either the peach or the apple." 
 
 NEW FOODS FROM CHINA. 
 
 Walter C. Blasdale, instructor in chemistry in the University of 
 California, another expert for the United States Government, has 
 recently rendered a report on certain Chinese vegetable food mate- 
 rials, of which he has made an exhaustive study. He believes that 
 many of these will ultimately become of general use and of great 
 value to American and European nations. Among the plants which 
 he discusses are the saggitaria, or arrowhead which produces tubers 
 "of about the same consistency as a potato, yellowish in color and 
 farinaceous in taste," the taro, which has furnished food from remote 
 antiquity to the natives of southern India, Australia, portions of 
 Africa, and many of the islands of the Pacific, and is today one of 
 the plants most commonly cultivated throughout the tropics; the 
 water chestnut, which is a very valuable plant and has medicinal 
 qualities not yet understood by Mr. Blasdale, but of great importance. 
 Mr. Blasdale considers them a very palatable article of food. He 
 also speaks of the sacred lotus of which, among other things, he 
 says: "The seeds contain a white starch used largely as food; 
 roasted and ground they served the Egyptians for the manufacture of 
 a kind of bread; in China they are used in soup and also as a remedy 
 for indigestion. They are supposed to have invigorative properties 
 when used as food by convalescents. The Chinese also extract from 
 the root a starch which they say is very strengthening." 
 
 This writer also discusses the value as food of the Chinese sweet 
 potatoes, the yam beans, the cassava or manioc, several varieties of 
 green vegetables, used in China but little known in this country or 
 in Europe; soy beans and several other varieties of similar vegetables, 
 and several kinds of fruits, nuts and edible flowers. He considers 
 that many of these might prove of great value in America if they 
 were properly cultivated and if a thorough test were given of their 
 merits. 
 
 This report is valuable as showing the interest of the great 
 American people in the products of the vast and ancient Chinese 
 
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 Empire, and also as showing the demand for new foods and the 
 importance attached to all products of the vegetable kingdom that 
 are available for the use of man. The Chinese have used these foods 
 and plants, and thousands of others, from the very beginning of their 
 history, and have, from their long experience, developed not only a 
 system of diet, but a system of purely herbal medication which have 
 been of great importance in making the immense population of China 
 hardy and long-lived. 
 
CHAPTER HI. 
 
 INFORMATION FOR PATRONS AND 
 INQUIRERS. 
 
 Suggestions as to the Points of Difference Between This System and 
 
 Others How the Treatment Should Be Commenced 
 
 and Continued. 
 
 For the Special Benefit of Chronic Sufferers. 
 
 The following remarks and instructions should be carefully read 
 and observed by all persons who desire benefit from our treatment. 
 This system of medication is different from any other, and its effi- 
 cacy depends upon certain simple and logical principles. If these are 
 fully understood and carefully followed, the benefit received in any 
 case will be greatly increased. In fact, such observance is essential 
 to satisfactory results. 
 
 We do not make the absurd claim advanced by many physicians, 
 or at least indicated in their lack of attention to diet and simple laws 
 of health, that medicines will work miracles. Medicines properly 
 used assist nature in her constant effort to throw off disease. It is 
 natural for people to be well. But medicines cannot make them well 
 if they oppose the processes of cure, by late hours, narcotic, over- 
 eating, dissipation in any form, or other practices that tend to lower 
 vitality and hinder recuperation from the effects of disease. 
 
 The first essential is attention to diet, which should be restricted. 
 We prescribe a dietary for each patient which should in all cases be 
 
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 strictly followed. When a person's system is clogged with impurities 
 and the vital organs are hindered in their functions, a large amount 
 of food cannot be assimilated. It is simply so much more foreign 
 matter which must be thrown off before the vital organs can resume 
 their customary duties. It not only does no good, but is in the way, 
 and therefore does actual harm. Furthermore, the remedies which 
 we prescribe are in themselves foods and in a large measure take the 
 place of other articles of diet. For this reason the patient requires 
 less food than he would need were he not taking treatment. 
 
 These remedies frequently cause patients pain, and dull, ill- 
 defined uneasiness for periods varying with the different conditions 
 of different cases. These indications that, the medicines are working 
 in the system should cause no alarm. They are simply proofs that 
 nature is ridding the system of the obnoxious elements which oppose 
 a cure. Sometimes the pain is felt in the head, resulting in headache 
 and giddiness. In other cases the symptoms take the form of fre- 
 quent and sometimes violent purgings. Sometimes there is simply 
 a sensation of lassitude and aversion to the ordinary duties of life. 
 To be forewarned is to be forearmed, and our patrons are hereby 
 advised of the fact that these circumstances are not unfavorable. 
 On the contrary they indicate that the remedies are producing the 
 desired effect. They will gradually wear away and will be followed 
 by a reaction which will finally result in increased energy and a res- 
 toration of health. Our medicines are neither tonics nor purgatives. 
 They are simply assistants to the vital organs in a resumption of their 
 proper duties. Purging is an effort of nature to rid itself of obnoxious 
 elements and not a direct result of the medicines. 
 
 Persons desiring relief from chronic diseases must have patience 
 to continue the treatment. An impaired constitution cannot be 
 restored in a day, and the remedial processes of nature are always 
 slow. 
 
 Many persons show a childishly thoughtless anxiety to be cured 
 at once. They forget that a demoralized body, which has been grad- 
 ually deteriorating for months or years, cannot be restored to its 
 normal condition in a few days, or, in some instances, even in a few 
 weeks. They fail to comprehend that the system must frequently be 
 cleansed of a load of impurities and debris, the result of impaired 
 nutrition, poisonous and mineral medication, imperfect circulation and 
 other derangements of the bodily powers, before a cure can be com- 
 
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 menced. They want to discover a substantial improvement at once. 
 We do not promise such improvement. We cannot accomplish what 
 nature never undertakes to do. A tree which has been nearly killed 
 by drought may sometimes be restored to health by care, irrigation 
 and cultivation; but it does not bear fruit the second week after it is 
 watered. It first puts out its new buds upon the lower branches and 
 afterwards upon those more distant from the roots, showing a gradual 
 re-establishment of a circulation of the tree's life juices. In due time 
 the leaves follow, then the flowers and finally the fruit. The restora- 
 tion of a crippled and degenerate body, whose functions are abnor- 
 mal, is a somewhat similar process, and depends upon laws which are 
 as invariable as the laws of growth in the vegetable kingdom. Do 
 not expect impossibilities and you will not be disappointed. Any 
 physician who guarantees cures of chronic ailments in a brief period 
 of time simply plays upon the credulity of his patients and srothes 
 their aches and pains by powerful narcotics into a deceptive condition 
 of apparent but unreal improvement. Diet, regimen and careful and 
 continued medication are essential factors in any genuine and lasting 
 benefit. 
 
 Bear in mind that what appears to be self-denial in obeying the 
 rules is really an earnest effort on the part of the patient to help 
 himself. It is a part of the treatment co-operation which is solely 
 for the patient's benefit and depends entirely upon his powers of will. 
 Excessive sexual or other indulgence is always to be avoided. No 
 medicines in the world will build up an impoverished body if it's 
 already exhausted vitality is still constantly drawn upon. Common 
 sense and a little reflection on the part of the patient will show him 
 at once the reasonableness of these facts. Three, six, or even nine 
 months is a very short period in the life of a man, and if self-denial 
 and strict regard for a hygienic regimen during that time will restore 
 a sick man to the priceless boon of health, which the united wealth 
 of the world alone could not buy, the self-sacrifice involved is cer- 
 tainly abundantly rewarded. 
 
 CAUTION TO PATIENTS. 
 
 The Chinese system of medicine avoids the use of both tonics and 
 purgatives. The. remedies employed are not designed to give a ficti- 
 tious and temporary renewal of strength to a worn-out frame. Nor 
 
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 are they used to work sudden and violent effects such as follows the 
 use of calomel and similar purgatives. Purging, when it follows the 
 employment of these remedies, is simply the elimination of impuri- 
 ties preceding a gradual restoration of normal conditions. The value 
 of diet is recognized emphatically and patients are usually placed 
 upon a plain and simple bill of fare, which, while sufficient for the 
 maintenance of strength, is yet such as to reduce inflammation and 
 to assist the remedies in their beneficial effects upon the stomach 
 and other organs. These remedies are in themselves special foods, 
 and the patient requires less of his ordinary meat and drink while 
 taking them. Lack of care in this respect results in overloading the 
 stomach and defeating the proper action of the remedies. Great care 
 must also be used to avoid exposure to cold while using them. 
 
 These restrictions, together with certain phenomena which fre- 
 quently attend the use of these remedies, are so different from the 
 "painless dentistry" methods of some physicians that patients often 
 become discouraged. They are sometimes troubled with a slight 
 nausea, with dizziness, with ill-defined feelings of uneasiness or with 
 actual pains in different parts of the body. These manifestations are 
 simply indications that the remedies are performing their customary 
 and proper work. But it is frequently difficult for the patient to 
 believe this fact, which is at variance with his prejudices and pre- 
 conceived notions of the objects of medical treatment. He some- 
 times becomes discouraged after a few weeks and discontinues the 
 treatment just when he should cling most closely to it. As a rule, 
 the alarming indications pass away in a few days. In many cases 
 they do not occur at all. Yet some of our best friends today are 
 persons who became discouraged and withdrew from treatment after 
 following it for a short time. Fortunately, sufficient had been accom- 
 plished to have a decidedly beneficial effect after the system had had 
 time to resume what may be called a condition of equilibrium. With 
 an improvement in health many of these persons have seen their mis- 
 take and resumed treatment, but with loss of time and of the cumu- 
 lative force of the remedies, and consequently with an increased ulti- 
 mate expense. 
 
 We prefer to be perfectly frank with our patients, and we desire 
 that these facts should be fully understood. We recognize that per- 
 sons in ill-health are entitled to a little consideration such as we 
 would not expect to accord to people in good health. And we find 
 
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 that men, as a rule, are more capricious than women, and less capable 
 of enduring aches, pains and restrictions necessary to recovery. Of all 
 classes active business men are the most difficult to convince of the 
 necessity of care and rest when sensations of illness are commencing 
 to grow upon them. They think they cannot afford the time neces- 
 sary for a cure, and they are so irregular in respect to their meals 
 and in taking of the remedies that cures are very greatly hindered, 
 if not rendered impossible. For these reasons we are thus particular 
 in making these explanations. We recognize the limitations of all 
 medical systems, and know that medicines will not work miracles. 
 We desire to warn our patients against probable discouragements and 
 prefer to state the facts ourselves rather than to have them stated, 
 with exaggerations, by some person who feels himself aggrieved 
 because we have not performed more than was promised. These 
 remarks apply particularly to cases of long standing, or very severe 
 diseases. In acute attacks and those of recent origin, a great benefit 
 is often derived within a very few days. 
 
 SOME POINTS TO BE OBSERVED. 
 
 Avoid excitement of every character; cast aside all anxiety and 
 make earnest and persistent efforts to assist nature to restore the 
 deranged condition of the system by preserving the vital forces in 
 every manner possible. 
 
 Do not chew gum or toothpicks, or anything that will cause saliva 
 to flow between meal hours. Such practices are very weakening to 
 the system, causing thirst and a weak, scant supply of juices in the 
 stomach and bowels. 
 
 Avoid large gatherings in crowded halls or apartments. The 
 inhaling of the foul air at such places, together with the exposure 
 at a late hour at night, is a practice that is very injurious to the 
 health of even robust people. 
 
 Hold in check all desires that if indulged in will tend to weaken 
 the system. A candle will last only half as long a time if allowed 
 to burn at both ends as it will if there is a fire at only one end. The 
 same reason applies to human life. 
 
 Without proper nutrition there could be but little or no benefit 
 derived by taking medicine. 
 
 Retire regularly at an early hour. One hour's sleep before mid- 
 
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 night is worth more to a young growing, laboring or sick person than 
 two hours after. 
 
 Do not occupy a bed with another. You need all of the pure air 
 you can get, and should live as quiet a life as possible. Take as much 
 sleep as you feel like. 
 
 Married people should bear in mind that certain indulgences 
 which may be perfectly proper when in health are decidedly injurious 
 when persons are ill or weakly. Entire abstinence is the best rule 
 for a time, especially when either the husband or wife is commencing 
 a course of treatment. 
 
 Invalids should wear flannel all the year round, and during the 
 winter season the warmest that can be procured. 
 
 With people who are in poor health, bodily heat should be hus- 
 banded in every possible way. The degree of warmth and comfort 
 that a weakly person enjoys depends greatly upon the quality of the 
 material of which the clothing is made. 
 
 Be very particular to avoid exposure to draughts of air just after 
 taking the herb teas, or having taken a meal. If at such times you 
 perspire or feel at all uncomfortably warm, you should wipe the per- 
 spiration off as much of the body as you can conveniently, and then 
 bring the clothing about the body so as to protect it from the cool air, 
 for a short time at least. Many weakly people recklessly expose 
 themselves by throwing open their dwellings as soon as they feel 
 a little uncomfortably warm. 
 
 In warm weather, when you perspire freely, you should change 
 underwear often to prevent the perspiration from returning to the 
 skin, which is very serious to the health. It is equal to taking so 
 much poison. 
 
 In very warm weather the skin should be rubbed two or three 
 times daily with a warm, wet towel, to remove the perspiration. 
 
 BATHING AND RUBBING. 
 
 You should take a warm sponge bath as follows: Bathe the lower 
 half of the body one day, and the upper portion three or four days 
 later. The bath always to be warm and of short duration, so as not to 
 take cold; use one-half cup of alcohol in hot water. In the season of 
 the year when you perspire more or less, a sponge bath may be 
 indulged in every other day. Invalids in all stages of disease, and 
 also well persons, should brush or rub (with a flesh brush or warm 
 
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 towel) the body moderately. This practice is very essential and bene- 
 ficial to health, and should be practiced daily, but not to the extent 
 that will cause fatigue. 
 
 When the body is exposed to the cold air with which it comes 
 in contact when the clothing is removed to take a bath or to retire or 
 for any other purpose, it allows the bodily heat to escape, which is a 
 loss of power and lowers the temperature of the skin, taxing the pow- 
 ers of the system to warm up the new air to protect the body. The 
 air surrounding the body is the armor of the body. If the air is strong 
 in the body (and a strong person possesses strong air) the person will 
 not be injured by bathing; but a weakly person will, soon after tak- 
 ing a bath, have a weak and heavy feeling, which is evidence that the 
 skin has taken on damp air and has lost control of the natural air. 
 The air in a weak person is like a small capital that is depended 
 upon to accomplish a given purpose it must be handled with care 
 and to the very best advantage, or else the capital and object will 
 both be lost, and perhaps a good cause forever buried. 
 
 Hand rubbing, if performed properly, would be very beneficial to 
 nearly every weakly person. The full size of the shoulder and chest 
 should be (each side) rubbed toward and down the arms to the end of 
 the fingers; from the shoulders and the chest rub downwards and to 
 the ends of the toes. The rubbing should be proceeded with slowly, 
 extending over only a small surface at first, then extending over addi- 
 tional surface, commencing at the starting point with each pressure 
 of the hands on the patient. Commence with one rubbing a day, not 
 less than two hours after a meal, to be completed in twenty minutes; 
 two or three rubbings may be practiced a day, as the strength 
 improves. If you feel like it, take undisturbed rest or sleep after the 
 rubbing, but be particular to guard against taking cold. No matter 
 how comfortably warm you feel, fully as much or more covering to 
 the body is necessary after the rubbing as before, especially if the 
 patient lie down. 
 
 BREATHING EXERCISE. 
 
 Renovate the system in the morning after the sun is up in the 
 following manner: If you are unable to ride on horseback or to walk 
 fast enough to cause rapid breathing, the foul air may be expelled 
 from the system while standing in the sunlight and breathing deep 
 
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 and fast enough to work the abdomen vigorously, taking from three 
 to five breaths in rapid succession; then resting a few minutes until 
 the dizziness which usually follows with weakly persons passes away, 
 then repeat several times, always breathing through the nostrils. 
 
 Spend as much time as possible in the open air and sunshine, 
 and while walking about make a practice of taking long, deep breaths. 
 
 These exercises are very beneficial to the lungs and stimulating 
 to the whole system. Air is an indispensable element, and artfully 
 used is a wonderful agent in purifying the human system; the long, 
 deep breaths taken in slowly and held while taking five to ten steps, 
 allowing the weight of the body to rest on the heel of one foot rather 
 heavily, sufficient to jar the body to some extent, which will tend to 
 force the stale and impure air or gases out of the system. These 
 gases are always present in systems that are weakly, the practice 
 must be indulged in with great care and moderation, or else much 
 harm will result; therefore increase the frequency of deep inhalations 
 slowly as time goes on, until the number of forty or fifty a dayi is 
 reached. You should be out in the open air on bright, warm, sunny 
 days, but avoid taking these exercises and being -out of doors in damp 
 or cold weather; at such times take the exercise in the house. 
 
 FRESH AIR IN SLEEPING ROOMS. 
 
 Always have plenty of fresh air in your sleeping room. This 
 should be managed so that you will not be affected by draughts, but 
 the air should always be fresh and pure. Many people are so afraid 
 of taking cold that they close their windows tightly at night, with 
 the result that they breathe the same air over and over during the 
 night. This is a very serious mistake and prevents many people from 
 recovering. Even consumptives who come to Southern California for 
 the benefit of the fresh, pure, out-door air, close their windows and 
 breathe the same poisonous atmosphere again and again. It is no 
 wonder that so many of them fail to regain their health. This is a 
 very important point, for pure air, which means an abundance of oxy- 
 gen, is more important to weak and ill people than an abundance of 
 food even. Its value cannot be over estimated. 
 
 BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST COLDS. 
 
 Sitting or lying in draughts or currents of air is something that 
 is very necessary for invalids to guard against, as such exposure will 
 
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 in a short time cause you to take cold. You would be less exposed 
 and better off out of doors in the open air, on bright, sunny days, 
 than sitting in a draught, as stated. 
 
 While you were in perfect health, your circulation good, such 
 exposure would have no bad effects upon you; but you must not 
 forget that you are an invalid now, that the "door is open" as it were, 
 and you are more susceptible to colds. Of all the accidents that our 
 patients are liable to encounter, colds are far the worst, and are really 
 to be dreaded; very often a simple cold causes the worst form of 
 sickness, and also death. 
 
 Some patients feel quite languid or weak after taking the medi- 
 cines awhile, for a short time, which is the result of the medicines 
 searching the system and also allaying the inflammation which is 
 present in nearly all cases of ill-health. Inflammation is strength for 
 a time, or as long' as the powers will endure that condition. Some 
 people exercise so much strength while in a fever that the combined 
 strength of two or three men is required to keep the patient on the 
 bed and to prevent him from doing himself harm; but when the 
 inflammation subsides a very weak condition follows. We do not 
 produce a sudden change in such conditions we reduce the inflamma- 
 tion slowly; it is the only way to effect a cure in cases of long stand- 
 ing sudden changes often produce disastrous results. 
 
 When you feel drowsy, or as if you didn't care to move about or 
 eat or talk (such feelings will appear frequently as long as the impuri- 
 ties remain in your system) , make it a practice to keep quiet for a day 
 or two, till the condition changes, and allow the medicine to carry out 
 its work; you will sooner arrive at a condition of better feelings than 
 you would if you allowed yourself to worry and get excited because 
 you were feeling worse than when you commenced the treatment. 
 Your feelings are not a correct index to the condition of your system, 
 neither can you predict the condition that you will be in on the 
 morrow. 
 
 SOME HANDY REMEDIES. 
 
 The following simple prescriptions are given herewith for the 
 benefit of all and to meet the emergencies which are likely to arise 
 any day and in any household. They do not cost much, yet may be 
 of great value: 
 
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 No. 1 For Skin Diseases and Rheumatic Pains in the Limbs or Feet. 
 
 Take orange leaves, one-fourth pound, 
 
 Honeysuckle leaves or flowers (the latter are best) two ounces. 
 
 Black tea, one ounce. 
 
 The orange and honeysuckle leaves must be washed until clean. 
 Put all into seven cupfuls of water and boil for half an hour. Use as 
 a wash upon the parts affected. If a larger quantity is desired two or 
 three cups of boiling water may be added, or if it desired to be kept 
 hot a long time, the same amount of boiling water may be added for 
 this purpose. It is always to be applied hot, as the heat gives more 
 benefit from the wash. 
 
 Persons who are using herbs for internal use in cases of rheuma- 
 tism or skin diseases can take the refuse of the herbs after they have 
 been cooked for the internal use. Add the orange leaves as above. 
 If honeysuckle leaves or flowers are easy to get, add those also, but 
 leave out the black tea. Put in the water as indicated and boil as 
 directed above. This also makes an excellent wash for these dis- 
 eases. Always use it hot. 
 
 No. 2 To Quench Thirst. 
 
 Take four dried figs and three cupfuls of water and boil down to 
 two cups. The liquid resulting makes a pleasant and healthful drink. 
 Some people like it for food also. If a larger quantity is desired, 
 double the number of figs and the amount of water. 
 
 No. 3 Remedy for Constipation. 
 
 Into two cupfuls of water put four tablespoonfuls of strained 
 honey. Stir the mixture and use as an injection. The water must 
 be warm. This injection, from the soothing qualities of the honey, 
 will remove inflammation from the bowels and does not hurt the 
 natural juices upon which the healthy action of the bowels depend. 
 If the bowels do not move, repeat the injection the next day in the 
 following manner: Take two ounces of Maderia vine and clean it 
 thoroughly. Add three cups of water and boil down to two. Add 
 honey the same as before and use as an injection. The addition of 
 the Maderia vine makes the prescription stronger than before. 
 
 Whenever cups are mentioned in these prescriptions, large coffee 
 cups are intended. 
 
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 No. 4 A Cure for Stomach Ache. 
 
 Take half a cup of salt and heat it by stirring it in a hot pan. 
 Put the hot salt in a handkerchief or similar cloth and wrap it up. 
 Then gently pat and rub the skin over the part where the ache is. This 
 wiU'relieve the pain by quickening the circulation and by warming the 
 stomach and the blood. This method will also relieve pains in the 
 bones and any part of the body. It will be found useful for pains in 
 the back. 
 
 No. 5 Treatment of Burns and Scaldings. 
 
 For a burn or scalding on the hands or fingers do not put the 
 injured part in the water a process which is the natural proceeding 
 with many people. If the part is put into cold water the fire poison 
 wiii go deeper and will return inside. Sometimes it will go very deep 
 and cause a great deal of pain and trouble. Instead of water dip the 
 finger or hand into kerosene oil and the fire poison will return to the 
 skin. Keep the injured part out of water for two or three days. If 
 there is a very great injury, consult Drs. Foo and Wing as soon as 
 possible, but the oil will relieve for a time. 
 
 No. 6 Wash for the Eye. 
 
 Chrysanthemum flowers steeped in water make a good wash for 
 the eye. Take one cup and a half of water and one or two ounces of 
 the flowers. Boil down to one cup. The white variety of the flowers 
 is the best. This will afford temporary relief for sore eyes until our 
 remedies may be used to remove the cause of the difficulty from the 
 inside of the body. Steaming the eyes is also good, but if this is done 
 care must be taken to steam both eyes, even though it is supposed 
 that only one is affected, because when the eyes are steamed the poi- 
 sonous matter which results from inflammation, will go from one to the 
 other. This method will relieve the symptoms, but it is better to 
 take the herb medicines and to remove the cause of the difficulty from 
 the vital organs. 
 
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 EASY BUT USEFUL EXERCISES. 
 
 No. 1 To Exercise the Nerves and Pulse of the Body. 
 Stand erect, clench the fists and draw them up to the sides of the 
 upper chest, with the elbows drawn well back; then raise the arms 
 straight up from the shoulders, three times and back; putting vitality 
 in them, as if you were raising a weight, with the eyes looking 
 straight down the nose. 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 Take the same position as before, then raise one arm at a time 
 alternately, three times each; going through the same movement as 
 No. 1. 
 
 No. 3 To Exercise the Chest and Back-bone. 
 
 Stand erect, extend the arms in the same direction, first to the 
 right and then to the left. 
 
 No. 4 To Exercise the Heart. 
 
 Stand erect and perfectly still, turn the head to the right as far 
 as possible, holding it about five seconds, then turn it back straight 
 and belch or attempt to repeat this six or seven times; after which 
 turn the head to the left, going through the same movement. This 
 exercise causes the heart to expand, and moves the foul air, making 
 the circulation strong. 
 
 No. 5 To Exercise the Eyes. 
 
 Close the fists and raise them to the temples, near the eyes, and 
 extend them at full length, in front of the body and back, at the same 
 time keeping the eyes on an object directly in front of you. 
 
 No. 6 To Exercise the Stomach and Assist Digestion. 
 
 Close the fists and draw them up near the shoulders, take a few 
 steps to the right, then to the left, then stop and stand with the feet 
 about three feet apart, stooping over slightly (as if riding horseback) 
 
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 and remain in that position as long as you can, or until you feel 
 exhausted. 
 
 No. 7 To Exercise the Lower Extremities and the Stomach. 
 
 Clasp the hands behind you, and walk for a few minutes at a 
 brisk pace, bringing the feet down hard upon the ground. 
 
 No. 8 To Exercise the Nerves. 
 
 Extend the arms in front of you, lower them and touch (or 
 attempt to touch) the toes, without bending the knees. Repeat this 
 three or four times. 
 
 No. 9 Exercise for the Lungs. 
 
 Stand erect in the open air or in a well ventilated room, inhale 
 and exhale full short breaths for one or two minutes, working the 
 chest vigorously; after which take a full breath through the mouth 
 and hold it a little while, walking twenty or thirty steps, and striking 
 the feet hard upon the ground or floor. 
 No. 10 To Exercise the Liver and Make the Blood Circulate Freely. 
 
 Close the eyes and roll them sidewise, right and left, for one or 
 two minutes. This exercise is also beneficial to the eyes, making the 
 vision clearer; as the eyes are connected with the liver by hollow 
 nerves, which the air circulates between. 
 
 No. 11 Exercise for the Brain. 
 
 Place the palms of the hands over the ears, closing the drums 
 completely, and drum on the head with the fingers for one or two 
 minutes; this tends to remove the, foul air from the head and quiets 
 the mind. Laboring men and those engaged in business should prac- 
 tice this morning and evening, and people of leisure three times a day. 
 
 No. 12 Exercise for the Stomach. 
 
 Soon after eating a meal take the following exercise: While 
 walking slowly, place the palm of the hand upon the abdomen and 
 rub, medium hard, over the spleen and around the stomach for a few 
 minutes. This will assist the spleen and digestive organs to perform 
 their functions. 
 
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 No. 13 Exercise for the Back. 
 
 Stand erect, and cross the arms in front, placing the hands upon 
 the shoulders, then turn the upper portion of the body from side to 
 side, as far as possible without moving the lower portion of the body. 
 Repeat several times. 
 
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 ik 
 
 The above is a fac-simile of a new certificate recently issued to 
 Tom Foo Yuen by Ho Yow, the present Consul-General of the Chinese 
 government at San Francisco. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen Some Account of This Oriental Physician His Diplo- 
 mas and Credentials A Brief History of His Life 
 and Experiences in America. 
 
 In the following pages is a brief statement of Tom Foo Yuen's 
 career in the United States. But before giving this we shall present 
 some "of his diplomas and other credentials, showing his rank in China 
 and the high esteem in which he is held by men of exalted position in 
 his own country. We give a fac-simile and a translation of his first 
 diploma, received from the Imperial Medical College at Peking. The 
 original of this document is a sheet of satin, royal gold in color, so 
 called from the fact that it is used in China only by the Emperor, and 
 for state documents. The diploma is printed upon this in red letters. 
 Accompanying is a fac-simile of the Chinese original: 
 
 Following is the English translation of this diploma: 
 
 JOYOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. 
 
 Hig Majesty, the Emperor, has appointed His Excellency, the 
 Honorable Fook, Chief Guardian of His Royal Highness, the Prince 
 Heir Apparent, President of the Board of Population and Revenue, 
 Member of the Privy Council, Dean of the Imperial Medical College, 
 and Blood Relative to His Majesty, His Excellency, the Honorable 
 Chung, Assistant Magistrate of the Left Chamber in the Imperial 
 Medical College, Mandarin of the Second Degree of the Order of the 
 Peacock Feather. 
 
 His Excellency, the Honorable Lee, Assistant Magistrate of the 
 Right Chamber in the Imperial Medical College, Mandarin of the Sec- 
 ond Degree of the Order of the Peacock Feather, as His Majesty's 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 
 VIII Tit Ml OF ROM 
 
 Translation and Explanation of T. Foo Yuen's Royal Gold 
 Diploma, Fac-simile of a Rare and Interesting Document, 
 the First Authentic One of its Kind Ever Presented to the 
 English Speaking People. Its Owner the First Physician 
 of His Rank and Scholarship to Come to America. 
 

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 Imperial Deputation, to conduct the Special Grace Examination in the 
 Imperial Medical College, who have conferred upon Tom Foo Yuen a 
 First Rank of the First Degree in the Year Ki Chen of Cyclical Table, 
 or in the 15th year of the Reign of Kong Sui. (1889). 
 
 And therefore, 'they, clothed with such authority, have passed 
 Tom Foo Yuen, a member of Your Worthy Family, with highest hon- 
 ors, and have conferred upon him the right to practice before His 
 Majesty and in the Imperial Medical College. 
 
 May good fortune abide with him upon his way to the highest 
 degree. 
 
 Some explanation of the peculiar wording of a portion of the 
 above may perhaps be necessary. It is customary in China when a 
 student passes difficult examinations mentioned, to send a messenger 
 to his family bearing the good news. On the return of this messenger 
 the document is published in the principal newspapers of the capital 
 and of other cities of the empire as an act of courtesy to the sov- 
 ereign. The diploma is here given just as it originally appeared in 
 the Post Courier, published in Pekin. 
 
 After receiving the diploma, Tom Foo Yuen was entitled and per- 
 mitted to undertake a second examination for still further honors. It 
 may be said in explanation that there were 487 members of this class, 
 of whom Tom Foo Yuen was adjudged to be the first by his mark of 
 standing in the different studies of the course. Only seven of the 
 nearly five hundred members of this class succeeded in passing the 
 difficult examinations which entitled them to the diploma already 
 given. These seven were then given a second examination to deter- 
 mine whether they were worthy of a second and greater honor. Four 
 of the seven succeeded in passing this second examination. Tom Foo 
 Yuen standing highest of the four, and these were awarded a second 
 diploma, a translation of which we give herewith. This second 
 diploma entitles the holder, after a lapse of twelve years, to a position 
 as instructor in the Imperial Medical College, and the right to prac- 
 tice in the family of His Majesty, the Emperor of China. During the 
 intervening twelve years the candidate is presumed to perfect himself 
 for such instruction and practice by the active employment of his 
 talents and acquirements as a physician. At the end of that period 
 he presents himself at the college and is invested with the titles, 
 dignities and emoluments of an instructor. It will readily be seen 
 
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 that this is an honor for which thousands would willingly labor dili- 
 gently for a lifetime. 
 
 FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION OF THE SECOND DIPLOMA. 
 
 By Imperial Decree the following were named as His Majesty's 
 deputation to select and detain at the Medical College for Imperial 
 employment the most skillful of the successful candidates at the 
 Grace Examination at Peking, which gathered from the different 
 provinces of the Empire in the year Ki Chew of Cyclical Tables. 
 
 His Excellency, the Honorable Fook, Blood Relative to His Maj- 
 esty, Member of the Privy Council, President of the Imperial Medical 
 College; His Excellency, the Honorable Chow, High Imperial Com- 
 missioner of the Imperial Medical College; His Excellency, the Hon* 
 orable Chung, Mandarin of the Second Degree of the Order of the 
 Peacock Feather, Director of the Left Chamber of the Imperial Medi- 
 cal College; and His Excellency, the Honorable Lee, Mandarin of the 
 Second Degree of the Order of the Peacock Feather, Director of the 
 Right Chamber of the Imperial Medical College. 
 
 And, therefore, in the exercise of their authority, granted for this 
 purpose, they have selected Tom Foo Yuen, of the District of Shuen 
 Tak, Province of Kwang Tung, head of the highest class of the medi- 
 cal candidates, profoundly skillful in the principle of the pulse, and 
 thoroughly versed in the nature of medicine, and have caused his 
 name to be registered in the official record. Of which action this is a 
 certificate, and the same is to be delivered to Tom Foo Yuen, of the 
 Imperial Medical College of Peking. 
 
 Kwung-Sui, 15th year, ninth month and the 20th day (1889). 
 
 (Official Seal). 
 
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 The following certificate was given to Tom Foo Yuen by the 
 Chinese Consul General, formerly resident of San Francisco, on 
 his first coming to California: 
 
 CERTIFICATE. 
 
 OFFICE 806 STOCKTON STREET, 
 IMPERIAL CHINESE CONSULATE GENERAL, 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO, 24th March, 1893. 
 
 This is to certify that I, Li Yung Yew, His Imperial Majesty's 
 Consul General to the Port of San Francisco, have known Tom 
 Foo Yuen for many years ; I know him to have been a member 
 of Imperial College of Medicine in Peking, and to be a graduate 
 thereof ; that he has for several years practiced his profession in 
 China, and that he has there achieved marked success as a 
 physician. 
 
 
 (LI YUNG YEW) 
 
 SEAL] 
 
 H. I. C. M.'s Consul General. 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF TOM FOO YUEN. 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen was born near Canton, China, in 1855, and was 
 educated at the Imperial Medical College at Peking. When he was 
 only a little boy he made a trip to San Francisco with his father, and 
 resided there for a short time. His father was a wealthy physician 
 the late Dr. T. Gee Son and was also engaged in mercantile ventures 
 as the president of a great mercantile association. In a general way 
 he superintended the legal and business affairs of his company, and 
 was on business of this sort when he brought his little son to 
 America. Tom Foo Yuen's mother was a sister of the celebrated 
 Chinese physician, Dr. Li Po Tai. 
 
 About thirty years ago Dr. T. Gee Son lived in San Francisco for 
 several years as a partner of Li Po Tai. Together they cured the 
 diseases of many Americans, and testimonials of these cures were 
 
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 printed in the newspapers of the period. But his family preferred the 
 climate of Canton to that of San Francisco, and they therefore 
 returned to Canton, where T. Gee Son again opened a hospital that he 
 had formerly conducted with great success. 
 
 Returning to China with his father, Tom Foo Yuen was educated 
 as a physician with all the care and rigorous discipline usual in 
 China, where successive generations are trained for this profession 
 from the commencement of school days. He was finally graduated, 
 with high honors, from the Imperial Medical College at Peking. In 
 189u he came to San Francisco and was the first Oriental physician 
 of his rank to visit America with the intention of making a permanent 
 home here. He became an associate with Li Po Tai, who was then 
 getting old and unable to carry on all of his large business. 
 
 He remained in San Francisco until 1893 and, during that time 
 acquired an enviable reputation as a physician, both among the Chi- 
 nese residents of Sari Francisco and among many white patrons. 
 
 He was very successful in all cases. Of late years, since Tom 
 Foo Yuen commenced to attain his great popularity in Southern Cali- 
 fornia, it has been the fashion in some quarters, among those who 
 envy his accomplishments, to attempt to underrate his ability; and 
 statements have been made that he is not a graduate of the Imperial 
 Medical College at Peking. He has many diplomas and certificates 
 which set this question fully at rest. Among the proofs of the gen- 
 uineness of his claims is one not heretofore published. The Chinese 
 patients whom he cured in San Francisco were not likely to be 
 deceived in reference to his merits and attainments, as they had every 
 opportunity to investigate and verify his claims. Many of these gave 
 him testimonials of the cures that he wrought in their cases, and two 
 of these testimonials, which were printed in Chinese newspapers, pub- 
 lished in San Francisco, are reproduced herewith to show that he was 
 recognized by his own countrymen, at the outset of his career, as a 
 man of the most thorough education and the most eminent qualifica- 
 tions in his profession. 
 
 The first of these is from the Weekly Occident, published by 
 Horn, Hong & Co., at 731 Washington street, San Francisco. Vol. 12. 
 No. 615, February 23, 1893. We give it in both English and Chinese, 
 u says: 
 
 "After years of suffering and having been under the treatment 
 of some of the most skillful Chinese and American doctors, I placed 
 
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 myself under the care of Dr. Tom Foo Yuen, who is a graduate of the 
 Imperial Medical College at Peking. I take pleasure in testifying 
 to the fact of his having effected a complete cure of what was pro- 
 nounced by others a hopeless case of consumption. Chow Yup Wing. 
 " The doctor's office is at No. 729 Washington street." 
 
 The second of these testimonials is from the Weekly News, Mon 
 Heng & Co., publishers, 809^ Washington street, San Francisco, Vol. 
 1, No. 4, Thursday, February 23, 1893, and reads as follows: 
 
 " I have been suffering greatly with paralysis, and I am greatly 
 indebted to Dr. Tom Foo Yuen, a graduate of the Imperial Chinese 
 Medical College at Peking, who has entirely cured me. I desire to 
 make this known to all who may be afflicted with the same disease in 
 order that they may secure his services and be relieved of their 
 suffering. Lum Chuen." 
 
 In 1893 Tom Foo Yuen came to Southern .California in company 
 witn Mr. Levi Carter of Ceres, California, who went to San Francisco 
 to accompany him to Southern California. He came to the southern 
 part of the state partly for the climate, which is more congenial to 
 him than that of San Francisco, and partly to form a partnership in 
 an herb company with an American who had become acquainted with 
 him in San Francisco. For this purpose he went to Redlands, where 
 he remained two years and three months. During the first year of 
 his residence in that city he became much attached to Southern Cali- 
 fornia for its delightful climate and other advantages as a residence, 
 and was very successful in a business way. He cured a great many 
 people in and about Redlands, most of whom had been abandoned 
 by other physicians, whom they had consulted, but who had failed to 
 cure them. Naturally these cures made a great deal of stir in that 
 quiet city, as they were the first evidences which the good people 
 of Redlands had ever seen of merit in the Chinese System of Medi- 
 cine. Those who beheld the unquestionable results of Foo's methods 
 were greatly astonished, and those who were cured of painful and 
 sometimes threatening diseases, many of which had been pronounced 
 incurable, were naturally very much pleased, and were inclined to 
 tell others about their good fortune. They praised Tom Foo Yuen in 
 the very highest terms, and thus brought about tne first of a series of 
 controversies with other physicians, in each of which, as may be 
 remarked in passing, Foo emerged with flying colors. ^. physician in 
 Redlands became offended at the comparisons made between his own 
 
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 system of practice and that of the Chinese doctor, and attacked Foo 
 and his methods in the Redlands Citrograph. A reporter of the 
 Leader, a rival paper, thereupon interviewed a number of Tom Foo 
 Yuen's patients, and was surprised to learn that they not only freely 
 acknowledged the circumstances of the cures in their cases, but 
 warmly defended him from the extravagant and often abusive charges 
 brought against him by professional rivals. This was a beginning 
 of an open acknowledgment by many persons who have been benefited 
 by his skill as a physician; of the great merit of the system of herbal 
 treatment which he practices. Three of these testimonials given on 
 this occasion were as follows: 
 
 Mr. H. W. Timmons of Redlands, being interviewed, said: "For 
 the past two months I have been treated by Dr. Foo for facial rheu- 
 matism. I consulted several physicians in Los Angeles and Redlands, 
 but they all admitted they could not cure me. I finally went to Dr. 
 Foo, who after feeling my pulse located my disease. I am now on 
 the road to a -speedy recovery." Mrs. Throckmorton, who resides on 
 Church street, Redlands, said: "I think Dr. Foo a man of culture 
 and science, and place every confidence in him. I am a native of 
 New York, where for many years I was a sufferer from chronic bron- 
 chitis. I spent thousands of dollars for treatment by all modern 
 physicians, but never received any practical benefit from them. I 
 consulted the very best specialists in the East but they were unable 
 to effect a cure, and advised me to seek a change of climate. I came 
 to Southern California and located here in Redlands. I was advised 
 to consult Dr. Foo. Before* doing so, my sister who is a graduate of 
 an Eastern medical college, first went to the doctor to investigate his 
 methods of treatment. The result of her investigations was very 
 satisfactory, so that I went myself to the doctor's office, where he 
 examined me and correctly diagnosed my case by merely feeling the 
 pulse. Since then I have been under Dr. Foo's treatment, and am 
 rapidly recovering renewed health. I have every confidence that 
 Dr. Foo will effect a permanent cure." Dr. B. F. Watrous was next 
 seen at his residence. When asked to give his opinion of Tom Foo 
 Yuen, he said: "I have a very high opinion of Dr. Foo. To him I 
 owe my life. When other physicians failed to cure me, Dr. Foo made 
 a well man of me. I think the article in the Citrograph a cowardly 
 and unwarrantable attack upon Dr. Foo, who, in my opinion, has no 
 equal in this country." 
 
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 Among others who gave testimonials in Foo's favor on this occa- 
 sion were Mrs. George Robotham of Newark, N. J.; W. A. Hallowell, 
 Jr., of Ontario; George W. Hazard of Riverside; Mrs. M. H. Wilson, 
 Mrs. Mattie Reeder, Mrs. A. J. Hendrickson, Earl Garrison, Mrs. C. A. 
 Kingsbury, G. E. Foster, John Mclntosh of Redlands, and Robert 
 McPherson of McPherson, Orange county, Cal. Many of these ladies 
 and gentlemen have continued to be among his best friends and most 
 ardent supporters from that day to the present time. 
 
 After the publication of the Leader's answer to the Citrograph 
 nothing more was heard from Dr. Foo's antagonist among the physi- 
 cians of Redlands, and the excitement subsided. But many people 
 have begun to go to Redlands from Los Angeles, having heard of Tom 
 Foo Yuen through their friends in Redlands, and desiring to take 
 treatment from him. They all received great benefit from their treat- 
 ment and formed a very high opinion of his character and abilities. 
 They began to invite him to remove to Los Angeles, saying that he 
 was so skillful in the cure of chronic diseases that he was certainly a 
 Godsend to the world, and ought not to hide himself in a small place. 
 They agreed that he ought to remove to a larger city where a greater 
 number of people could profit by his skill. His business associate 
 heard so much of this talk that he gradually become convinced that 
 they ought to make the change desired by the patrons from Los 
 Angeles, and the consequence was that they removed to Los Angeles 
 in June, 1895. 
 
 Not long after this removal to Los Angeles, Dr. P. C. Remondino 
 of San Diego, at that time president of the Southern California Medical 
 Association, took occasion to make a bitter attack upon the Chinese 
 System of Medicine in the course of which he made the vulgar charge, 
 which has been disproved hundreds of times, that Chinese physicians 
 are in the habit of using unclean things, toads, lizards and other 
 disgusting materials in their practice. This attack naturally aroused 
 Tom Foo Yuen's resentment, and he replied in an elaborate article 
 published in the Los Angeles Times for August 15, 1895. Dr. Remon- 
 dino rejoined with another article, to which Tom Foo Yuen also 
 replied, and the argument attracted a great deal of attention. We 
 do not propose to reproduce these articles, as this discussion is now 
 ancient history. But, on this occasion, as before, Foo's American 
 friends rallied to his support, both those who had previusly given tes- 
 timonials in his favor at Redlands, and others. And, in order to 
 
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 show the high esteem in which he was already held by those who 
 knew him best, we reprint herein these testimonials. The reader 
 will notice that they effectually dispose of the principal question 
 raised by Dr. Remondino in his printed articles, and show that only 
 pure, herbal substances have ever been employed by Tom Foo Yuen 
 in his practice. The testimonials are as follows: 
 
 J. R. Campbell, for twenty years or more a reputable citizen of 
 San Bernardino county, and at present a resident of Redlands, says: 
 "There is no truth in his (Dr. Remondino's) statement that the edu- 
 cated Chinese physician uses stuffs as vile as Dr. Remondino claims. 
 I have taken directly from his laboratory many packages of Dr. Foo's 
 herbs and cooked them at home. I have closely examined the formu- 
 las, and they were composed of nothing but roots, berries, nuts, leaves 
 and twigs, and the results of taking his medicines have been most 
 satisfactory. Dr. Foo is a gentleman of refinement, and can be 
 relied on." 
 
 H. B. Ruggles, also of Redlands, says: "I have taken many 
 packages of herbs from Dr. Foo's office, and am emphatic in declaring 
 that nothing in the form of dry herbs could be more clean and pure. 
 Not a sign of any animal product or any similar substance appeared." 
 
 A. A. Elge of Bald Butte, Mont., says: "While a patient of Dr. 
 Foo's I frequently viewed the compounding of his medicines, having 
 heard that Chinese used questionable articles, and I satisfied myself 
 that the rumors were unfounded, and that Dr. Foo used nothing but 
 herbs. Their great beauty lies in their wonderful cures." 
 
 W. A. Hallowell, Jr., of Ontario, says: "In regard to the address 
 of Dr. Remondino on Chinese medicine, I think it a great exaggeration 
 and devoid of facts. The writer evidently knows nothing of the true 
 system of medicine as practiced by the educated Chinese. I have 
 personally seen in Dr. Foo's laboratory, hundreds of doses of medi- 
 cine steeped and put up for different persons, and I have never seen 
 any of the vile ingredients used that are mentioned in the address of 
 Dr. Remondino, but they were composed entirely of barks, roots, ber- 
 ries, leaves and herbs, and all in a nice, clean condition." 
 
 Miss L. B. Nettleton of Redlands says: "I have taken Dr. Foo's 
 medicines for over a year, and carefully examined each package of 
 medicine, but found nothing but herbs, clean and prepared in a neat 
 manner." 
 
 Mrs. J. A. Hendrickson of Redlands, says: "I have been familiar 
 
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 with Dr. Foo's methods for over two years, and have made a hundred 
 doses of tea from the herbs compounded in his laboratory. If any- 
 thing of such a nature as Dr. Remondino speaks of had been used I 
 surely would have found it out, for I have always had free access to 
 the laboratory. In my opinion, if any one had found such things as 
 eyes, toenails, lizards, snakeskins and other substances too vile to 
 quote, they must have been afflicted with snakes in their boots." 
 
 J. W. Symmes, of Redlands, says: "The education of our home 
 doctors seems to be the barrier to their receiving the same benefits 
 of the genuine Chinese physician's skill that the less wise have 
 enjoyed. It is said that an educated man should make such state- 
 ments in regard to your medicine without first having proven to him- 
 self that they were truthful. Nothing of the vegetable kind could be 
 purer than your medicines. I gained my knowledge from nearly a 
 year's experience as a patient of Dr. Foo, and direct observation in 
 his laboratory. The results of his treatment are convincing evidence 
 that Dr. Foo possesses a wonderful fund of scientific knowledge, or 
 else he is the superior of all guessers of the medical profession. The 
 'taking card' in Dr. Foo's system of treatment is his success." 
 
 Levi Carter, of Ceres, Cal., says: "If Dr. Remondino had been 
 as thorough in his investigation of the subject as a man who under- 
 takes to enlighten the public should be, he would have gathered mate- 
 rial for an address to the medical association that would have been 
 truly edifying to lovers of the truth and of incalculable value to the 
 afflicted. For, to my mind, there is sufficient evidence in and around 
 Redlands of your skill and the purity of your medicines to convince 
 any sane person that Dr. Foo's superior is not to be found among 
 practitioners of modern methods of medication. The medicines I 
 received from you were purely vegetable, presented a neat appearance, 
 and the effects were wonderfully beneficial. In my opinion Dr. Foo 
 cannot be extolled too highly." 
 
 Thomas Stewart says: "I take pleasure in giving my humble 
 opinion of Dr. Foo as a physician. In the first place, his diagnosis of 
 my case, it being by the pulse alone, seemed to me wonderful, he 
 thereby locating my trouble exactly. On my first visit to the doctor 
 I was perfectly helpless, not being able to take a single step without 
 assistance. My legs were swollen to such an extent from the knees 
 to the toes that no joints were visible. This he entirely reduced in 
 five days' treatment, and the swelling has not returned in tfie least. 
 He explained to me the nature of the different poisons in my system, 
 
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 and how he would expel them, which he did in fourteen days' treat- 
 ment. What most surprised me was the simplicity of his treatment 
 and the purity of his medicines, they being entirely vegetable herbs, 
 roots, berries and barks. This I can verify from personal observation. 
 I am now, after a little over four weeks' treatment, as well as ever, 
 except a little weakness in my legs, which are daily improving. My 
 friends who came to see me when I was ill now tell me they never 
 expected to see me out again. 
 
 "I regard the success of my treatment as more than wonderful in 
 view of the fact that I am advanced in age. I have received treat- 
 ment from other doctors, buc instead of improving I continued to grow 
 worse until I took treatment from Dr. Foo. One who has suffered the 
 excruciating pains from rheumafism alone can imagine the joy of my 
 experience in being cured. 
 
 "I shall certainly advise any friends of mine, who may need a 
 physician, no matter what their disease may be, to consult Dr. Foo 
 of Redlands, Cal. 
 
 "Very respectfully yours, THOS. STEWART." 
 
 From this time Tom Foo Yuen's business and popularity grew 
 very rapidly. And, as his skill became better known, he attracted 
 to his office a very high class of patronage, intelligent, thinking men 
 and women, who were independent enough to decide for themselves 
 and to believe the evidences of their own senses, in spite of their 
 inherited and acquired prejudices. These ladies and gentlemen saw 
 that, no matter what theorists might say, the actual, undeniable 
 results of the herbal treatment were many remarkable cures. Patrons 
 continued to come from San Bernardino, Redlands and Riverside and 
 the country surrounding those interior cities, and finally became so 
 numerous that Tom Foo Yuen for some time made a trip to San Ber- 
 nardino every two weeks, in order to see these patrons. 
 
 His experience with the American doctor in San Bernardino was 
 very similar to his experience with members of the fraternity in 
 Redlands and Los Angeles. Dr. C. A. Stoddard of San Bernardino 
 apparently became alarmed at Foo's growing success in that city, 
 and caused his arrest on a charge of the illegal practice of medicine. 
 The case was thrown out of court by the justice before whom it was 
 brought, Foo having in the meantime given bonds for appearance; 
 but, as usual, it created a great deal of discussion among physicians 
 and their patients in the newspapers. An open letter to Dr. Stod- 
 
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 dard was published in the San Bernardino Times-Index for December 
 28, 1895. This letter stated concisely Tom Foo Yuen's position in ref- 
 erence to the charges brought against him, and attracted much atten- 
 tion at the time. It is an able defence of the right of every man who 
 is skilled in healing; to use his skill for the benefit of the unfortunate 
 among mankind who are afflicted with disease. 
 
 T. Foo Yuen has continued to reside in Los Angeles since his 
 removal to that city from Redlands in 1895. For several years his 
 home, and that of the institution of which he is the head, has been at 
 903 S. Olive street. In the course of time the Foo and Wing Herb 
 Company was incorporated, as an incorporation seemed to be the best 
 form of association for conducting the constantly growing business. 
 
 T. Foo Yuen and his associates have at different times prepared 
 and published many articles dealing with medical topics from the 
 Oriental point of view. A few of these are reprinted in this volume 
 and will doubtless be of interest to the reader. A project upon which 
 Foo has bestowed much thought is the establishment in America of a 
 College of Oriental Medicine, at which the merits of the Chinese sys- 
 tem of herbal treatment could be taught to American students. Some 
 further reference will be made to this subject in the succeeding pages. 
 
A College of Oriental Medicine in Los Angeles A Long Cherished 
 
 Plan of T. Foo Yuen's Encouragement From Many 
 
 of His Patrons. 
 
 HIGH PRAISE FROM A MINISTER 
 ON THE ANCIENT ART OF HEALING THE SICK. 
 
 Rev. James Bracewell Pays Tribute to the Wonderfull Skill of the 
 Celebrated Oriental Imperial Physician, Tom Foo Yuen. 
 
 He Is the Best Fitted Man to Establish and Preside Over an Oriental 
 Medical College in This Country Something New in America. 
 
 A remarkable thing about the Oriental system of medicine is its 
 growing popularity in the United States. Of course, everybody is 
 prejudiced against anything Chinese, as we forget that there are all 
 classes among this people, as among other races, the rich and the 
 poor, the small and the great, the educated and the ignorant. We of 
 America judge the whole nation by the standard of its lowest class, 
 the laborers who come to our shores and undertake menial employ- 
 ments. We rarely meet the men of education and influence, and 
 know comparatively little about them. The surprise of an American 
 is therefore great when he finds that herbs imported from China and 
 prescribed by a Chinese physician have cured him of some painful and 
 perhaps chronic malady. It has occurred to many people who have had 
 this experience that the American people at large ought to have the 
 benefit of these remedies. It seems like a very plain and simple 
 proposition that, if there are medicines not in use among our own phy- 
 sicians which are nevertheless of great value, those medicines ought 
 
 to be brought to their attention and they ought to be induced to inves- 
 
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 tigate their merits, and, if found satisfactory, to adopt them in their 
 practice. Dr. Foo is willing to assist in this effort, and many of his 
 patrons believe that it would be successful. The intention is to estab- 
 lish a College of Oriental Medicine, at which the principles of this 
 system shall be taught to all who care to study them, just as the 
 methods of other systems of medicine are taught in other schools. 
 Among the many men who, from the favorable opinion which they 
 have formed of this method of healing, are desirous of seeing such a 
 school established in Los Angeles, is the Rev. James Bracewell of 
 Ontario, a gentleman of intelligence and culture who has had oppor- 
 tunity to study the merits of this system, and has been very favorably 
 impressed by them. His letter was originally published in the Los 
 Angeles papers, December 22, 1896, and is as follows: 
 
 ONTARIO, Cal., Dec. 8, 1896. 
 To the Public: 
 
 I became acquainted with T. Foo Yuen, the celebrated Chinese 
 physician, about three years ago, and in conversing with him I learned 
 much of his methods of diagnosing diseases and the medicines he 
 uses in his practice. I was much surprised to learn that his only 
 method of locating diseases in the human body, and the strength or 
 virulence of the disease, was by simply feeling the pulse. So to sat- 
 isfy myself and remove all doubts in regard to the matter, I put the 
 doctor to the test and found that he exactly described my condition. 
 I also talked with several persons present who had been treated by 
 him and had been entirely cured of diseases of long standing, or in a 
 fair way of complete recovery. Tho^e parties all expressed the 
 utmost confidence in his ability as a skillful physician; in fact, so far 
 as I could learn, all those cases were chronic, difficult and unyielding, 
 where the ordinary means as employed by our American doctors had 
 utterly failed to effect a cure. 
 
 For the sake of suffering humanity in the United States, where 
 diseases are so prevalent, I should be glad if Dr. Foo should establish 
 a medical college in this country, where the Chinese system of medi- 
 cine as taught in the Imperial Medical College of Peking, China, could 
 be taught, and thereby a knowledge of the ancient art of healing the 
 sick could be spread abroad in this country. Many people are very 
 much prejudiced against the Chinese system of medicine and the 
 methods employed by Chinese physicians. This is to be accounted 
 
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 for by the fact that most people fail to distinguish between the igno- 
 rant and in many cases fraudulent Chinese physicians and those who 
 are educated, intelligent and conscientious. All the graduates of the 
 Imperial Medical College of Peking are very well educated, so I am 
 well informed from the best authority, but there are only thirty of 
 those physicians in the vast Chinese empire, and their practice is 
 confined mostly to their own countrymen. 
 
 Dr. Foo is a graduate of the Imperial Medical College of Peking, 
 China. He is a nephew of the distinguished Li Po Tai, formerly of 
 San Francisco, Cal., from whom he received much information as to 
 the difference in the physical make-up between the man of Oriental 
 birth and the man of Occidental birth, the difference being caused 
 by climate, soil, food and environment, and all these things cause 
 different diseases, or modifications of the same disease, and hence 
 rare skill is required on the part of the Chinese 1 physician to so accu- 
 rately determine the nature of the disease and the proper remedies 
 to give in each particular case. ) 
 
 Dr. Foo is without a peer among Chinese physicians in the United 
 States. 
 
 He has a diploma from the Imperial Medical College at Peking, 
 China, and certificates from the Chinese Consul at San Francisco, all 
 of which are genuine. I believe Dr. Foo is the proper man to estab- 
 lish a Chinese medical college in this country, and thus impart to our 
 people a knowledge of the system of medicine as taught and prac- 
 ticed by learned physicians of China. 
 
 At one time the homeopathic physicians were not recognized in 
 this country, but now receive the same recognition as is given to the 
 allopathic physicians. 
 
 Dr. Foo being a skilled physician, an educated, conscientious gen- 
 tleman, is entitled to the same consideration and respect. Our gov- 
 ernment ought not to discriminate against any man on account of race 
 or place of birth, but accord to all equal rights and equal protection, 
 and we should -recognize skill, worth and merit wherever we may find 
 them. 
 
 I have written this letter in order to say something in behalf of 
 Dr. Foo and his books, and writings. 
 
 I should be glad if others who are interested in these matters 
 would lend a helping hand, and thus give encouragement and support 
 to what I consider a worthy and meritorious cause. Yours truly, 
 
 REV. JAMES BRACEWELL. 
 
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 THE COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE. 
 
 An Opportunity for Americans They May Now Acquaint Themselves 
 With the Most Ancient System of Healing Extant. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Bracewell's letter attracted a great deal of attention 
 among Foo's numerous friends and acquaintances. Letters from 
 others in favor of the plan of establishing a college soon began to 
 come, showing that the idea was popular with those best qualified to 
 judge of its merits. We give a few of these herewith, as they illus- 
 trate the standing which this system has attained among its friends. 
 
 Not the least of Foo's accomplishments is his acquaintance with 
 the English language. When he came to America he knew not a 
 word of English, but now he speaks it with surprising clearness, and 
 shows wonderful aptness in learning the exact shades of meaning of 
 new words and in acquiring their pronunciation. This faculty of 
 learning a language which all foreigners find difficulty in acquiring is 
 doubtless due in great part to Foo's overmastering ambition to be the 
 first of his race to impart the secrets of Oriental medicine to the 
 western world. This has been a favorite project with him ever since 
 he first came to this coast, and he is now perfecting arrangements 
 to carry the plan into execution. He proposes to establish a school 
 or college of Oriental medicine, in order that American physicians 
 and others may familiarize themselves with diagnosis by the pulse and 
 with the use of the Chinese herbal remedies, as well as with the 
 philosophy of the system. 
 
 To the unthinking, this plan may seem foolish and impracticable. 
 There are always people who are willing to condemn, without investi- 
 gation, anything that is new to them, especially if it comes from a 
 country which is supposed to be inhabited by barbarians. But it is a 
 striking fact, which cannot be ignored, that those who know T. Foo 
 Yuen best are the most ardent supporters of his plan. It is hardly 
 reasonable to suppose that these people are all mistaken in their 
 ideas of the value of this system of medicine. Some of our own 
 physicians even, who have investigated it, have declared that there 
 is merit both in diagnosis by the pulse and in the use of non-poisonous 
 herbal remedies. Just how far these can be -used under American 
 habits of life and ways of thinking may be a question, but many 
 shrewd observers will believe that there are fortunes awaiting the 
 people who are the first to study into these matters and adapt this 
 system to the needs of our civilization. 
 
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 GREAT BENEFITS TO AMERICANS. 
 
 The following is from a lady who has had a very remarkable expe- 
 rience with this system. She says: 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 15, 1896. 
 
 In 1895 my little daughter, Clara, was cured by Dr. Foo of a very 
 long and painful disease, which required a great deal of surgical atten- 
 tion and had been unsuccessfully treated by eight white physicians. 
 They had pronounced the case incurable, and had given her up, but 
 Dr. Foo cured her without the use of instruments and without any 
 pain or danger, simply by the use of herbal remedies and some local 
 applications. The full history of this cure was published in the Los 
 Angeles papers in February, 1896, and I think that everybody will 
 still remember it, as it attracted a great deal of attention at the time. 
 
 Not long ago I had a great deal of trouble with neuralgia in the 
 head, with fainting spells. Dr. Foo gave me remedies for these diffi- 
 culties, which I took for four months and a half, with the result that i 
 was completely cured. My son, Will P. Carr, while working in the 
 mines in Arizona, contracted mineral poison, which took the form 
 of eczema. He could not come to Los Angeles for treatment, but I 
 learned that Dr. Foo is able to treat patients at a distance by means 
 of an excellent list of questions which he has prepared. My son 
 answered these questions carefully and wrote a letter every two weeks 
 telling about his condition as fully as possible. Dr. Foo would send 
 two weeks' medicine at a time, and in this way my son was cured in 
 three months. Then I understood that Dr. Foo's skill can be adapted 
 to all cases' both at home and at a distance. 
 
 Others of my friends have had similar experiences with Dr. Foo, 
 and all have been satisfied with the results. I am convinced by what 
 I have seen that Dr. Foo must have had a very thorough education in 
 Oriental medicine, which fact is further shown by his position as a 
 member of the faculty of the Imperial Medical College at Peking, 
 China. 
 
 I have thought for a long time that some influential person 
 ought to take this system up and introduce it to the notice of the 
 American people, for it is certainly worthy of study. 
 
 I have been in hopes that somebody who was qualified would 
 make a strong plea for Dr. Foo's skill and attract students to his sys- 
 tem of curing. I believe that this would be a great benefit to the 
 
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 American people and to the world. I now understand that Rev. Mr. 
 Bracewell has given his opinions for this purpose, and I shall certainly 
 try to help him in every way within my power. I am very glad to see 
 this plan started, and I believe that it will succeed. 
 
 My own knowledge of Oriental medicine is proved by facts which 
 are so clear that it is impossible for me to question them. These 
 facts are also known by a wide circle of my friends and acquaintances. 
 If there were no other cases of cures except those in my own family 
 I should be fully convinced of the merits of this system. I therefore 
 have no hesitancy in recommending his system, and I am sure that if 
 it can be taught in such a way that our own people can understand 
 the use of these herbal remedies and can learn how to prescribe them 
 for various diseases, a great deal of good will result and many people 
 in all parts of the country will be benefited. I hope that the proposed 
 college will be a success. MRS. ANNIE HUMPHERY, 
 
 217 East Ann street. 
 
 ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER METHODS. 
 
 George W. Hazard discusses this subject in the following apprecia- 
 tive letter: 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 14, 1896. 
 
 I have seen the letter written by Rev. James Bracewell of On- 
 tario, published in the Los Angeles Express of December 12, in refer- 
 ence to the establishment in this country of a school of Oriental medi- 
 cine by T. Foo Yuen. Mr. Bracewell is entirely disinterested in this 
 matter, having derived his favorable opinion of Oriental medicine 
 from personal observation. His motive in recommending the found- 
 ing of such a school is simply that of doing good to the world, and is 
 prompted by his kindness of heart and his philanthropy as a minister 
 of the gospel. I know Mr. Bracewell and have a high opinioji of his 
 character and attainments, which command the respect of all who 
 know him. 
 
 His ideas are in accord with those of many others who have per- 
 sonally studied the merits of the Oriental system of medicine and 
 have watched the results of that system, either in their own cases or 
 in the cases of friends and acquaintances. I am aware that it is the 
 fashion, in some quarters, to discredit this system because it comes 
 
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 from a people who are supposed to be inferior in intelligence to the 
 Caucasian race. While I am not inclined to discuss this question at 
 length, yet there are a few well-established facts which indicate that 
 this widely-prevalent opinion is erroneous, and show that this ancient 
 system of medicine is, in many respects, both of theory and of prac- 
 tice, superior to that which is practiced among us at the present time. 
 To discredit it and despise it simply because it has come down to the 
 human race through hundreds of years and because it is practiced by 
 a people who are aliens to us, seems to me a mark not of intelligence, 
 but of foolish national pride, or race prejudice, which prevents us 
 from seeing the good that may exist among other nations. 
 
 Take the Chinese ideas of anatomy, for instance, which were 
 originally founded upon the practice of vivisection. These ideas differ 
 in many important particulars from the ideas taught in our own 
 schools. Yet they are so thoroughly rooted in common sense that 
 they appeal at once to the intelligence of all who take the trouble to 
 investigate them without prejudice. The teachings of the Oriental 
 system in reference to the functions of the spleen are an example of 
 this. Physicians of our own race admit that they know nothing about 
 the functions of this organ. They so state in their text-books, and so 
 they inform their medical students. In a controversy over the merits 
 of Chinese medicine about a year and a half ago a prominent physi- 
 cian of Southern California accused T. Foo Yuen of false pretenses 
 because he claimed to know something about the functions of this 
 organ, and ridiculed this claim, saying, in effect, that if this were true 
 Dr. Foo knew more than all the great doctors who have ever lived 
 among civilized races. 
 
 I was told recently by a gentleman of intelligence and personal 
 integrity of a case in Southern California in which ignorance of the 
 functions of this organ was a factor in determining the life or death 
 of a patient, Alexander Gordon, the victim of a gunshot wound, acci- 
 dentally received in the stomach. During an operation the attending 
 physicians came upon the patient's spleen, in the course of their cut- 
 ting. "We don't know what this is for," they said, "and it isn't of 
 any use to the man, anyhow." So they cut it out and threw it away. 
 The patient died in a few hours. This incident, incredible as it seems 
 to be, was told to me for truth, and, whether it is true or not, it shows 
 the general ignorance of the medical profession as regards the func- 
 tions of this organ is well understood among all classes. 
 
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 Now, as God made the human body as it is, He evidently intended 
 the spleen to perform some important function. If it had nothing to 
 do it would not be a part of the human body. It is certainly astound- 
 ing that students of the human body should remain in ignorance of 
 the functions of this or any other organ, or, being ignorant, should be 
 willing to admit that ignorance, and should deride others for claiming 
 in good faith, to possess knowledge upon this subject. 
 
 The Chinese system of anatomy and medicine explains this matter 
 and many others upon which our ideas seem to be indefinite and con- 
 fused. Dr. Foo has briefly explained the functions of the spleen in 
 chapters from his forthcoming books, already published, and will dis- 
 cuss them more in detail at a later date. The American people are 
 the wonder and admiration of all other nations of the world for their 
 advance and progress in everything outside of the care of their bodies 
 and lives. In matters of trade, finance, transportation, mining, agri- 
 culture and everything in which human ingenuity may be applied to 
 mechanical or industrial pursuits, we lead the world. But we, as a 
 nation, are making no advances or improvements upon our own meth- 
 ods of taking care of our health and curing our diseases. This 
 neglected field seems to me the most important field of all, and I 
 think that when a new system of medicine or at least one which is 
 new to us is offered to us, we should give it a careful consideration. 
 I believe that the profession of medicine is more important today than 
 any other profession, and is less satisfactory as compared with the 
 advances in other professions. 
 
 It is not only in theory that the Chinese system of medicine has 
 shown its merits and proved its successes. In results it is equally 
 satisfactory. It is impossible to explain away this fact, which is 
 proved by the testimony of many living witnesses. There is some- 
 thing in the remedies used or the diagnoses which cure where 
 other methods fail. I do not make the absurd claim that this system 
 always cures, or the equally absurd claim that no other system has 
 any good in it, or that all our physicians are ignorant or incompetent, 
 but I do say that in many respects, and in the treatment of many 
 diseases, the Chinese system has advantages over others, as is shown 
 by the results of treatment with the Chinese herbal remedies. 
 
 For this reason I am in favor of the establishment of an Oriental 
 college of medicine in. Los Angeles, as suggested by Rev. Mr. Brace- 
 well's letter. I believe that a consistent, thorough and unbiased study 
 
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 of the principles underlying this system of medicine would benefit 
 humanity by adding to the sum of human knowledge upon questions 
 of health, which are questions of the very highest importance. 
 
 GEORGE W. HAZARD. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 4, 1902. 
 To the Foo & Wing Herb Go.: 
 
 Gentlemen: I desire to inform the public, and especially suffer- 
 ers from disease, of the remarkable cure you effected in my case. 
 My principal trouble was muscular and inflamatory rheumatism, 
 which came on me while ranching in Colorado six years ago. Since 
 
 Q. W. MOODY. 
 
 that time I have suffered much pain and endured many inconveniences 
 from this terrible disease. I sought relief from many eminent doc- 
 tors so called in different parts of the country, but they did me no 
 good. I also visited hot springs at different times, and found no relief 
 from that source, but gradually grew worse, and finally decided to 
 
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 come to Los Angeles, thinking the change in climate might be bene- 
 ficial, as I had almost despaired of getting relief from any source, 
 and at the end of two months' residence here I was feeling much 
 worse than when I arrived. Fortunately for me, however, about that 
 time I noticed your advertisement in the papers, and, prompted by 
 curiosity, I concluded to call and have an examination, which I did, 
 and after undergoing the wonderful pulse diagnosis by Dr. T. Foo 
 Yuen, I was so surprised, as well as elated over the correctness of 
 the diagnosis, as he described my feelings better than I could have 
 done, that I decided at once to try your herb remedies, as I was con- 
 vinced after giving me such a correct diagnosis that you were skilled 
 and clever enough to cure my disease; and I am happy to say that I 
 was not disappointed. After taking two and one-half courses of your 
 wonderful herb remedies I find myself relieved from one of the worst 
 diseases that afflicts mankind. And I feel better in every way than 
 I have at any time during the past ten years, and feel that I have a 
 new lease of life. When I first came to you I was scarcely able to 
 walk. Now I take long walks daily, and also ride the bicycle and 
 enjoy the exercise. I can cheerfully and conscientiously recommend 
 the Chinese herbal remedies when administered by such skillful and 
 scintific doctors as the members of the Foo and Wing Herb Co. 
 Yours truly, G. W. MOODY, 
 
 221 S. Bunker Hill avenue. 
 
 A GENERAL LETTER FROM SEVERAL PATRONS SHOWING 
 THAT RESULTS HAVE GIVEN THEM CONFIDENCE. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, California. 
 T. Foo Yuen, City: 
 
 Dear Sir: The results of our treatment by the Oriental system 
 of medicine as practiced by you have been very satisfactory to us, 
 and have proved to us that there is great benefit to be derived from 
 the herbal remedies when their use is directed by the care and skill 
 of which you are possessed. 
 
 We have also watched the effects of this treatment in other cases 
 of which we have known or which we have seen while we have been 
 your patrons. The favorable results in these cases have inspired 
 confidence in the system and in your skill and ability. These reme- 
 dies seem to be adapted to a great many different diseases and to be 
 
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 successful in an unusually large proportion of the cases which com- 
 mence treatment. 
 
 We believe that a wider knowledge of the principles of this sys- 
 tem would result in great good to invalids and to the world in gen- 
 eral. We think that such knowledge ought to be encouraged in every 
 way, and that people ought to be urged to study this system, both in 
 its theories and in the many cases which show its results. We believe 
 that you are well qualified by your skill in the use of these remedies, 
 by your knowledge of the English language, and by your acquaintance 
 with the condition of the treatment of white people, both to teach 
 the theories of the system of medicine and to practice those theories 
 in particular cases, as applied to the treatment of different diseases. 
 
 For this reason we are willing to sign this general letter of rec- 
 ommendation as an encouragement to others to study this system, 
 and, if out of health, to test it for themselves. Very truly yours, 
 
 MR. H. D. EVEREST, P. O. box 283, Los Angeles. 
 
 MR. E. W. SANDISON, 38th and Budlong avenue, Los Angeles. 
 
 MRS. T. D. MERRYMAN, 3020 Hoover street, Los Angeles. 
 
 COL. E. D. G. MORGAN, Duarte, Cal. 
 
 MRS. M. RAYMOND, 1037 S. Broadway, Los Angeles. 
 
 MR. A. J. SANBORN, 419 E. Fourth street, i^os Angeles. 
 
 MR. E. M. WADE, 11 5% N. Main street, Los Angeles. 
 
 N. VAN ZANDT, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. 
 
 MRS. B. HOWARD, 467 C street, San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 MR. J. W. SYMMES, Redlands, Cal. 
 
 MR. HENRY F. DE SOUZA, San Jacinto, Cal. 
 
 MR. B. J. INWALL, San Jacinto, Cal. 
 
 MRS. E. P. HILLMAN, 919 South Broadway. 
 
 H. I. ROPER, Station A, Los Angeles. 
 
 MRS. S. E. BRYSON, Belmont avenue and Temple street. 
 
 A. WILSON, 261 E. Tenth street, Riverside, Cal. 
 
 GEO. W. HAZARD, 933 South Broadway. 
 
 MRS. A. T. CHUBB, 949 South Broadway. 
 
 WM. COGSWELL, 1138 South Flower street. 
 
 MISS SADIE MTHERSON, McPherson, Orange county, Cal. 
 
 C. B. GRANNIS, 1508 South Main street. 
 
 J. J. TYLER, South Pasadena, Cal. 
 
 MRS. P. N. PORTMAN, 501 Temple street, Los Angeles. 
 
 F. E. STURGIS, 301 South Broadway, Los Angeles. 
 
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 C. R. WHEELER, 117 San Pedro street, Los Angeles. 
 
 MRS. J. C. RHOADES, Los Angeles. 
 
 A. A. DEXTER, JR., Fourth and A streets, San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 MR. and MRS. MAGGA MOTHERSPAW, Del Rosa, Cal. 
 
 E. R. VAN DEURSEN, 482 Third street, San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 W. M. WRIGHT, Ontario, Cal. 
 
 J. T. BURROWS, San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 E. P. LANE, San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 HENRY B. RUGGLES, Redlands, Cal. 
 
 JOHN SCEALEY, Redlands, Cal. 
 
 A. J. HENDRICKSON, Redlands, Cal. 
 
 J. R. CAMPBELL, Redlands, Cal. 
 
 MRS. MATTIE REEDER, Redlands, Cal. 
 
 E. C. WARREN, Redlands, Cal. 
 
 MRS. FANNIE VAN LEUVEN, 1844 Naud street, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 MISS B. M. COX, Riverside, Cal. 
 
 MRS. C. ELLIS, 623 Tehama street, Los Angeles. 
 
 J. B. COURTNEY, 730 Commercial street, Los Angeles. 
 
 MRS. J. A. JONES, 1002 Alpine street, Los Angeles. 
 
 P. J. BRANNEN, 1301 West Washington street, Los Angeles. 
 
 MRS. T. G. KELTY, San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 
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 THE FIRST HOME OF THE FOO & WING HERB COMPANY. 
 
 The above cut represents the former office of the Foo & Wing 
 Herb Company, together with a few of the many patients who have 
 been benefited by the genuine Oriental System of Medicine. This 
 office was on Broadway, Los Angeles, but, after remaining here for 
 a few months, the company was compelled, by increasing business, to 
 seek larger quarters. 
 
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 FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 
 The above cut represents the office and home of the Foo & Wing 
 Herb Company at the present writing, January, 1902. This hand- 
 some and commodious building is at No. 903 S. Olive street, one of 
 the finest of the residence streets of Los Angeles. It is convenient 
 to the business center and easily reached by several lines of electric 
 cars. This has been the headquarters of this company for several 
 years past. Should any change in location be made hereafter the fact 
 will be noted in the advertisements of the company in the daily papers 
 of Los Angeles. 
 
CHAPTER V. 
 
 TOM LEONG. 
 
 Vice-President of the Foo and Wing Herb Company A Brief Sketch 
 of His Life and Education. 
 
 Tom Leong, vice-president of the Foo and Wing Herb Company, is 
 a brother of Tom Foo Yuen, and is, therefore, like him, a descendant 
 of a race of physicians. Tom Leong was born in 1868. Since he came 
 to Los Angeles, a few years ago, he has been an assistant to his 
 brother, who considers his skill in the cure of disease equal to his own. 
 This has been shown by the cure of many difficult cases. For six 
 generations past their family has been a race of physicians, and the 
 remedies which they employ are secrets that have been transmitted 
 from one generation to another and improved as a result of very 
 wide experience. Most of the ancestors of these two men have: been 
 physicians of national reputation in their own country. 
 
 During his residence in the United States Foo has studied closely 
 the application of his remedies for the cure of Americans, and his 
 brother, Tom Leong, has reaped the benefit of the experience thus 
 acquired. Tom Leong's education, in his own country, was far above 
 that of the ordinary Chinese physician. From the beginning of his 
 education he was an enthusiastic student in all the disorders of the 
 human system. His grandfather was physician to the Emperor of 
 China, and was a man of high; rank in his country. His father was 
 the late Dr. T. Gee Son. They taught Tom Leong from the text-books 
 of their profession, which he studied with a degree of intelligence and 
 power of learning far greater than the average. He readily grasped 
 subjects which were very deep and difficult of understanding. 
 
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 FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 
 Tom Leong commenced his studies at school at the age of six 
 years, and continued these for thirteen years, when he was grad- 
 uated from the common schools. Three years later he was graduated 
 from the high school. He then commenced in earnest the study of 
 medicine at a hospital conducted in Canton by his father, who had 
 returned to Canton after living in San Francisco for several years as 
 an associate physician with Li Po Tai, during which time he cured 
 many white people. This; building was surrounded by a park. In the 
 front of the building was the office where the patients were received. 
 
 There was also a library filled with the books comprised in the course 
 of medical instruction, and in this room Tom Leong spent most of his 
 time, every day for three years in very earnest study. During this 
 time he was not allowed to go away to visit his friends or to go home 
 or to engage in anything that would distract his mind from his work. 
 His mother alone was permitted to see him, but she had to come to 
 him as he was not permitted to go to see her. His only vacation dur- 
 ing the whole year was a period of about ten days during the New 
 Year, when he was permitted to go home and see his relatives and 
 
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 friends. Every Sunday was a day of rest but, although Tom Leong 
 could rest from his work, yet he could not go out, except into the 
 park, where he took his daily exercise. Yet, although he was very 
 industrious, the confinement and close application to study did not 
 injure his health. 
 
 Tom Leong followed this course of instruction for three years 
 to the great satisfaction of his teachers. And, after he had attained 
 proficiency in the lessons taught in the books, they commenced to 
 teach him diagnosis by the pulse. He was now granted more free- 
 dom, was permitted to go into the office where the patients were 
 accustomed to assemble for examination and to go to see his friends. 
 His teachers were not so severe as during the first three years. But 
 he still studied the medical books very carefully and also learned the 
 use of the different remedies. In the course of six years he had 
 studied the ancient medical books, written four thousand years ago, 
 and also all the important works on medicine written since that time. 
 He then became versed in the special remedies which had been 
 handed down in his family from generation to generation. The next 
 step was to commence to prepare prescriptions, when his father was 
 busy, and in this way he entered upon the active practice of medicine. 
 
 Tom Leong's father was anxious to have his son very skillful 
 in medicine, more so, even, than himself. He therefore sent him to 
 study with a physician named Fay Pak Hong, who was the most 
 prominent physician in all China. He lived in the city of Mangho, 
 near Shanghai, in the province of Gong Nam, district of Sou Chou. 
 After this celebrated physician had seen Tom Leong and had given 
 him an examination, he declared that he was already so proficient 
 that he himself could teach him only a little, and that the remedies 
 which he understood were better even than those which had been 
 handed down in his own family. So Fay Pak Hong made him a 
 teacher over three boys of his own in order that they might get the 
 benefit of an understanding of the remedies which had been handed 
 down from father to son in Tom Leong's family. In return, he taught 
 Tom Leong the secrets of his own remedies, thus improving both 
 systems. 
 
 Tom Leong remained with Fay Pak Hong for two years and then 
 entered the Imperial Medical College at Peking, where he studied 
 for three years and was then graduated, thus becoming an Imperial 
 doctor. He then returned to Canton. At that lime the" Foo and Wing 
 Herb Company had just been incorporated, and the members of this 
 
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 company wanted Tom Leong to undertake the general supervision of 
 the preparation of their remedies in China, because they could be 
 manufactured of a better quality in China than in San Francisco, as 
 the choicest herbs could be obtained there more easily. The reme- 
 dies prepared by Tom Leong have been found very efficient and have 
 made the work of the Foo and Wing Company more successful than 
 before. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company was incorporated in 1897, and 
 after acting as its agent in Canton for two years, during which time 
 the company was very prosperous, Tom Leong then came to Los 
 Angeles as an assistant to T. Foo Yuen, tho president of the com- 
 pany. 
 
 We print testimonials of a few of the cures that have 
 been made by Tom Leong in Los Angeles, also some articles on a few 
 phases of Oriental medicine prepared by Tom Leong and his brother, 
 T. Foo Yuen, working together. Under the direction of his brother 
 also, Tom Leong has made a study of the special uses of the remedies 
 in the treatment of the diseases of white people, and adapting them to 
 the white man's ways of life. Tom Leong's diploma from the Imperial 
 Medical College at Peking is substantially the same as T. Foo Yuen's, 
 and for that reason we do not reproduce it in these pages. But we 
 have given his certificate from the Chinese Consul-General at San 
 Francisco both in Chinese and in English, in or fler that all may under- 
 stand it. 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 
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 FACSIMILE OF TOM LEONG'S CERTIFICATE FROM * THE 
 CHINESE CONSUL-GENERAL. 
 
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 C\ 
 
 TRANSLATION OF TOM LEONG^S CERTIFICATE FROM THE 
 CHINESE CONSUL-GENERAL. 
 
CHAPTER VL 
 
 SOME TOPICS FROM ORIENTAL MEDICINE. 
 
 Lessons on Anatomy and on the Cause and Origin of Diseases The 
 Medical Profession in China The Herbal Remedies Vivi- 
 section Among the Chinese. 
 
 These articles were first published in the Los Angeles papers. 
 They are certainly very unique, and are the result of patient investi- 
 gation by the learned men of one of the most observing peoples on the 
 face of the earth. The more these lessons are studied, the more fully 
 the force of their reasoning is impressed upon the mind of the student. 
 
 LESSON NO. 1 THE CHINESE SYSTEM OF ANATOMY. 
 
 In the Chinese medical books are described all the remedies which 
 benefit the human system in such a way that everybody may under- 
 stand. The question then arises: How do the remedies benefit the 
 system? This is a matter that has puzzled very many people of all 
 countries. Even the common doctors of China, those who are not 
 very well educated, cannot understand the reason of this. I will 
 explain why this is so. The excellent reason is given in books written 
 four thousand years ago. The grammar of these books is very hard, 
 and the reasoning is so deep that the common doctor cannot learn. 
 He studies modern and very easy books, but he cannot comprehend 
 philosophy. Many hundred years ago a few very well educated doctors 
 understood everything, but they never had their profound reasoning 
 translated into easy language, and they never had their many hundred 
 
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 books condensed by searching out and separating the essential parts 
 and showing them to all the world. 
 
 English people who have lived a good many years in China, and 
 have tried to translate the Chinese medical books, have found them 
 very hard to learn and translate. They have gone part way and 
 stopped when half done, and have found no one suitable to explain 
 these books to them. And because they have not found men suffi- 
 ciently well educated to explain these books, they have not been able 
 to simplify them. This is because the Chinese language is more diffi- 
 cult to learn than any other in the whole world, and because the 
 medical works which were written four thousand years ago are more 
 difficult than any other books in the Chinese language. 
 
 A NEW LESSON ON ANATOMY. 
 
 Speaking of anatomy, I suppose that the subject has long been 
 written in the books of all civilized nations. Therefore I need not 
 speak about it here in detail, but I will say a few words here regard- 
 ing the Chinese system of anatomy. In my chapter or lesson on this 
 subject some parts of the reasoning are like anatomy, some parts are 
 different from anatomy. I cannot always find the proper name in 
 English, but can say Chinese anatomy. 
 
 THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FIVE VITAL ORGANS. 
 
 I cannot write all of this lesson here because it is too long, but the 
 five kinds of vital organs belong to the five kinds of elements. I shall 
 try to explain the lungs first. The lungs belong to the mineral ele- 
 ment. They are in the upper part of the chest. They look like an 
 umbrella. They are connected with the nostrils. They have eight 
 leaves or lobes, six in front and two in the oack. There are nine 
 divisions of the pipe through the throat which connect the lungs with 
 the nose and are called in English the trachea. The lungs are joined 
 to the heart by large veins. The power in the outside heat of the 
 lungs can control the air of the body and the power in the inside 
 heat can control the large intestine, and the large intestine belongs 
 to the mineral element . 
 

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 THE HEART. 
 
 Next I shall speak of the heart. This organ belongs to the fire 
 element. It lies just above the diaphragm. There is a close connec- 
 tion between the heart and the tongue, so that when the heart wishes 
 to speak the tongue will follow. The natural heat or influence of the 
 heart can control the eye, the nose, the ear and the tongue alike and 
 altogether. And the seven affections have their seat in the heart. 
 When the man wakes up the power from the heart is furnished to the 
 brain; when the man sleeps the brain power returns to the heart. 
 The power which is within the heart controls the small intestines 
 which also belong to the fire element. The power of the heart through 
 the outside controls the actions of the body by the arteries which 
 carry the blood from the heart through the body. The blood is then 
 of a red color, and it returns to the heart through the veins and is 
 dark. The heart case protects the heart and belongs to the fire ele- 
 ment, too, and the power of the heart case goes through the natural 
 heat between the two kidneys, where is the seat of life. Some books 
 say that life is in the brain; some books say that it is in the heart; 
 but the heart and the brain and the kidneys are all connected by the 
 current of air through the natural heat, and all make up one family. 
 
 THE SPLEEN. 
 
 Now let us speak of the spleen, which belongs to the earth ele- 
 ment. This organ lies on the outside of the stomach, under the heart, 
 and its place is near the left side, but the air power goes through the 
 right side, because we can feel the spleen pulse in the right hand. 
 The spleen catches tne impulse from the food and liquid taken into 
 the stomach, which we call the food and liquid air, and sets up an 
 action like the balance-wheel of a watch. The heat from the spleen 
 can draw the liquid from the gall, which goes through the food and 
 liquid in the stomach and causes it to be digested. The spleen is con- 
 nected with the mouth. The power of the spleen on the inside con- 
 trols the stomach, and the stomach belongs to the earth element. 
 The power goes through the outside and controls the flesh of the body. 
 
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 THE LIVER. 
 
 
 
 Next we will speak of the liver. This belongs to the vegetable 
 element, and has seven lobes. It lies in the right side near the stom- 
 ach, but the power and the air and the pulse go through the left side, 
 because the liver pulse is found in the left hand. I 
 
 The liver is closely connected with the eye. The power on the 
 inside controls the gall, which belongs to the vegetable element. 
 The power of the liver on the outside controls the nerves of the body. 
 
 THE KIDNEYS. 
 
 I will try to speak of the kidneys. These belong to the water ele- 
 ment and are closely connected with the ear. There are two kidneys, 
 which lie at the base of the spine, one on each side. The pulse fol- 
 lows the spine to the brain, and the kidneys furnish juices to the 
 brain^ This is shown because the natural juices of the kidneys are 
 white, the marrow of the spine is white, and the natural juices of the 
 brain are white. And all of these three, the kidneys, 'the spine and the 
 brain, make one family. The power from the brain inside controls 
 the bladder, which belongs to the water element, and the power 
 on the outside controls the bones of the body and goes between the 
 two kidneys (through the natural heat), and the resulting power 
 belongs to the fire element. And that heat can warm the lower, mid- 
 dle and upper parts of the vital organs. 
 
 DIGESTION AND NUTRITION. 
 
 I shall try to explain the stomach and the conditions of digestion. 
 When food and liquid are taken into the stomach, then the spleen lies 
 on the outside of the stomach and sets up an action like the balance- 
 wheel of a watch, and causes the digestive processes by agitating the 
 air in the stomach and spleen and by extracting a fluid, from which 
 the blood and all other natural juices of the body are produced. This 
 fluid is of a dark color as taken by the spleen, and is sent by the 
 force of the spleen to the lungs, where it is purified. And then it 
 passes through the lower part, drop by drop, like the falling of rain in 
 a shower. It is distributed to all portions of the body. The power 
 
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 thus derived from the lungs produces all the growth of the skin; that 
 from the heart causes all the action of the body, through the blood; 
 the power of the spleen produces all of the flesh of the body and fur- 
 nishes all the strength of the body; the liver produces all of the 
 nerves, and the kidneys produce all of the bones. There are five 
 prime vital organs, but these explanations are not full and complete 
 in reference to the growth and control of the body in its different 
 parts. 
 
 I will give you an example or illustration of this growth and con- 
 trol. The human body is like unto the earth and the sky. You see 
 how, after a rainstorm, the sun causes the evaporation of the mois- 
 ture in the earth, which causes clouds, and rushes to the sky, making 
 fog and rain, which falls to the earth producing vegetation. The sun 
 also draws the dampness up again, which makes more clouds, which 
 rush again to the sky, and the clouds make more rainfall, which falls 
 down to the earth, again producing vegetation, giving and taking 
 indefinitely. The spleen is like unto the earth; the lungs are like 
 unto the sky, and the power keeps going from one to the other. 
 
 THE QUESTION OF SLEEP. 
 
 An interesting question is: "What makes a person sleep?" I 
 will explain this. The starting point in the circulation of the human 
 body is at and from the kidneys to the heart and from the heart to the 
 kidneys. There is a current to and from the kidneys to the heart and 
 from the heart to the kidneys an interchange of air or power, between 
 these two organs, which is perpetual in life. If the current of air 
 between these organs is broken, death ensues instantly. Also there is 
 another kind of air to the kidneys and heart, which manifests its 
 power over the system when the man lies down to sleep. The mind 
 becomes quiet, and then the brain power returns to the heart. Then 
 the second power of the heart expands and rushes to the kidneys, 
 and the second power, or current, of the kidneys expands and rushes 
 to the heart. Then the man sleeps, and if the current of air continues 
 strong there will be good rest. 
 
 When there is excessive brain labor this affects the power, which 
 is not strong, and when the current of air makes weak connection, 
 the sleep is very poor. The brain, the heart and the kidneys make 
 one family. 
 
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 Every one who studies the functions of the vital organs should 
 understand that they perform their functions by the natural power of 
 air. This power can control the blood; the blood cannot control the 
 air. You can see this from the bladder, which makes a little hole 
 Into the lower part, but none in the upper part, for the .fluids to enter. 
 And the small intestines perform their functions naturally in the same 
 way. The refuse goes through the large intestines and the water 
 goes through the bladder by air power. Any one can get the bladder 
 of a cow or hog for examination. You may turn the lower hole up, 
 and although the water may be full inside not one drop will run down. 
 It all keeps inside. But the power of air can make the water go into 
 the bladder, although there is not a visible place for it to enter. 
 Sometimes the small intestine fails to perform its natural function 
 and does not carry off the water and fluids. Then the water goes 
 through the large intestine and causes sickness. 
 
 LESSON NUMBER TWO. 
 
 The Cause and Origin of Diseases Three Prime Sources Their Influ- 
 ence Upon the Human System Traced and Explained. 
 
 There are three prime sources from which the diseases common to 
 mankind originate. The first of these includes such influences as are 
 without and independent of the body. There are six forms of air, 
 namely: Wind, cold, sun heat, damp air, dry air and fire air. The 
 second sources comprises those influences which cause ill health from 
 within the make-up of the individual. There are seven of these, 
 namely: Joy, anger, overwork, study, grief, fright and fear. These 
 are the excessive seven affections. The third source of disease 
 includes those influences which are neither entirely within nor without 
 the make-.up of the individual. They include improper food and^ 
 liquids, fire, hot or cold water and the bites of insects and animals. 
 
 Of the six forms of injurious air, the first, wind from the sky, is 
 slow in its effects upon the system. There are a good many different 
 kinds of this air. The second form, cold air, is from the earth. This 
 may cause sickness quickly. There are also a good many kinds of 
 this air. Both of these forms are indispensable to man, yet both are 
 sometimes very destructive and cause the worst forms of disease of 
 any from this source. The ancient medical works tell of 193 kinds 
 of sickness from wind and cold. They work together, but cause 
 
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 atmospheric conditions known by many different names. The third 
 form is sun-heat, which causes many diseases, among which is sun- 
 stroke. The fourth form is damp air, and is that which is found in 
 low altitudes and about swamps, and soon after rainstorms. This 
 is the external) source and origin of malaria. The fifth form, dry air, 
 is caused by atmospheric changes. This will produce dryness in the 
 throat and mouth, redness of the eyes, and inflammation in other 
 parts of the body. The sixth form, fire air, is a poisonous condition 
 of the atmosphere, and the worst form of this air causes cholera; but 
 other forms cause lighter epidemics. This form of injurious air causes 
 death very quickly, while all the others work destruction slowly. 
 
 EFFECTS OF THE EMOTIONS. 
 
 An excess of any mental emotion causes disease. Anger affects 
 the heart and liver. Petulance shortens life. Overwork injures the 
 nerves and the bones, and produces an impaired circulation of the 
 blood. Excessive study seriously injures the heart and spleen. Grief 
 also weakens| the heart. Fear affects the gall and prevents the secre- 
 tion of sufficient gall liquid. It also weakens the heart. Fear cannot 
 be driven away. Sudden and intense fright will rupture the gall sack 
 and confuse the seven affections, completely unbalancing the mind 
 and causing insanity, 
 
 Among the third causes of disease are eating and drinking im- 
 proper foods and liquids. Roasted or fried meats cause inflamma- 
 tion and a desire to drink often. Eating more meats than vegetables 
 causes indigestion. Drinking cold drinks and eating raw fruits 
 cause damp air in the system. The inflammation and damp air will 
 lock hands and cause malaria and severe illness. This form of malaria 
 produced internally, is unlike that produced in the open air and 
 inhaled. But it invites an external form, and the two together cause 
 severe forms of disease. 
 
 Diseases may commence in the liver and involve the stomach; or 
 they may commence in the stomach and involve the lungs, or they may 
 commence in the kidneys and involve the liver. They may commence 
 in any of the internal organs and involve tne skin, the external 
 surface of the body. Disease that commences in the skin, flesh, 
 nerves, cords or muscles will sooner or later involve the internal 
 organs. 
 
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 The symptoms of disease may be the same in two or more people, 
 yet the causes be entirely different. And a single cause may manifest 
 itself in a number of ways; thus, either headache, backache, stomach- 
 ache, boneache, toothache or distress of the lungs may be due to the 
 same cause. 
 
 Although all men look very much alike and have the same mem- 
 bers and organs, yet no two are exactly alike or possess the same 
 degree of external power, which is strength, or of internal power, 
 which is vitality. 
 
 The five vital organs are the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kid- 
 neys. The heart-case, gall, stomach, large intestines, small intestines 
 and bladder are agents for the vital organs. The seven affections 
 joy, anger, grief, pleasure, laughter, hatred and desire control the 
 vital organs, but have no influence over the six agents of the five 
 vital organs. When either of the five vital organs is the seat of 
 disease the difficulty is more serious than it would be if seated in 
 either of the six sub-organs. 
 
 All internal organs have muscles and pulse connecting with the 
 extremities of the body. 
 
 FOUR METHODS OF HEALING. 
 
 There are four principal methods of healing: First, by warm- 
 ingj the blood; second, by cleansing the system; third, by strengthen- 
 ing, and fourth, by purging. 
 
 The Chinese system of medicine is taught in branches, such as 
 diseases of children, diseases of women, diseases of men, and dis- 
 eases of the bones, including injuries to them. Each of these 
 branches requires from three to four years to learn. To acquire a 
 thorough knowledge of medicine and to be able to pass an examin- 
 ation at the Imperial College of Medicine at Peking requires fourteen 
 years of the most arduous labor that ever students of any profes- 
 sion in any country are subjected to. Even then the recipient of 
 a diploma from the college often fails to receive the signature of the 
 Emperor to his diploma because he fails to pass a second and very 
 severe examination before His Majesty. 
 
MEDICAL HISTORY IN CHINA. 
 
 A BRIEF HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS-A CALLING 
 HELD IN ESPECIAL HONOR AMONG THE CHINESE. 
 
 EARLY PHYSICIANS WHO BECAME EMPERORS-THE FOUNDERS OF THE 
 GREAT IMPERIAL COLLEGE AT PEKIN. 
 
 Mrs. Alice Rollins Crane, a well-known writer and journalist, 
 formerly of Los Angeles, now a resident of Dawson City, in the 
 Klondike, once had an interesting interview with T. Foo Yuen, in 
 reference to the Imperial Medical College at Peking. Mrs. Crane 
 stated that she had recently heard a Chinamen say that there is no 
 Imperial Medical College in China. This remark brought out the 
 following discussion of the subject. T. Foo Yuen laughed at the 
 statement and said: 
 
 "Did that man. say that? He doesn't know the history of the Chi- 
 nese medical books. The people of some other country might, per- 
 haps say that there is no Imperial Medical College in China, because 
 they do not know the conditions and customs in regard to-the medical 
 colleges of the Chinese! But there is no excuse for a Chinaman 
 saying' this. Again, some one might have said this twenty years 
 ago, -but there is no reason for saying it now when people ought to 
 know better. 
 
 "The truth is that the Imperial Medical College was founded 
 four thousand years ago. This college is in Peking, and is within 
 the walls of the great inclosure known as 'The Emperor's World.' 
 
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 This college is near the front door of the Emperor's palace. This 
 front door is called in the Chinese language Di Ching Mung. The 
 college is on Tong Bew Boy street. On the right of the Imperial 
 Medical College is the office of an official whom we may call an 
 'almanac officer.' He has charge of all the computations and predic- 
 tions in regard to the weather, the movements of the heavenly bodies, 
 etc., etc., and corresponds to the American weather bureau. The 
 college is on the right of this building and is next to the corner of 
 the wall surrounding the inclosure. Soldiers always stand before 
 the front door of the college to keep the conynon people from going 
 tn. Only high officials, such as judges, are permitted to enter, because 
 the common people do not understand the regulations which govern 
 the college. 
 
 "While I was a student at the Imperial Medical College and before 
 I graduated, many judges and high officials came to take my treat- 
 ment. Among those who took my treatment and with whom I became 
 well acquainted was Judge Li Yung Yew, who came to San Fran- 
 cisco to be consul-general there, and gave me a certificate of my stand- 
 ing at the Imperial Medical College. This judge says that the Chi- 
 nese call this college Ti Yee Yun, but that the English name, as 
 nearly as can be translated, is Imperial Medical College, although 
 the customs and ways of teaching in this college are a little different 
 from the English method. 
 
 "And now to speak of the commencement of the medical college, 
 four thousand years ago. The first doctor was a holy man named 
 Son Non. He commenced the use of herbal remedies, and there 
 was much benefit to the world from these, that all the people voted to 
 make him Emperor. The second doctor was named Wong Ti. He 
 commenced to explain anatomy and the use of medicines, and he 
 wrote two different kinds of books. The title of the first book was 
 Ling Su Kin, and the title of the other was Su Man Kin. These books 
 continued the work which Sun Tong had commenced, and brought so 
 much benefit into the world, that everybody voted for Wong Day 
 to be Emperor in his turn. And while he was Emperor he built up 
 the Imperial Medical College. And the name of the first president 
 was Kee Ba, who had a large faculty with him as associate physi- 
 cians and teachers. One of these was Su Su, another Su Yu, and 
 another was Louen Kong, and another was Chung Man. These four 
 put more power into the two books which Wong Day had written 
 and completed them. So it was required all through China that every 
 
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 PORTION OF IMPERIAL MEDICAL COLLEGE 
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 doctor must be learned in these books and the teachings of them 
 is very skillful indeed. But the grammar and construction of the 
 language is very deep and difficult. This is true of any Chinese 
 book, but the grammar of these medical books is harder than that of 
 any other book in China. 
 
 ANCIENT LAWS REGULATING THE PROFESSION. 
 
 "So for many years the doctors were compelled to pass examin- 
 ations in these books and all the very well educated doctors were 
 sought out and divided into two classes, and they were called doc- 
 tors of the first or second class. They were all called official, or judge, 
 doctors. All of the doctors in the first class were kept in the Imperial 
 Medical College for three years to learn more. They, therefore, stood 
 much higher than the others, and were called physicians to the 
 Emperor. The second-class doctors were permitted to go home, and 
 were called doctorsi to take care of the people. And for all this time 
 there was a law to regulate the practice of medicine, just as there is 
 among English-speaking people. If a man could not pass the examina- 
 tion, he could not call himself a doctor. But after the time of the 
 tenth Emperor they found this law too severe, and they permitted 
 students to graduate by quick and easy examinations, because the 
 Chinese people had grown so fast thatj they could not furnish enough 
 doctors to take care of the common people. So they suspended the 
 operation of the law and permitted anybody to be called' doctor. But 
 only the graduates from the Imperial Medical College were permit- 
 ted to be physicians to the Emperor, and these must have passed 
 the examination the same as before. From that time until now, there 
 has been no closing of the doors ofj the Imperial Medical College. It 
 has always been in operation. Whenever there has been a change of 
 Emperors there has been some change in other laws and customs, but 
 they never changed the management of the Imperial Medical College, 
 which is still conducted in the same way as the first. 
 
 THE MORE MODERN WAY. 
 
 "But since the law regulating the profession of medicine was 
 changed almost all the students have chosen to learn from easy books, 
 and all have wanted to learn quickly and the things that were hand- 
 
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 lest. So that there have not been many people to learn from the 
 books written four thousand years ago, which are so hard. This 
 matter is getting worse all the time, and the doctors are becoming of 
 a cheaper class. The English people, who have been building up 
 Hongkong, employ doctors on the steamship lines and in the hos- 
 pitals. Formerly they tried to have one English and one Chinese 
 doctor in each place, and for this purpose they gave examinations for 
 the Chinese doctors for a long time, but they could not find any 
 Chinese doctors who could explain anatomy and the causes of dis- 
 eases. This was because the educated Chinese doctors would not go 
 to take these examinations held by the English, for the reason that 
 the systems and knowledge were different, and also the medicines 
 employed. From that time, the English people in China have detested 
 the Chinese doctors because they have seen and known only the 
 poorest and cheapest of them, and those that have no education; and 
 after a time, on the steamers and in the hospitals conducted by the 
 English, only English doctors were employed, and they stopped em- 
 ploying Chinese doctors. 
 
 LACK OF GOOD PHYSICIANS IN CHINA. 
 
 "For these reasons, anywhere through China, in the course of a 
 few hundred miles, perhaps one, two or three very good native doctors 
 will be found, and these perform so many wonderful cures, that the 
 English people are surprised. They look on in surprise, and say: 
 'Men cannot show such skill as this. I think this doctor is helped by 
 the angels.' The Englishman does not know that all the skill, which 
 seems to him so wonderful, is from those first books published four 
 thousand years ago. 
 
 "The colleges which teach the skill and knowledge of western 
 nations, ' as distinguished from those of the Orient, were commenced 
 in China about twenty years ago, and they teach all professions. 
 Some of the teachers come from Germany, and some come from 
 England. Their ways of teaching and their 'rules of management are 
 just the same as those of colleges in America, and I need not 
 describe them in detail. During the past three years, 'many states 
 have established these colleges, and have brought citizens of west- 
 ern countries to be members of the different faculties. They teach 
 all professions, and more colleges are constantly being established. 
 
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 "Throughout China, however, the study of the English systems of 
 medicine is growing less and less. The Chinese regard English 
 physicians only as surgeons, in the doing of such operations, as 
 removing tumors and similar external difficulties. In other matters 
 they do not have much confidence in these doctors. Consequently 
 the doctors do not have many patients among the native people. 
 They prefer the medical system taught in the ancient books printed 
 four thousand years ago." 
 
THE HERBAL REMEDIES. 
 
 A CLASSIFICATION OF HERBAL MEDICINES, 
 
 WHENCE THEIR POWER IS DERIVED AND THEIR ACTION ON THE 
 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 Everything in the world is included in five elements, namely: 
 Water, mineral, vegetation, fire and earth. In the vital organs there 
 are also five different elements, and everything in vegetation corre- 
 sponds to five kinds of elements. The power which comes from the 
 use of these elements in vegetation is the same as the power in the 
 different vital organs. This is a theory of very great importance, and 
 one which; I am anxious for the American people to understand. 
 
 I shall explain the simpler lessons from these facts first. In 
 things belonging to the water element the color is black, the taste is 
 salt, and the power is of benefit to the lower organs of the human 
 body. The herbal medicines that are of a black color and salt taste 
 belong to the water element, and therefore have an influence upon 
 the kidneys and the bladder, for these organs also belong to the 
 water element. In the vegetation element the color is blue or green 
 and the taste is sour. So herbs of a blue or green color and sour 
 taste are allied to the vegetation element. These have a power 
 to contract the air in the blood, and their action assists the liver and 
 gall, because these organs belong to the vegetable element. The color 
 of things belonging to the fire element is red, the taste is bitter, and 
 the power from these rushes through the system. Therefore herb rem- 
 edies of a red color and bitter taste are classed with the fire element 
 and influence the heart, the heart-case and the small intestines, which 
 belong to the fire element. The power from these herbs rushes 
 
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 through the upper part of the body. The color of the earth ele- 
 ment is yellow, its taste is sw'eet, and the power from it is very 
 slow. Therefore herbal remedies of a yellow color and sweet taste 
 belong to the earth element. These can cause the circulation to go 
 slow and make the effect of the medicines remain in the middle of 
 the vital organs. Their effect is upon the spleen and the stomach, 
 because the spleen and the stomach are of the earth element. In 
 the mineral element, the color is white, the taste is hot and the 
 power expands. So herbal medicines of a white color and a hot 
 taste belong to the mineral element. These cause the natural heat 
 of the body to go down through the extremities and through the 
 outside of the skin. These influence the action of the lungs and the 
 larger intestines, because these organs belong to the mineral element. 
 
 Mineral produces water; water produces vegetation; vegetation 
 produces fire; fire produces earth; earth produces mineral; these 
 make up the five elements. The earth medicine produces the air in 
 the blood. The mineral element is stronger than the vegetation and 
 can control it; vegetation controls the earth and the earth con- 
 trols the water; water controls the fire, and the fire controls the 
 mineral; water can| stop the fire and dissolve the mineral. The earth 
 remedies conquer poisons. 
 
 This is the simplest explanation of the relation between the 
 herbal remedies and their effects upon the differnt vital organs. But 
 there are other and more abstruse variations of this subject, some 
 of which I shall explain. When, for instance, in any herb the color 
 belongs to one element, and the taste to another, then there is a 
 different power and a different effect from those which exist when 
 both color and tast are to the same elment. Thus, the color may be 
 white, belonging to the mineral element, and the tatete sweet, 
 belonging to the earth. Or the taste may be hot, belonging to the 
 mineral, and the color green, belonging to vegetation. In this way 
 one herb has two or more different elements in its composition. 
 It therefore has more than one effect and more than one power. 
 
 li also happens that some medicines of black color and salt taste 
 do not belong to the water element; some of green color and sour 
 taste do not belong to the vegetable element; some of red color and 
 bitter taste do not belong to the fire element; some of yellow color and 
 sweet taste do not belong to the earth element, and some of white color 
 and hot taste do not belong to the mineral element. This is because 
 there are six varieties of air or currents of power in these which 
 
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 control, and then the taste and color lose their natural power. When 
 the color and the taste are equal, the taste is a better guide than 
 the color, but if the air and the taste are equal, the air is a better 
 guide than the taste. 
 
 THE PREPARATION OF REMEDIES. 
 
 Sometimes, also, in these medicines the color is very plain, and 
 the taste is very slight; in some the color is very indefinite, but the 
 taste is very strong and the air is very light; in some the air is 
 very heavy, but the taste is very slight; in some the air and taste are 
 both strong; in some they are both light. There are many differ- 
 ences of this kind, but when the color and taste are equal, the taste 
 controls the color; if the air and taste are equal^ the air controls the 
 taste; the power or effect comes from the air, and the taste loses 
 is natural power. Every kind of herb has its own power and differs 
 from the others, just as every man differs from all others in his per- 
 sonal appearance and looks. The doctors must understand this phil- 
 osophy very clearly. Then when they understand about every herb 
 medicine, and understand what kind of power each herb has, they 
 must also understand how to join the medicines into the different 
 combinations which are called remedies. If a few kinds of herbs 
 are joined without much power, they cannot produce a beneficial 
 result. They cannot conquer sickness, and cannot be called 'remedies. 
 They do not benefit the patient, because they do not overcome dis- 
 ease. By mixing these medicines and making many changes, many 
 different effects are produced. With some kinds of remedies the 
 power goes through the upper part of the body; in some it goes 
 through the lower; in some through the left side; in some through 
 the right side, and in some through the outside of the body, or 
 the skin; and sometimes the effect is retained in the vital organs, 
 in the inner portions of the body, or it may go through the liver or 
 through the kidneys. 
 
 Each of the vital organs, therefore, when it is out of sorts 
 or sick, has its own remedy. When there is sickness in two or more 
 of the vital organs, then there is need of more than one remedy. 
 
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 ACTION OF THE REMEDIES. 
 
 Some remedies can assist only one organ; others can assist more 
 than one. Some kinds of remedies are good for both internal and 
 external use. Some other kinds of power go through the whole 
 body, from the top of the head to the bottom of the foot. Some 
 remedies can relieve excessive heat or fever and can help the sys- 
 tem that is very weak. They can prevent sickness if taken in time 
 or can cure sickness, even when the patient is so ill as to be 
 nearly dead. Moreover if a remedy or prescription is very skillfully 
 prepared, sometimes with ten or twenty different medicines, it may 
 bring more force to all of the vital organs and to the whole body. On 
 the other hand, certain combinations, or remedies, are so arranged 
 that each herb loses its natural power or effect, and the whole com- 
 bination, taken together, has only one effect, or only two or three 
 different effects. If the physician does not understand exactly the 
 variations produced by the six kinds of air or currents of power, he 
 cannot use his skill to produce these results. The six kinds of air 
 in the medicines respond to six kinds through the system of the 
 patient; but there are still another six kinds of air in the atmos- 
 phere, which are different from these. The explanation of this is very 
 difficult and abstruse. It would require a book of about 80,000 words 
 and is altogether too long to -be discussed here. "We shall 
 hereafter write such a book and shall tell about the power of 
 the medicines, how that power is obtained and what its effects are 
 on the human system. Prom the more than two thousand kinds of 
 medicines we shall search out and condense the more than four 
 hundred kinds that are essential and best for the white man to use. 
 
VIVISECTION AMONG THE CHINESE. 
 
 HOW THE EARLY PHYSICIANS OF CHINA WHO WERE ALSO EM- 
 PERORS EMPLOYED CRIMINALS FOR THE BENEFIT 
 OF SCIENCE. 
 
 THE TRUE HISTORY OF AN IMPORTANT AND MUCH DISCUSSED SUBJECT. 
 
 A SHORT ROUTE TO EXACT KNOWLEDGE OF THE HUMAN 
 
 BODY AND ITS FUNCTIONS-RESULTS WHICH 
 
 HAVE JUSTIFIED THE COST. 
 
 Judge Philip Thier, of Berkeley, is a warm friend of the Chi- 
 nese system of medicine, having been cured of kidney troubles by 
 this system, and his wife having been cured of dropsy. In an inter- 
 view a few weeks ago, he remarked: "When I was in China, I 
 heard something said about the use of vivisection many years ago 
 in establishing the principles of the Chinese system of 
 medicine and anatomy. It was said that the early doctors em- 
 ployed criminals condemned to death for this purpose. Can you tell 
 me something about the details of this practice, whatever it may 
 have been?" 
 
 The reply to this inquiry was as follows: "Yes, there was some- 
 thing of that kind in China, many years ago, when the first 'holy 
 men' received a great power in healing from the God. But it seems 
 that all of this cannot be understood by the common thought and I am 
 afraid that the subject is too new for Americans to understand, and it 
 is contrary to their ideas of what is right and proper." But Judge 
 Thier answered: "No, vivisection has been advocated by great phy- 
 sicians in Europe, who have desired to practice it there, but have 
 
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 been forbidden by their governments. But it is certainly better to 
 study anatomy on, the live body than on the dead body, at least you 
 will get better results in this way. Everybody admits that, and I 
 think it would be proper for you to tell something about the practice 
 of vivisection among the Chinese." So we have given the following 
 account of this very ancient custom: 
 
 Criminals condemned to capital punishment furnished the sub- 
 jects for vivisection, which practice gave the Chinese their first 
 knowledge of anatomy and of the action of remedies. The history of 
 this practice may be considered in two ways; first, as related to the 
 use of the herbal remedies, and second, as related to the study 
 of anatomy. When Chinese medicine was reduced, to a system, many 
 hundred years ago, capital punishment was. much more frequent 
 than it is today, just as it was more frequent in England, and even 
 in America, some hundreds of years ago, than it is now, and there 
 were therefore many more criminals condemned to death who could 
 be used for this purpose. The first "holy men" in China, who were 
 wonderful physicians used capital punishment to try their herbal 
 remedies; and the second "holy men," who were wonderful physi- 
 cians, used it for the study of anatomy. I shall tell you first about 
 trying the herbal remedies by means of men who were condemned 
 to death. 
 
 This was four thousand years ago, and was the commence- 
 ment of medical knowledge among the Chinese. The name of the 
 first "holy man" who was a wonderful physician was Son Non. He 
 commenced his work by finding out the cereals that were useful for 
 the people as food. Afterwards he studied all forms of vegetation, 
 and then thought that he ought to commence to treat diseases. He 
 had learned more plainly than anybody else that everything in the 
 world is included in five kinds of elements. He divided these five 
 natural elements into water, vegetation, fire, earth and mineral. All 
 herbal medicines are chosen and classified according to their relations 
 to these five natural elements. 
 
 Some kinds of vegetation, however, are very posionous. Some 
 kinds are not at all poisonous. And some kinds are a little poison- 
 ous, but their poison may be taken away by using certain liquids. 
 But everything in vegetation had to be chewed or drank before its 
 nature was known. So, every day, Son Non tested the herbal medi- 
 cines in order to teach students who were learning from him. Some 
 days he tried poisonous herbs, and three times he appeared to be 
 
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 dead from the use of these, but the students used a certain liquid 
 preparation that he had ready, and saved his life three times. His 
 genuine book is "Poon Chow Kien," and there is proof in his first 
 book of these facts. He says: "Three times he tried the poison 
 herbs and made himself as if dead and was saved by the liquid." 
 Every student tried to take care of his teacher and asked him to 
 permit him to try the poisonous herbs in his stead. 
 
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 Then Son Non said: "No. Because God has given me extraor- 
 dinary power, and wisdom to study the herbal medicines and to treat 
 sickness, and that is my mission in life. It is not good for me 
 to let some other people do this/' Then the student would say: 
 "It is true that God has given you extraordinary powers. Then it 
 must be necessary for you to learn thoroughly. And if you try the 
 poisonous herbs and they kill you, then we cannot find one more man 
 in the world with the same purpose that you have. Then this sys- 
 tem of medicine will be only one-half done, and this kind of skill 
 will be broken down. Then the world will lose a great benefit. But 
 if you permit us to learn what kinds of herbs are poisonous and to 
 get acquainted with them, and then use some other medicines to take 
 away the poisons, then you may try them, and at the same time 
 you may take care of your life. In this way you can keep your health, 
 and at the same time find out about the poisonous herbs. Then this 
 kind of skill will be understood and that part of the book will be 
 done. This is the best way. But if we try the poison, and it makes 
 us die, then you can make an examination, and you will know how 
 our lives were lost. And even if, unfortunately, one of us should die, 
 still your studies will not be broken down when half completed." 
 
 Son Non, however, would not permit the student to try the poisons 
 and next day he himself tried them again. He tried some kind of 
 a poison which) made his tongue and throat swell, and he was nearly 
 dead. But he used a liquid, which made him better. Still, he was 
 
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 very weak, and for a few days was unable to do any work. Then all 
 the students went to tell the Emperor. And the Emperor called 
 togther his ministers, and tried to find out a good way to try these 
 herbs. Some of the ministers said that it would be a good plan to use 
 the criminals condemned to capital punishment, and to try the poison- 
 ous medicines with them; and they sent for Son Non and laid the plan 
 before him. 
 
 Then Son Non said: "I do not want to compel the criminals 
 to do that for me. Tomorrow have all of the condemned meet to- 
 gether, and if they are very willing to help me, let them raise their 
 hands. If more than half raise their hands, then I shall be very glad 
 to follow that plan." So the next day this was done, and all of the 
 condemned raised up their hands, and all said: "We are very glad 
 to do that, and to give up our lives to help you." Then, after that, 
 everything went well; and Son Non finished his book. And a law 
 was passed to the effect that no poisons should be used internally for 
 medicine. But doctors were permitted to use poisons externally for 
 diseases like cancer, ringworm, tumors, piles, etc. In ringworm, for 
 instance, the disease comes from a little microbe, and it was law- 
 ful to use poisons to destroy them. After the microbe has been 
 killed by using strong external remedies, then strong medicine must 
 be used to draw out the poison which is the effect of these remedies. 
 After the poisoned water has run out, gentle remedies are used to 
 heal the flesh and make the cure complete. 
 
 From that time there has been great benefit to the world from 
 Son Non's book and many diseases have been cured, so that this 
 benefit has gone all through the world. And Son Non's merit was 
 so great that the whole nation honored him, and, after the Emperor 
 died, the people chose Son Non to be Emperor. During his reign he 
 formed the character "Yeok," which means medicine. This character 
 Is composed of three different words. The word at the top means 
 grass; that in the middle means happy or fortunate, and that at the 
 foot means tree. The adding of new words to the Chinese language, 
 at that time, was a prerogative of the Emperor. 
 
 At this time only herbal remedies were permitted to be used, 
 according to the law on this subject, and nothing whatever from the 
 animal or mineral kingdoms. But, afterwards there were many differ- 
 ent schools of physicians. Some of these wanted to use sharp- 
 pointed tubes, by which they perforated the skin and made the 
 blood run, an operation similar to the cupping of American phy- 
 
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 sicians, and there were many other different forms of treatment. 
 Some doctors wanted to use the knife, and some wanted to sear the 
 flesh by hot irons and by other uses of fire, burning the pores of the 
 skin in different ways. Some wanted to use a remedy called "Li." 
 in connection with thin slices of ginger root. The "Li" looks like 
 cotton. The thin strips of ginger would be laid upon the skin and the 
 "Li" burned over this, the intention being to have the fire go through 
 the pores. The ginger, being wet, would prevent it from burning 
 too deeply, and would cause it to burn slowly. This was to be kept 
 up as long as the patient could stand it, and then taken away. It 
 was applied at first only warm, then hotter and finally as hot as it 
 could be endured, after which it was taken away. There were all 
 these and other different kinds of skill and treatment. But the 
 people seemed to be afraid of the dangers of these methods, and the 
 doctors who tried to cure in this way did not have very much business, 
 and there were only a few students who learned these, ways. 
 
 Besides these there were other doctors who used plasters only, 
 and some used liniments; but these doctors did not understand how 
 to remove the root of the diseases, which is internal. So the 
 people were not satisfied with them. Other doctors used materials 
 from animals, and mixed them with the herbal remedies. Some 
 used minerals with the herbs, but the educated people were not 
 satisfid with them and liked the pure herbs better. After a few 
 hundred years an Emperor passed a law to stop the use of any- 
 thing of this sort by physicians, and to prevent such physicians from 
 practicing; and requiring all doctors to use the> pure herbs, and also 
 to pass an examination at the Imperial Medical College. After pass- 
 ing this examination, they were allowed to practice. But after this 
 law had been in force several centuries, the Chinese nation grew 
 so large and the population was so great? that there were not enough 
 doctors capable of passing this examination, which was very hard, 
 and could only be passed after a long course of study; so that there 
 were not enough doctors furnished to take care of all the people. 
 Then the law was broken down, and any one was permitted to be a 
 doctor if he wanted to be, and every man or woman was permitted 
 to use his or her own free will in selecting a doctor. Still the phy- 
 sician to the Emperor must pass an examination. The law was 
 not changed in this respect. 
 
 After listening to this account, Judge Thier said: "I am very 
 much pleased, indeed, to hear this account of vivisection and of the 
 
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 origin of medicine among the Chinese and its history. But I would 
 still like to know something about the history of anatomy." In 
 reply to this we have prepared the following account: 
 
 The second "holy man" who was a wonderful physician was 
 named Hin Yuen, and the people called him Wong Ti. He wrote two 
 different series of books. One series was called "Ling Soo Keng," 
 and the other series was called "Soo Mon Keng." The first pages 
 of the "Soo Mon Keng" contain a few words in reference to Wong 
 Ti, to show that he was surely a "holy man," and saying: "He is 
 wise and his wisdom cannot be comprehended by common thought." 
 
 When Wong Ti| was born, the very day of his birth, he was very 
 smart and could talk with his mother at once in a way that was 
 very wonderful. The people heard of this, and were very much sur- 
 prised at such an instance, and came to see him. They thought him 
 very remarkable, and everybody said: "That boy has great wisdom 
 from God. God has permitted very great wisdom to come to him. By 
 and by he will surely be something wonderful and of great benefit 
 to the world." After Wong Ti had grown to be a great man, he estab- 
 lished the principles of the five relations, as follows: First, as 
 between sovereigns and ministers; second, as between parents and 
 children; third, as between brothers and sisters; fourth, as between 
 husband and wife; and fifth, as between friends. The principles of 
 these he laid down, and they became very celebrated in a book of 
 philosophy. He also liked to study the works of Son Non on treat- 
 ing the diseases of the people. 
 
 After Son Non died, Wong Ti was chosen for Emperor. During 
 his reign he discovered a wonderful man, whose name was Kay 
 Bak, who had helped the Emperor in preparing his works an anatomy. 
 When he commenced this series of books he made use of the crim- 
 inals who were condemned to capital punishment. He first gave 
 the criminal who was to be used, medicine for a few months. Then 
 lie gave him a liquid, something like ether or chloroform, which acted 
 as an anaesthetic. He then performed an operation by which he 
 could observe all the functions of the body and its vital organs. He 
 had a device by which the interior of the human body could be 
 lighted up so that everything could be seen. He discovered the 
 twelve different vital organs within the body and the twelve pulses 
 which go through the body to the outside. It is very hard for the 
 unskilled to distinguish these twelve different pulses. But if a physi- 
 cian is well educated in this respect and has had a good teacher to 
 
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 teach him, then, from the pulses of the outside of the body, he can 
 understand the condition of the interior organs and of the vital 
 functions, whether they are sick or are in good health. 
 
 I will give you an illustration of this. If there are many pump- 
 kins growing in a piece of ground, crowded together within a little 
 space, after they have grown up, all the extremeties and leaves 
 spread very widely over the ground, and any one who looks will 
 find it hard to tell which stem belongs to any given root. But if 
 there are stems of different colors from two different roots, then you 
 can trace one color from the stems and the leaves to the root to 
 which they belong. In this way you can find all of the stems 
 that belong to some one root. 
 
 In the same way the students of Chinese medicine are taught to 
 understand all of the vital organs and what kind of power comes from 
 each of them, and what natural taste and color belongs to them, and 
 also how spme kinds of medicine bring out the natural color from 
 the different vital organs. The students must understand what ele- 
 ments belong to the vital organs, and then find out the five different 
 kinds of elements in the herbs which benefit the five classes of vital 
 organs. But the people thought this a very curious thing, and did 
 not understand it at all. So I will give you an easy way to know 
 about it. In the vegetation element, the natural color* is green. Now 
 the gall liquid and the natural juices which pass from the liver 
 are green. So y*u may know that the liver and the gall belong 
 to the vegetation element. And this further fact is an additional 
 proof of this. In some people the gall liquid is 'yellow. But if you 
 have the proper medicine to bring out the natural color, then you 
 will find the green mingled with the yellow. Again, the naturel color 
 of the fire element is red. Now the heart controls the actions of the 
 blood of the body, through the heart-case and the arteries. The 
 blood is red. Therefore the heart and the heart-case belong to the 
 fire element. The natural taste of the water element is salt. The 
 bladder gets its power from the kidneys and turns all of the 
 liquids of the body into urine, the taste of which is salt. From this 
 you may know that tne kidneys and the bladder belong to the water 
 element. The natural color of the earth element is yellow. The 
 stomach gets power from the spleen, which produces the gastric juice. 
 The color in this case is yellow, and if the same element is found in 
 the passages you will find that the color is yellow; and so you can 
 know that the spleen and stomach belong to the earth element. The 
 
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 color of the natural element in minerals is white, and the color of 
 the lungs is also white. From this we know that the lungs belong 
 to the mineral element. 
 
 An experiment to show this may be made by cooking the lungs of 
 a hog in boiling water. First the lungs should be cleaned and all 
 the blood taken away, so as to show it in its natural state. Use 
 boiling water to cook it, for an hour, and you will then find that it is 
 white. If you cook the stomach in the same way you will find that is 
 white, too, but a little bit yellow, because the stomach partakes of 
 two different elements. If you cook other organs you will find the color 
 different, because the elements are different. What I am defining 
 now applies to the anatomy of well people. In another way the 
 anatomy of sick people will show what conditions sickness within the 
 body brings. Different illnesses make different conditions. 
 
 The early investigators killed different men, and found out about 
 all these things. They took criminals who were sick and cured them. 
 Then they killed them and cut them open to show what benefits 
 had been received from the different kinds of treatment and how 
 the conditions had been changed. To make another test they took 
 well people and experimented to find what herbs would injure them. 
 After they had given medicines, the effects of which they could not 
 cure, they studied the results and what injuries had been received 
 from these medicines. Then, after awhile, they came to the point 
 where they made no more mistakes, and where they had learned 
 about the action of all the remedies. Then they showed all of these 
 to the people. Then they took well people and tried some poisonous 
 medicines, afterwards using medicines to cure the effects of these and 
 proving to the people the benefit that had been received. And they 
 explained very clearly all that they had learned in reference to 
 anatomy. The work known as "Ling Soo Keng" is composed of nine 
 volumes, and the work "Soo Mon Keng" is composed of nine volumes 
 also. Each book filled a complete house, because, at that time, they had 
 no paper, but the books were written on bamboo slips with bamboo 
 brushes and using the sap of some kinds of plants for ink. And, 
 because the reasoning was very deep, and hard to be condensed into 
 short words, they could not put all into the books, but taught the 
 students by word of mouth. Since that time there have been plenty 
 of teachers, and students, the students becoming teachers in their 
 turn. 
 
 When the work was completed there were still plenty of criminals 
 
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 condemned to capital punishment waiting to be used in the interests 
 of the study of anatomy. But Wong Ti said: The book is done. We 
 need not kill any more criminals." Then they opened the jails and 
 pardoned those who were waiting there, and gave them their lives. 
 "And all the people were so glad that they made a big noise and 
 laughed like the sound of an earthquake." 
 
 After hearing this account, Judge Thier remarked: "This is also 
 certainly very wonderful,; and I have been greatly interested in hear- 
 ing this history. Some people may not understand all of this, and 
 may not believe. But the best way is to keep this account and to 
 think 'it over. We shall surely find in it some very wonderful lessons. 
 Some of these things are pretty deep, and we probably will not under- 
 stand them at once. But if we reflect upon them we shall find a 
 great deal that we may understand and that will make the phil- 
 osophy of the Chinese system of medicine clearer to us. And I am 
 very much obliged to you for telling us all about these matters." 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. 
 
 THEIR TREATMENT BY THE HERBAL REMEDIES THE MOST 
 RATIONAL AND SUCCESSFUL METHOB KNOWN. 
 
 The diseases of women are among the most common and the 
 most formidable of the maladies with which the physician of the pres- 
 ent day has to contend. The causes of these diseases are very numer- 
 ous. It would be impossible and is unnecessary to attempt to 
 enumerate them all. Modern ways of life are responsible for most 
 of them, high living, rich foods, late hours, parties, balls, demands 
 of society and excitements of all kinds. Overwork is frequently an 
 exciting cause; anxiety is another. Various perversions of marriage 
 attempts to prevent child-birth, and ignorance, carelessness or lack 
 of care during and after child-birth. All of these causes, and others, 
 are constantly at work. Many women doubtless have an inherited pre- 
 disposition to these diseases, and many young women acquire a 
 predisposition through overwork at school, or through early efforts 
 at earning a livelihood. Whatever is a shock to the nervous system 
 or whatever overtaxes it is a cause as well as those causes, such as 
 a miscarriage, which have a direct effect. 
 
 The Chinese system of medicine is particularly adapted to the 
 treatment of these diseases. Its great variety of harmless, efficient 
 herbs come into play in every phase of these diseases. If the trouble 
 depends upon mal-nutrition and a degenerate condition of the nerves 
 the Chinese have special herb foods, which supply the needed ele- 
 ments. If the disorder arises from an impure or disordered state of 
 
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 the blood, this system has many remedies which cleanse and enrich 
 the blood, enabling it to have healing effect and an upbuilding effect 
 as well. These disorders are invariably accompanied by fever or 
 inflammation in some part of the patient's body, and the Chinese 
 remedies to reduce and prevent inflammation are very numerous and 
 very effective. Those cases even in which the American physician 
 has no remedy except the knife, yield rapidly to the herbal treatment. 
 
 In China medicine and surgery are distinct professions, and the 
 two are not usually followed by the same physician. But medicine 
 attempts and accomplishes many things which American ^physicians 
 turn over to the surgeons. This is seen in the treatment of many 
 diseases of the bones, which, in America, are treated by mechanical 
 supports, by scraping of the bone and other operations or by amputa- 
 tion. The Chinese doctor cures these cases by medicines alone, per- 
 haps aided, in some instances, by the use of plasters and linaments, 
 where there is impure blood or other poisonous liquids to be drawn 
 away. The Chinese think it is just as easy to feed a bone as it is to 
 feed a muscle. One can be made to grow as well as the other. Both 
 have circulation and are nourished by the blood. The only difference 
 is that a longer time is usually required to strengthen a weakened 
 bone by feeding it than to strengthen a weakened muscle, because 
 its substance is harder and its circulation slower. A change, there- 
 fore, requires a greater length of time, but it is just as certain in the 
 one case as in the other. 
 
 The same reasoning applies to abnormal growths in the womb 
 or ovaries, or to ulcerations, enlargements of the tissues or of the 
 substance of the womb, cancers, tumors and similar difficulites. These 
 things can all be checked and cured by internal medication much 
 easier than by mechanical means, by scraping and cutting, or by 
 amputation. Surgical operations never accomplish a cure. They 
 simply take away something from the body and maim it in one 
 way or another. When a physician recommends a surgical operation 
 he admits that the means at his command are insufficient, that he 
 hasn't the remedies to meet the case, and this is, in fact, the reason 
 that so many surgeons flourish upon the disorders of women, and 
 find in them their broadest yet constantly growing field. Doctors lack 
 the remedies to meet the need, and as they haven't got them, they 
 cannot prescribe them. 
 
 Let us consider in greater detail some of the more prevalent 
 forms of the diseases of women and see how the Chinese system 
 
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 of medicine is particularly adapted to cure them. Derangements of 
 the menstrual function are among the most common and the most 
 injurious. The menstrual function in a normal woman ought to be 
 practically painless, instead of a source of misery and illness as it 
 often is. Its perversion takes a score of forms; sometimes it is 
 delayed, sometimes premature, sometimes scanty, sometimes profuse 
 and often accompanied by severe headaches, bearing-down pains, and 
 even by hysteria and complete exhaustion. It is usually functional, 
 that is, depending upon defects in circulation, impairment of the 
 nervous system, or a generally debilitated condition, but it may come 
 from an enlarged or ulcerated condition of the womb, or other local 
 causes. 
 
 In either case the herbal remedies act efficiently and promptly. 
 A tonic medicine is not what is needed, because, if there is inflam- 
 mation, as there usually is, a tonic is simply an addition of fuel to 
 a fire already existing. Neither are local applications of any per- 
 manent value. They may relieve the local pain for a time, and may 
 be of some transient benefit by toning up the organs involved, as by 
 use of electricity; but the beneficial effect soon passes; the original 
 causes are still at work, and the original results come back again. 
 Suppressed or painful menstruation is often a result of a cold, and 
 the physician usually thinks that if the menses can be brought on 
 again, a cure is accomplished, not stopping to think that the poisonous 
 conditions which resulted from the cold and caused the suppression 
 in the first place still remain in the system and are liable to produce 
 the same effect again. Sometimes there is an unnatural contraction 
 of the mouth of the womb, closing it, and some sort of an operation 
 which forces it open is thought necessary in order to permit a resump- 
 tion of the menstrual flow. 
 
 These ideas are all wrong. What is needed, nine time out of ten, 
 is a general cleansing of the system and a restoration of the normal 
 activity of all the bodily functions. If poisons have accumulated in 
 the blood through a failure of the bowels, the kidneys and the skin 
 to do their work properly, this difficulty must be removed before they 
 can be any permanent improvement. If the stomach does not act 
 perfectly, and there is consequently a lack of nutriment for the 
 nerves and the muscles and a thinning of the blood, then that organ 
 and its assistant organs of digestion must be compelled to perform 
 their functions as nature intended. If poison has been left in the sys- 
 tem through a cold which has settled in the womb and the ovaries 
 
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 and clogs their action, that poison must be removed and the trouble 
 will be cured. Local applications are almost always useless, except, 
 perhaps to a certain extent in connection with internal treatment. 
 The healthful performance of the menstrual function is only accom- 
 plished in a healthful state of the whole body, and that must be 
 brought about before there can be any definite and constant improve- 
 ment. 
 
 The same facts apply to the period known as "the change of life," 
 which is a period of great pain and danger for many women. Some 
 women take eight or ten years to pass through this transition, which 
 ought to be accomplished in two or three at the farthest, and without 
 undue inconveniences or suffering. /The woman who enters upon 
 this period with all her bodily functions in a normal condition has 
 nothing to fear; nature takes care of the rest. But the woman who 
 commences it with digestion, nutrition, elimination and circulation 
 all wrong, with the stomach, kidneys, liver, bowels all slow or im- 
 perfect in doing their work, must expect trouble, as a matter of 
 course. And this is too often the case, owing to American ways of 
 life, which regard the pleasures of the table and the excitements of 
 society as of greater importance than health. 
 
 Falling of the womb is another difficulty which too often receives 
 only illogical and patch-work treatment. The muscles supporting the 
 womb in place become relaxed, through a general debilitated condi- 
 tion of the system, or from some local strain or injury, or the womb 
 becomes thickened or enlarged through various causes. The usual 
 treatment is to attempt to support the organ in place by a mechanical 
 device, such as a rubber ring or pessary, when the muscles are weak- 
 ened; or to cut away a portion by "curetting" or scraping the parts 
 most accessible, thus trying to reduce it in size and weight; and vari- 
 ous injections and suppositories are used with the hope of strength- 
 ening the muscles and causing them to hold the organ in its proper 
 place. The failure of all of these methods arises from the fact that 
 that the original causes are still at work, except when the injury 
 comes from some sudden strain, such as attempting to lift too great 
 a weight or from some similar cause. Unless mose causes can be 
 permanently removed there can be no permanent improvement. 
 
 Ulcerous growths in the womb or vagina, cancers of the womb 
 and similar conditions, which take the forms of ulcers, of greater 
 or less severity and danger, and such diseases as leuchorrea are also 
 usually treated by local applications, by antiseptic injections, sup- 
 
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 positories and other devices to introduce various medications, which 
 are supposed to heal the diseased surfaces. Cancer of the breast is 
 a sympathetic complication to which the same reasoning applies. 
 All of these troubles depend upon some remote cause, some functional 
 derangement, or some poison in the system, often left there by lack 
 of care in child-birth or by miscarriage, but sometimes coming from 
 a cause that is only indirectly connected with the menstrual func- 
 tion or the generative organs. There is no cure, because this source 
 of poisonous accumulation, whatever it may be, is not removed, and, 
 while the local treatment may render temporary relief, it cannot 
 remove the disturbing cause because it is not directed against that 
 cause. 
 
 Now the herbal remedies assist nature in these cases, as in all 
 others, in two ways. They purify and enrich the blood, and 'they 
 furnish foods for the nourishment of different portions of the body. 
 These two facts are beyond dispute; everybody can understand them. 
 We derive our daily food Irom the animal and vegetable kingdoms, 
 but there is no mineral substance that anybody ever takes for 'food, 
 or that will permanently strengthen the system. In the same way we 
 may find vegetable substances which are 'special foods for the differ- 
 ent organs of the body, and have a direct and healthful influence upon 
 them. 
 
 Now compare the use of these substances ' as medicines with the 
 use of minerals or local applications or mechanical 'devices. We can 
 understand how a vegetable substance which is in the nature of a food 
 can be taken into the blood and carried to the weakened portion of 
 the body which needs special feeding and will there render the neces- 
 sary assistance. But we cannot understand anything of the ' sort in 
 reference to a mineral which is indigestible, or to a poison, which Is 
 injurious to a well person. Here is 'the whole difference in the 
 methods of treatment in a nutshell. After these points are established 
 and everybody will admit them, successful treatment by herbal rem- 
 edies is simply a matter of knowing which are beneficial under the 
 conditions of each case. This special knowledge the Chinese have 
 been acquiring for the past four thousand years by the exclusive 
 use of these remedies in their practice of medicine. 
 
 Under this view of the case, which certainly must appeal to the 
 common sense of every reader who will take the trouble 'to think for 
 himself, is not at least advisable for the suffering woman to make 
 a test of these remedies before submitting 1 to an operation or despair- 
 
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 ing utterly of ever obtaining relief? There is no need of any hum- 
 bug or secrecy or false modesty about these matters. And there is 
 no need of being frightened half to death over a case that may not 
 be as bad as 'the sufferer thinks it to be. A particularly wretched 
 accompaniment of many of these cases is the melancholia or despon- 
 dency accompanying them. The inevitable depression of the nervous 
 system makes the victim' to these troubles believe that there can be 
 no help for her, while the truth may be that a comparatively short 
 and simple course of treatment will restore her completely to health. 
 The effort is certainly well worth the making. 
 
 There are hundreds of cases on record in which the diseases of 
 women have been perfectly and permanently cured by the Chinese 
 herbal remedies. 
 
 Several years ago Dr. J. A. Shesler, an American physician resid- 
 ing in San Jose, California, reported a case where a tumor that was 
 estimated to weigh thirty pounds was removed from a woman by a 
 Chinese physician through the use of internal remedies alone. In 
 other words it was absorbed into the blood and carried away. There 
 are cases which form a part of the judicial records of the State of 
 California in which women have testified to similar cures upon the 
 witness stand and under oath. 
 
 Of course, a cure of this sort requires time. Such a thing can- 
 not be accomplished in a day except by very violent means. The 
 herbal remedies are the opposite of violent. Their action is gradual 
 and accumulative, that is, the good they do in one day is added to 
 tnat of the day before, and the favorable effect is kept up until 
 a cure is accomplished. If women would employ these remedies at 
 the commencement of their ailments instead, of as at present, after 
 they have progressed for a long time, a vast amount of suffering 
 would be spared them. 
 
 TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 We Offer the Following Testimonials from Ladies Who Have Used 
 
 Our Remedies. 
 
 Mrs. Gertrude E. Samo of Los Angeles, writes: 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company Gentlemen: I take great pleas- 
 
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 ure in complying with your request for a few lines for the book you 
 are compiling for the benefit of the sick. 
 
 As you havej done so much for me, I am anxious to do all I can 
 for suifering humanity. My illness commenced in Washington, B.C., 
 where I lived for over twenty years, and having several deaths in 
 my family, who were attended by; some of the most noted physicians 
 of the city, I felt I must obey when my doctor said I would be subject 
 to gastric fever if I remained there, so I moved to Riverside, Cal., 
 ten years ago. I was very well for several years, but was then 
 again attacked and for six years I was a confirmed invalid with 
 chronic diarrhea and other troubles. I think I would have been 
 paralyzed by this time if I had not met with Dr. Foo, for our own 
 physicians only relieved me for a time and could not cure me. I 
 saw Dr. Foo's advertisement in The Times of Los Angeles, diagnos- 
 ing by the pulse, and went to him without knowing any one he had 
 cured, and when he diagnosed my case by my pulse, without any 
 question except my age, and told me how I was affected so accurately, 
 and the cause, and that it was ofi long standing, I was astonished and 
 convinced that he knew what to do for me, and commenced treatment 
 at once, and took a large cup of the herb tea, .to the horror of my 
 daughter, who had nursed me so long and was so careful of what I 
 ate and drank. I told her that I felt I was guided by a heavenly 
 Power, and that I was acting wisely of which I am now fully con- 
 vinced. I took treatment two weeks before he could tell if he could 
 cure me. He found he could, having controlled my bowels from 
 the first dose, telling just what the herb tea would do. It was marveV 
 ous to me, after being treated six' years by our physicians. He said 
 it would take at least six months, taking two 'courses of medicine. 
 I improved all the time, and then, at his advice,, left off four months, 
 and am now taking treatment a 'short time longer, as he recommended 
 it. I have great confidence in him, and am thoroughly satisfied with 
 his treatment. He is an honorable, humane, gentlemanly man, and 
 would compare 'favorably with cultivated men from any part of the 
 globe. There 'is no question as regards his scientific ability against 
 an understanding of the condition of any patient through the pulse 
 alone. His methods of examination are truly refined. I have con- 
 
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 versed with many of Dr. Foo's ".patients and find that tLey lose the 
 
 prejudice as they become better 
 acquainted with him and >see 
 more clearly the evidences of 
 his skill. So strongly am I im- 
 pressed with this fact, 'that I 
 wonder why our American phy- 
 sicians do not adopt some of 
 these methods, or at least, in- 
 vestigate them in a fair and 
 candid spirit. 
 
 In the matter of diet, Dr. 
 Foo shows great skill and study. 
 You are not allowed to find out 
 for yourself (as I formerly had, 
 to my sorrow,) what is best for 
 you to eat, as a bill of fare is 
 provided. 
 
 Some people may think his charges for the herbs are high, but 
 compared with the results, they are insignificant. 
 
 Hoping that these few lines will induce many who are suffer- 
 ing to take your treatment and be cured, I remain gratefully your 
 friend, MRS. GERTRUDE SAMO, 
 
 1818 E. Second street, corner Boyle avenue. 
 
 MRS. GERTRUDE E. SAMO. 
 
 The following letter from a former well-known resident of Red- 
 lands, was addressed to a gentleman in San Bernardino, who wrote 
 to her, making some inquiries: 
 
 LAKEWOOD, New Jersey, March 23, 1897. 
 Mr. F. F. Cross, San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 Dear Sir: Your letter was forwarded to me in New York City 
 and from ^there to New Jersey, where I am staying for a few weeks. 
 I received it today, and take pleasure in saying that Dr. Foo did a 
 great deal for me. I was suffering from biliousness and sick headache 
 in! its yworst for, not being able to sit up for three days after a severe 
 attack. I had these headaches so often that I was in a weak and 
 feeble condition most of the time. I am thankful to say I have not 
 
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 had one in more than two years; it is nearer three years. I have 
 great confidence in Dr. Foo, and think he will help you if any one can. 
 I consider my cure permanent. I took his treatment about nine 
 months. It is expensive, but I think the money was well invested 
 not being young it took longer to cure me. I cannot tell whether he 
 cures all cases he accepts. If he says he can cure you I think I 
 would let him try. I consider Dr. Foo to.be an honest, upright man, 
 and would recommend him to you or to anyone who is sick and 
 Buffering, Very truly yours, 
 
 MRS. M. A. KINGSBURY. 
 
 ABSCESS OF.THE WOMB AND BOWELS CURED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Gal., Sept. 4, 1898. 
 T. Foo Yuen of the Foo and Wing Herb Co.: 
 
 For the benefit of the sick and afflicted, I consider it my duty 
 to give them my experiences of sickness and suffering, of the past 
 twenty years. I have been doctoring with some of what are con- 
 sidered the best physicians both in the East and here in California. 
 The general verdict being spleen and liver trouble. But I had no 
 relief whatever until I began taking medicine of Dr. Foo. After 
 diagnosing my case, he explained to my 1 perfect satisfaction that my 
 head trouble, stomach trouble, and severe cough, were caused by ab- 
 cesses on the liver, and in the bowels and womb, leaving me in such 
 a state that all my friends and my husband despaired of my ever 
 getting well. At first the discharge of blood and matter from the 
 bowels was terrible. Now the discharge has disappeared, my cough 
 has left me, (and I did, at the time I went to Dr. Foo cough all day 
 and all night, and had for nearly one year.) The pain in side, bloat- 
 ing, weakness of heart, nervousness and other troubles have left me, 
 and I am getting stronger all the time. I am now 62 years old, and 
 feeling better than I have for the past 25 years. Thanks be to Dr. 
 Foo. I realize the truth more and more every day that he has 
 been the means of saving my life, and may he live long to help others 
 as he has me, is my earnest wish. 
 
 Any one wishing to know the truth of this statement, can call 
 at 1933 East Second street, Boyle Heights, and I will gladly explain 
 all to them. MRS. A. W. SWAIN. 
 
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 Mrs. W. J. Anderson of North Fair Oaks ave., Pasadena, writes: 
 
 "PASADENA, Cal., July 13, 1897. 
 
 "I had been afflicted with a complication of diseases for a number 
 of years, and had been treated by some of the best physicians both 
 in the East and in California, but gradually grew worse. In August, 
 1895, I heard of Dr. T. Foo Yuen, and, decided to call on him. He at 
 once told me of all my past, and, at that time present physical 
 troubles, without asking me any questions whatever, and said that, 
 If I would take his herbal remedies under his direction, they would 
 cure me. I very reluctantly consented to try them, and must say 
 that their effects from the first were wonderful. I continued the 
 treatment for about seven months, all the time in doubts as to 
 whether my improvement would be permanent, but it is now over a 
 year since I have taken any treatment whatever, and I have been 
 Improving gradually and continually." 
 
 The following is from Mrs. T. D. Merryman of Los Angeles: 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Co., 
 
 Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to say that your treat- 
 ment in my case has been most wonderful. For over 20 years I had 
 ben an invalid and so many times had I been prostrated with inflam- 
 mation of the stomach that my friends and neighbors had despaired 
 of my life, and it seemed like an impossi- 
 bility for me to rally. The February after 
 the World's Fair I had a very severe attack 
 of acute rheumatism. Our home physician 
 was called in and he gave me remedies that 
 soon brought relief, and with the aid of 
 canes, I commenced walking a little around 
 the house in three or four weeks. I was look- 
 ing forward to a speedy recovery, but, alas! 
 I was doomed to disappointment. I began to 
 notice a numbness and bloating in my feet 
 and limbs. I did not worry much about this 
 MRS. T. D. MERRYMAN. at first, thinking that I would soon find some 
 remedy to overcome and ward off the disease, believing it to be 
 
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 just common dropsy. I used the very best medicines I knew of but all 
 of this was of no avail. I then went to the Hot Springs at San Ja- 
 cinto, taking hot mud baths, as my friends thought they would cer- 
 tainly bring relief, but the bloating kept increasing. I then felt 
 alarmed and called our physician. . He then told me that I was 
 in a very critical condition, and unless I could get help very soon 
 I would not last very long. He told me he had only one remedy to 
 offer, and said he believed it would help me; if it did not then he 
 could no nothing more for me. I took the remedy about four months 
 ana was very much better, so that I had hopes of regaining my health. 
 Last fall, however, after all the medicine I had taken, the bloating 
 again increased. I sent away and got more of the medicine and 
 used it the same as before, but this time with no success. I then 
 called another physician, but I gradually grew weaker and more 
 helpless so feeble that I could scarcely move around the house. 
 About this time there appeared a letter in the Los Angeles Times 
 concerning T. Foo Yuen. I read it; then other letters appeared tell- 
 ing of his success in curing 1 some almost incurable diseases. These I 
 read also. I visited him, and he told me, after examination of the 
 pulse, without any questioning, more accurately than I could have 
 told myself, and I felt confident that he thoroughly understood my 
 case. He showed so much interest in me that I felt I could not 
 make a mistake by placing myself under his treatment, which I did 
 on the 22nd of last February. I feel today that I am a perfectly 
 changed being. I can easily walk half a mile to church, while before 
 I could not walk half a block without suffering. 
 
 I can truly say I will heartily recommend all my friends and any 
 that may need medical aid to T. Foo Yuen, 903 South Olive, Los Ange- 
 les, Cal. MRS. T. D. MERRYMAN. 
 3020 Hoover street, Los Angeles, Cal., September 4, 1896. 
 
 The following letter, which was originally printed in the Los 
 Angeles Times at a time when there was some newspaper discussion 
 over the Chinese methods of practice, is from a lady, who, although 
 for many years an invalid, is well known as a contributor to various 
 periodicals of Southern California. The letter explains itself: 
 
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 BLUFF HOUSE, ALHAMBRA, Cal., Jan. 19, 1896. 
 
 To the Editor of The Times: 
 
 In view of the really malignant attacks now being made on a 
 quiet, educated gentleman, T. Foo Yuen, and stirred with the sympathy 
 of a long suffering, sorely-tried invalid for my confreres in misfortune, 
 I take the liberty of begging that you will give this space in your 
 publication. It is well known that I have been a hopeless invalid for 
 twenty-three) years, gradually growing worse with excruciating suffer- 
 ing from head to foot that took various forms, each more torturing 
 than the others, and finally resulting in complete helplessness and a 
 wheel chair. During the twenty-three years I have consulted the best 
 physicians in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. I have 
 found many conscientious gentlemen and kindly friends among the 
 number, but none who could; cure even one of my manifold torments 
 and only two who have ever given me temporary relief one physician 
 in New York and the other in Los Angeles, who relieved me of 
 eczema, but said frankly that he could not cure it under my condition 
 of helplessness. Last November I consulted Dr. T. Foo Yuen, and he 
 gave me quite a different diagnosis from any former physician a 
 diagnosis that many facts and long experience thoroughly confirmed. 
 As I am a mere "stranded wreck upon the shores of time," Dr. Foo 
 Yuen does not promise me an entire set of "clearance papers; " but 
 he gives me hopes of a better ending to a disastrous voyage what no 
 other physician has ever done; "hopes that are being verified in this 
 much, viz.: Since the short time in which I have taken his very 
 cleanly medicinal herbs I have been entirely freed! from a most atro- 
 cious eczema of nearly six years' standing, that if Dante had ever 
 experienced for one month, he would have added it to his list of other 
 delights in his "Inferno;" and a dropsical affection causing difficulty 
 in breathing, blurred vision, heaviness of head, and dullness of hear- 
 ing. If he does as much for me in the next three months, life will, at 
 least, possess a portion of its old-time charm. It seems to me that 
 some of my spindle-shanked, blue-lipped countrymen would better try 
 and emulate the fresh-lipped, physical condition of Dr. T. Foo Yuen 
 themselves, before dictating to others. As an earnest advocate of 
 square-bound, even-handed justice to all men, whether of the Occi- 
 dent or the Orient, I wish to give honor where honor is due. Now, 
 Mr. Editor, in view of these few simple facts, and I am not alone, I 
 ask, is it manly, is it even decent for presumably fair-minded men to 
 
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 wage war by falsification and otherwise on their suffering kind? 
 Since it is we the "rejected invalids" whom they prosecute under the 
 tenuous guise of "protecting the invalid." As if physical suffering, 
 pre-supposed idiocy and the need of a guardian. I have always 
 found T. Foo Yuen a kindly, courteous gentleman in all my dealings 
 with him, and his system of medication pre-eminently dainty, cleanly 
 and efficacious. \ EMILY GRAY MAYBERRY. 
 
 LETTER FROM MRS. ELIZA A. OTIS. 
 
 The following general letter of commendation of T. Foo Yuen's 
 skill and methods seems to find its most appropriate place here. It 
 is from Mrs. Eliza A. Otis, a talented writer, and well known in Cali- 
 fornia. She is the wife of Brigadier-General Harrison Gray Otis, 
 editor of the Los Angeles Times, a man of national reputation, at 
 one time in command of a division of the United States troops at 
 Manila. Mrs. Otis says: 
 
 "I have had the pleasure of a brief acquaintance with Dr. Tom 
 Foo Yuen and have found him to be not only an agreeable and culti- 
 vated gentleman, but one well versed in the medical science of his 
 country, and with a large knowledge of medical herbs and their 
 proper use." 
 
 1948 Grand Avenue. 
 
 A BRIEF BUT VIVID STATEMENT. 
 
 No. 1609 Atlantic Avenue. 
 
 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. 26, 1896. 
 
 Dear Doctor: I feel that I ought to give you a testimonial of 
 what you have done for me. When I called on you I was suffering 
 with a bad cough, thought I had consumption. In five days your medi- 
 
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 cine cured my cough. I was also suffering from diabetes, was poi- 
 soned inside and outside, my hands were in a deadful state, swollen 
 out of shape. I was compelled to keep my fingers bound up. Noth- 
 ing seemed to relieve me. My family doctor said it was diabetic 
 trouble. I also took a course of treatment from a specialist in New 
 York, but without relief. 
 
 Thank God, all is now over. I am 65 years of age, and reside at 
 Atlantic City, N. J. Respectfully, MRS. E. *j. SCHAFER, 
 
 No. 26 South Tennessee Avenue. 
 
 PIMPLES REMOVED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., August 25, 1897. 
 To T. Foo Yuen: 
 
 My daughter was troubled with pimples on her face, and they 
 not only looked badly, but were a constant source of annoyance. 
 Many different remedies were tried without success, and finally she 
 placed herself under the care of Dr. Foo, who treated her by purifying 
 the blooi. After about four months the pimples entirely disappeared, 
 and after she had stopped taking medicine the effect was more bene- 
 ficial. W. G, COGSWELL, 1138 S. Flower street. 
 
 The following from Miss Zella Bracewell of Ontario, Cal., explains 
 Itself: 
 
 ONTARIO, Cal., September, 1896. 
 T. Foo Yuen, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Dear sir: I came to California in the fall of 1893 in hopes that 
 change,' of climate would improve my health, but it was no avail, and 
 I continued to grow worse. I then began treatment- with our local 
 doctors, and was under their care for a year, receiving but very little 
 benefit. I was born with a very poor constitution, and have been 
 troubled with spinal affection from a child, and of late years it has 
 caused me much suffering. I also had nervous prostration, severe 
 headaches, gas on the stomach and other troubles. My blood was 
 very poor and my system greatly poisoned. 
 
 Hearing of Dr. Foo, and of some of the cures he had effected, I 
 decided simply out of curiosity, to see him, and was greatly surprised 
 
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 when he placed his finger on my pulse and gave me a correct diagno- 
 sis of my case without asking but one question, and that was my age. 
 
 From that time I had a great desire to take treatment of him, 
 believing he could help if not cure me. I find his medicines are very 
 searching, cleansing and purifying the blood and invigorating the 
 whole system. I know personally of many who have been cured and 
 greatly benefited by his treatment. j 
 
 Last September, while under Dr. Foo's treatment, I caught a 
 severe cold and had an attack of tonsilitis, which poisoned my whole 
 system, but through the skill of Dr. Foo I recovered rapidly, and am 
 now well of it. Several friends told me that they did not expect me to 
 live, and some people said the Chinese doctor was killing me, but I 
 have proved to them that he has done the opposite saved my life. 
 I have gained thirty pounds in weight under his treatment, and am 
 now enjoying better health than I have for years. 
 
 I can truly say I believe Dr. Foo has done more for me than any 
 physician that I have any knowledge of could have done, and my 
 gratitude to him is unbounded. ZELLA BRACE WELL. 
 
 The following is of interest in this connection: 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., October 16, 1897. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company: 
 
 Gentlemen: My experience with Dr. Foo has probably been one 
 of the most remarkable among his many patients. In 1891 I com- 
 menced to have womb trouble, and consulted physicians of both 
 schools in Redlands. They all pronounced it a case of tumor, and 
 their diagnosis was doubtless correct, but their treatment was not as 
 satisfactory; for I tried a great many' remedies and prescriptions 
 without beneficial result. The physicians desired to perform an ope- 
 ration, but I dreaded the pain and danger and would not consent. As 
 this seemed to be the last resort within their reach I stopped doctor- 
 ing entirely and was ill all of the time until 1893, when I heard of 
 Dr. Foo, who had just then come to Redlands. I noticed that people 
 of education and intelligence consulted him, and I heard a great deal 
 about his success in the diseases of women. So I finally decided to 
 go and pee him, and to ask him to give me an examination and 
 opinion. 
 
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 He asked me no questions whatever, but informed me that there 
 was a tumor and congealed blood in the womb. I was very much sur- 
 prised at the correctness of his diagnosis, which corresponded with 
 all that I knew before of my condition, and I at once decided to take 
 his medicine. I continued it for three months; sometimes I appeared 
 to be a little better, sometimes worse. My family were nearly dis- 
 couraged at the end of this time, but I saw so many of Dr. Foo's 
 patients who were doing well, but a few of them not progressing very 
 fast, that I decided to keep on. I continued to take the herbs for 
 about eleven months in all. Then I stopped them entirely, and at 
 that time I looked and felt better than I had been for many years. 
 I have found that the great improvement made has been permanent. 
 
 Since that time I have taken these remedies at intervals, for 
 colds and other troubles, and have always found them thoroughly 
 satisfactory. MRS. M. M. REEDER. 
 
 A VOICE FROM THE KLONDIKE. 
 
 As an illustration of what our remedies accomplish for women 
 we present the following extract from a letter written by Alice 
 Rollins Crane to a friend in Los Angeles: 
 
 "DAWSON CITY, Northwest Territory, Oct. 10, 1898. 
 "Tell Mr. Hazard to say to Dr. T. Foo Yuen that my health has 
 never been better, and that I give him the credit for it. After years 
 of suffering, and that without hope of recovery, he cured me, gave 
 me a new lease of life, so that I could finish my work. My work in 
 Alaska for the Smithsonian Institute, among the tribes of Indians, 
 has called for the most severe exposures and privations. I have now 
 been in this country nearly a year, and for ninety days at a time the 
 thermometer has ranged from zero to 45 deg. below, and I have really 
 enjoyed it. I have often walked eighteen miles one day and returned 
 the second day, without any symptoms of the old trouble, and I have 
 a feeling of gratitude for the doctor. He has brought to our shores 
 a science which was born of centuries of medical evolutions, and 
 which puts the modern 'fake' to shame. I wish he had a branch in 
 Dawson, now we have some 16,000 people and plenty of sickness. 
 
 "ALICE ROLLINS CRANE." 
 
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 A SPLENDID ILLUSTRATION 
 
 of the value of the herbal system of medicine is afforded by Mrs. 
 Crane's case. As in thousands of cases, Mrs. Crane's illness was 
 gradual deterioration, growing from bad to worse, for several years. 
 During all that time she was unable to secure any permanent relief, 
 and came at last to a point where she was utterly at a, loss. It was 
 evident that something must be done if her life was to be saved, but 
 she had no confidence in the remedies offered her by numerous phy- 
 sicians. She was finally advised by physicians whom she believed 
 to be competent that only a certain very severe and difficult surgical 
 operation would save her life. But, upon careful investigation, she 
 discovered that in this operation there was only one chance in eight 
 for her life. In other words, of every eight women who submit to 
 this operation seven die from its effects. Mrs. Crane further learned 
 thai, of those who recover, the average length of life subsequent 
 to the operation is eight years. This was truly a pleasant prospect 
 for a thoroughly sick and discouraged woman to contemplate. 
 
 In this crisis of her affairs Mrs. Crane happened to hear of the 
 Foo and Wing Herb Company, and determined to consult them. The 
 pulse diagnosis which she received and the information in reference 
 to the methods employed and the remedies used appealed at once to 
 her sturdy common sense, and she accepted implicitly the statement 
 of the doctors that they could cure her, without risk and danger; and 
 without any operation whatever. That the result was fully up to the 
 promises made is abundantly shown by the letter quoted above. 
 Here is a case that is absolutely beyond dispute. Mrs. Crane's great 
 work among the Apaches and other Indian tribes, her elaborate 
 studies of their histories, traditions and ways of life, and her writings 
 in reference to these are matters familiar to hundreds of people in 
 Los Angeles. Equally well known is her present mission to the 
 frozen North, whither she has gone as a representative of the Smith- 
 sonian Institute and of a syndicate of eastern publications. There 
 can be no mistake and no humbug about a case so well attested as is 
 this. All of the testimonials that we print are genuine, but few of 
 them are so tersely written and so unusual as is this letter from 
 Mrs. Crane. 
 
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 FOR THE SPECIAL BENEFIT OF WOMEN. 
 
 The facts in this letter are of interest to every one, but of special 
 interest to women. For they prove, what we have asserted before, 
 that women are not absolutely dependent upon the knife for relief 
 from their peculiar ills. The prevalent craze for surgical operations 
 in treating the diseases of women is a fad pure and simple. It is as 
 unnecessary as it is cruel and ineffective. We have remedies that 
 meet these cases fully. They accomplish by gradual processes of 
 absorption and nutrition what cannot be accomplished by violent and 
 quicker means. Nature does not work in a hurry in the cure of these 
 diseases. They require a little time if a cure is to be safe and sure, 
 and the summary methods of the modern surgeon are as far removed 
 as possible from natural methods. 
 
CHAPTER VIIL 
 
 HOW TO CURE A COLD. 
 
 ONLY ONE SAFE AND SATISFACTORY METHOD SIMPLE COLDS 
 THE ORIGIN OF FATAL DISEASES. 
 
 DIFFICULTIES IN CURING OR PREVENTING THEM ATMOSPHERIC 
 INFLUENCES IN CREATING EPIDEMICS OF INFLUENZA RESULTS 
 OF MISTAKES IN TREATMENT AND DIET SLIGHT ATTACKS MADE 
 INFINITELY WORSE THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF THE 
 FOO & WING HERB COMPANY VEGETABLE SPECIFICS BY FAR 
 THE BEST. 
 
 Half the diseases that kill people originate in simple colds. 
 Everybody knows by experience what a cold is, for everybody takes 
 cold. A warm and genial climate is not a safeguard. People take* 
 cold in California as easily as they do in the East, and a dry winter 
 is more productive of evil in this respect than a winter with a heavier 
 rainfall. In dry years there is a greater contrast between sun and 
 shade, day and night. And people are more careless because they 
 erroneously think they are safer. 
 
 In its simplest form a cold is a disease, which runs a regular 
 course and usually terminates in about two weeks. In its more 
 severe results it ends in la grippe, influenza, pneumonia and. various 
 
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 forms of fever such as typhoid. Sometimes a cold arises simply 
 from exposure, through a chilling of a portion of the body, a conse- 
 quent congestion and interruption of the circulation, then comes 
 fever which gives rise to poison in the system. If the patient id 
 strong enough to throw these poisons off there may be no serious 
 permanent injury. If he is weak or predisposed to other diseases the 
 cold marks the beginning of a more severe, often fatal malady. Even 
 the simplest cold is some injury. Even if cured it leaves its mark 
 upon the constitution and makes the next cold easier. After a little 
 there is a decided tendency, which ends in consumption or some other 
 virulent disorder. 
 
 DIFFICULTY OF A CURE. 
 
 Considering the prevalence of colds and the long experience of 
 physicians in treating them one would suppose that they could be 
 quickly and easily cured. They could be and would be if the medi- 
 cine could fulfil its promises. But medicine don't do anything of the 
 kind. Everybody who has ever had a cold knows this. If you take 
 it right at the very start perhaps a big dose of quinine or a hot lemon- 
 ade or some, other of the advertised cures may bring relief. But few 
 people are smart enough to take a cold at the start. It is human 
 nature to wait till it develops, hoping in the meantime that it will 
 go away itself. But it never does. When pain begins to be felt, and 
 there is headache, bones ache and fever, then heavy doses of some 
 powerful mineral remedy are usually taken, and that settles the ques- 
 tion by making the trouble worse. The powerful drugs causes irri- 
 tation and greater fever. Then nature has to contend with the cold 
 ana the medicine, too. The cold then has to "run its course." It 
 may settle in one part of the body, as in the lungs, and cause intense 
 inflammation. Or it may go all through the body and cause general 
 depression and pains from head to foot. In either case nature requires 
 time to rally her forces and drive the malady from the system. 
 Sometimes nature is too weak and then there is "quick consumption," 
 or some other destructive disease. 
 
 PREDISPOSITION TO COLDS. 
 
 Many people take cold very easily. They are naturally of delicate 
 constitutions or else they are neglectful of their health. They live 
 
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 too closely within doors, take too little exercise and neglect the care 
 of the skin, which becomes unduly sensitive. Then very little expos- 
 ure results in a cold. An improper diet is a very common cause. 
 This makes the blood impure, retards the vital processes and clogs 
 the system with impurities which hinder the circulation. The result 
 is a depressed state of vitality and a weakened nervous system. Con- 
 sequently the person takes a cold easily and gets rid of it with diffi- 
 culty. Every cold so taken makes the way easier for another, until 
 a slight change in the temperature of a room, a slight exposure to a 
 draught or a trifling wetting brings on the pernicious result. There 
 is only one way to overcome this predisposition. The blood must 
 be purified, the circulation must be quickened, the diet regulated, 
 digestion assisted, the normal action of the skin restored. Then the 
 individual stands a chance of resisting disease. 
 
 ATMOSPHERIC INFLUENCES. 
 
 Sometimes colds are epidemic. La grippe and influenza travel 
 in the atmosphere. They are contagious, so that when one member 
 of a family is attacked all the others are pretty certain to suffer. 
 There are millions of germs of these diseases floating in the air. 
 Climatic conditions beyond the control of man govern their develop- 
 ment. When these diseases are epidemic everybody breathes the 
 germs. The strong may escape without injury, because they cast 
 the germs off at once. But those who are weak, for any reason, or 
 pre-disposed, fail to get rid of the germs. If the person has already 
 been a frequent sufferer from colds, or if he has catarrh or asthma, 
 then the germs find tissues, in the lungs and air passages which are 
 irritated, congested or ulcerated. These surfaces are favorable to 
 their lodgment and development. They find a home and grow by 
 millions. The result is influenza, la grippe, pneumonia, lung fever 
 or some similar disorder. The weaker the person is the harder to 
 dislodge these germs and to prevent their continued development. 
 If his system is already debilitated or impure, he has a hard struggle, 
 which very often ends in a chronic disease or in death. 
 
 SIMPLE CASES AGGRAVATED BY IMPROPER TREATMENT. 
 
 In thousands of cases, colds, which would be trifling in their 
 results if let alone, or treated in a rational way, are converted into 
 
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 critical disorders by incompetent and improper treatment. Mistakes 
 in diet alone do great harm. Persons suffering from even a slight 
 cold should be extremely careful of their diet. The lighter this is, the 
 better. The portions of the food assimilated into the blood are car- 
 ried to the lungs before they are taken to the other organs. If they 
 are of a heavy or irritating, or too stimulating character, they create 
 greater irritation where there is already too much. Meat soups, in 
 particular, tend to clog the lungs. Powerful drugs and poisonous 
 remedies of all kinds have a similar effect. They create greater 
 irritation and fever. Whisky and other stimulants, which are very 
 often prescribed, are simply adding fuel to a fire. They cannot lessen 
 the inflammation; they produce more intense inflammation. The 
 action of the skin is impeded, and colds often settle in the kidneys. 
 Hence, with the natural outlets for poisons impeded, it is certainly 
 illogical to add poisons in the way of so-called remedies. Yet this is 
 often the course pursued. And the patient gets worse and worse, 
 while firmly believing that he is doing all in his power to get well. 
 
 TRY A MORE RATIONAL REMEDY. 
 
 Anyone who reads carefully the above paragraphs which simply 
 set forth the facts within the knowledge and experience of all will 
 understand why the Oriental Herbal remedies are more efficient in 
 curing colds and all diseases originating in colds than any others 
 known. The action of these remedies has been so often discussed 
 in the public press that almost everybody understands it now. Peo- 
 ple know that these specifics are harmless, that, they remove poisons 
 from the human body instead of adding more poisons to the poisons 
 already there and already doing a great deal of harm, and that they 
 act favorably and promptly upon all the vital organs. They quicken 
 the circulation and drive the cold back to the skin when it disap- 
 pears. They assist nature in getting rid of all the poisonous products 
 of the cold and of the resulting inflammation, and, finally, they are 
 nourishing. They keep up the strength and to a great extent, they 
 take the place of food for a time. They are readily assimilated by 
 the stomach, promote the secretion of the gastric juices and assist 
 digestion. They are not irritants which nature must get rid of, but 
 simply agents for cleansing, for renewing and for giving strength. 
 
 If a cold is treated at the. outset these remedies quickly work a 
 
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 cure. In two or three days the sufferer is as well as ever again. If 
 the cold has become firmly seated, a longer time is required. But 
 nature is helped in such a way that permanent injury is prevented. 
 There is no danger that the cold will settle in a vital organ and pro- 
 duce acute inflammation or a chronic condition that may end in a 
 disease dangerous to Hfe. 
 
 TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 The following letter is from a former attache of the Los Angeles 
 Health Office, who was threatened with an attack of typhoid fever 
 as a result of taking cold. Mr. Crane says: 
 
 S. P. Bagg, Pres.; A. R. Crane, Sec.; L. P. Crane, Mgr. 
 
 BLUE BOOK PUBLISHING COMPANY, 
 
 Of California. 
 Office: 242 Wilcox Block. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 7, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, Cal.: Feeling 
 grateful for services rendered me in case of serious sickness, I beg 
 to add to the long list of cures you have made through your method 
 of treatment. I was, as you know, in the incipient stages of typhoid 
 fever, having been unable to attend to my business for several weeks. 
 Your treatment in ten days entirely removed the fever and brought 
 my whole body into a normal state, full of vigor and ambition. 
 
 I am convinced you have a method of treatment which is effec- 
 tive and which leaves no bad effects through the system. Science 
 seems to have almost entirely obliterated the old methods of practice, 
 and is giving way to the herb, with which, I believe, the Almighty 
 intended to heal the countless millions of suffering humanity. I con- 
 gratulate you upon your success, and honor the ancient school of 
 China, with its thousand years of ripe experience. Truth is all pow- 
 erful and the scoffer cannot down it. Very truly yours, 
 
 L. P. CRANE, 
 Ex-Deputy Health Officer, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
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 STATEMENT OF A REMARKABLE CASE. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, California, October 21, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles Gentlemen: On 
 the 15th day of last July I was taken sick with an illness which 
 finally becante very severe, as I was unable to leave my bed for nine 
 weeks. I had doctored with Dr. Foo on a former occasion, but, not 
 understanding the serious condition that might develop from the 
 beginning of the present illness, I did not send for him at first, but 
 consulted an American doctor. I had at this time a great deal of 
 pain, but no fever or other alarming symptoms. The physician whom 
 I called was unable to determine exactly what the trouble was. He 
 said that it was very obscure, but he thought that it was a gall-stone 
 In the gall bladder. He prescribed for me, and I took his remedies 
 for five days, during which time I rapidly grew worse. 
 
 Finding that I was getting no better, and this doctor having done 
 for me everything that seemed to be in his power, I consulted another 
 doctor, who at first thought I had typhoid fever, but afterward con- 
 cluded that it was a case of appendicitis. I do not know what he 
 treated me for, but I do know that he gave me medicines which I 
 took. This lasted for about ten days longer, when the physician 
 frankly informed me that he really did not know what the trouble 
 was, and desired to consult with another doctor. But my husband 
 and friends did not think that this was worth while. I then sent for 
 Dr. Foo, who came to see me. At this timer my husband and friends 
 had entirely given me up, and did not think that I could live for 
 twenty-four hours. When he saw me, Dr 
 Foo v also thought that the case had reached 
 a point where it had become very serious, and 
 that all he could do was to relieve the pain 
 for a few days at the most. However, he 
 gave me somedierb teas, which I commenced 
 to take and began to improve from the very 
 first dose. It was nearly six weeks, however, 
 fjjj before I was able to leave my bed, as I had 
 become very much reduced in strength 
 before Dr. Foo prescribed for me. 
 MRS. PORTMAN. i h ave been taking treatment of Dr. Foo 
 
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 ever since; have completely regained my hea^h and look and feel as 
 well as ever in my life. 
 
 Both I myself and all of my friends believe that I would not be 
 alive today if I had not consulted Dr. Foo and received help from 
 his remedies. 
 
 Dr. Foo said that the case* was simply a slight attack of malaria 
 and could easily have been cured had the proper remedies been given 
 at the start. MRS. P. N. PORTMAN, 
 
 231 North Anderson street. 
 
 As Mrs. Portman's nurse during the illness above mentioned 
 and described, I know that all the particulars herein given are true, 
 without exaggeration, as therein stated. MRS. E. M. BELL. 
 
 We, the undersigned, neighbors and friends of Mrs. P. N. Port- 
 man, were acquainted with the circumstances of her recent severe 
 Illness and hereby certify to the truth of the above statement of 
 those circumstances. 
 
 LOTTIE BAHRES, 209 North Anderson street, 
 MRS C. SEARS, 229 North Anderson street, city. 
 
 The following letter is from Mrs. A. A. Mayhew, a lady who has 
 had a great deal of experience with this system of medicine. She 
 says: 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company: Gentlemen It is with pleas- 
 ure that I testify to the prompt and speedy cure effected by the use 
 of your herbs. I have been subject to a bronchial cough from child- 
 hood, which of late years has confined me to the house the greater 
 part of the winter season. And now, at the age of 78, to find a medi- 
 cine which will in the winter season, even when accompanied by a 
 severe attack of la grippe, entirely relieve such a cough and leave the 
 system in a vigorous condition, is a great satisfaction. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 MRS. A. A. MAYHEW. 
 No. 4 Barnard Park, Los Angeles, Cal., January 31, 1897. 
 
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 John Motherspaw of San Bernardino writes: 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., May 15, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles: Gentlemen 
 My only experience with Dr. Foo's method of treatment was very 
 satisfactory indeed, as it cured me of a very severe attack of la 
 grippe, when everything else that I had tried had failed. This was 
 in January of this year. La grippe was epidemic in this part of the 
 country ; and many people were dying from it and from pneumonia, 
 which was what it went to in many cases. 
 
 After I was taken ill I tried several remedies, but kept getting 
 worse, and this continued for two or three weeks. Everybody knows 
 what this disease is, so that I need not try to tell how much I suf- 
 fered from it. I was seriously alarmed at my condition, and when 
 Dr. Foo's remedies were called to my attention I concluded to try 
 them as a last resort. They helped me at once, and I gradually 
 became better until, in about a month, I was entirely well. They not 
 only cured the la grippe, but they seemed to help me in other ways, 
 so that, at the end of the course of treatment, I was feeling better 
 than I had felt for ten, years before. JOHN MOTHERSPAW. 
 
 Following is an additional testimonial on this subject: 
 
 REDLANDS, California, October 4, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles: Gentlemen 
 My experience with Dr. Foo as a physician has been very satisfac- 
 tory. About two years ago this coming December I took a very 
 hard cold, which settled on my lungs and developed into a troublesome 
 cough. I tried various remedies without receiving any benefit. After 
 a little I went 'to Dr. Foo and took about two months' treatment. In 
 that time my cough was cured and my lungs since then have been 
 stronger than ever. I have known of many other patients who have 
 been cured <by Dr. Foo's remedies. 
 
 I have read Dr. Foo's different publications, and I know that he 
 Is the first man who has ever explained the Chinese System of Medi- 
 cine for the benefit of the American people. I believe that, in these 
 publications, he/ is accomplishing a great deal of good. 
 
 F. A. M'CRARY. 
 
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 The following is brief, but to the point: 
 
 CHICAGO, 111., May 16, 1897. 
 
 This is to certify that I appreciate with heartfelt thanks the 
 great improvement after taking treatment from T. Foo Yuen for the 
 disease of bronchitis and la grippe, of which I am entirely relieved. 
 Advising others to give him a trial which I think will prove beneficial 
 in all cases, I will gratefully remain, Yours truly, 
 
 MRS. JENNIE SIMPSON, 
 
 446 Medill avenue, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Another letter of similar import: 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Gal., May 12, 1897. 
 
 After a severe attack of la grippe, which left me feeling misera- 
 ble, I am taking Dr. Foo's medicine, which is greatly benefiting me. 
 
 Yours truly, MRS. A. M. GARY, Magnolia avenue. 
 
 AN ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA CURED. 
 
 TEHACHAPI, Kern County, Cal., Oct. 28, 1901. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Gentlemen Your cure of my daughter of an attack of pneumo- 
 nia last summer is a splendid illustration of what your remedies can 
 accomplish in acute diseases. The child is now about seven years 
 of age. She took a severe cold which developed into a very high 
 fever, rapid pulse, extreme weakness and all the symptoms of pneu- 
 monia. 
 
 Although living at Tehachapi, some distance from Los Angeles, 
 we knew of your methods of treatment and at once decided to bring 
 the little girl to you. This was done at once. You stated that you 
 would try your best remedies and thought that you could "grow up 
 the natural juices of the body" and overcome the fever, which seemed 
 to be burning up the lungs. Your remedies accomplished this in 
 
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 about a week, when the child was able to sit up, and in another 
 week she had regained much of her strength. We continued the treat- 
 ment for about six weeks, when she seemed to be perfectly well, and 
 has remained so since. 
 
 This cure of a disorder which is usually very quickly fatal has 
 ahown us that your remedies are just as effective in acute cases as in 
 those that are chronic, and has strengthened the confidence which 
 we already had in the great merits of your herbal remedies. 
 
 ELLERT M. LOOMIS. 
 
 The child above referred to is my granddaughter. I am familiar 
 with, the facts stated and know that they are true. 
 
 C. A. LOOMIS, 
 1430 Arapahoe street, Los Angeles. 
 
 CONVINCED OF THE MERITS OF THE SYSTEM. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO; California, October 28, 1901. 
 
 This is to certify that I was cured of a severe cold in one week's 
 time by Dr. Tom Leong of the Foo and Wing Herb Company. I con- 
 sider the Chinese herbs superior to all other remedies, both for 
 acute and chronic diseases, and I recommend them to all sufferers. 
 
 I have seen the effects of this system of medicine in a great many 
 cases, having known a number of the patrons of the Foo and Wing 
 Herb Company, some of whom were afflicted with very severe and 
 dangerous ailments which had been pronounced incurable by many 
 physicians. The number of cures that I have seen, about which there 
 can be no question whatever, has fully convinced me of the great 
 merit of this system of healing by purely vegetable remedies. 
 
 W. E. BOTTOMS. 
 
 CURED OF CHRONIC SORE THROAT. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 26, 1901. 
 To Whom This May Concern: 
 
 I have been suffering with sore throat for over twelve years and 
 have been treated by ^ great many doctors, but none could cure me, 
 
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 and all have told me they could only relieve me. Not until I con- 
 sulted Tom Leong of the Foo and Wing Herb Company could I get 
 any permanent benefit. After taking their herbal remedies for three 
 weeks I was entirely cured. And, I have not felt any more symptoms 
 of the sore throat since. 
 
 This treatment has also done me a great deal of good in other 
 ways, and I can highly recommend it to any person afflicted with any 
 disease. MRS. L. BACH. 
 
 We know the above to be correct in every respect. 
 
 J. BACH, 
 MRS. WM. W. PADRICK. 
 
 FOUND THE TREATMENT BENEFICIAL. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 12, 1901. 
 
 This is to certify that I appreciate with heartfelt thanks the great 
 improvement after taking three months treatment from Dr. T. Foo 
 Yuen for the headache, from which I had suffered for twenty years, 
 and had tried many physicians and they had done me no good; and 
 a year ago I took a heavy cold that settled on my lungs and devel- 
 oped into a troublesome cough. I could not sleep at night, and now 
 I am entirely relieved, and would advise others to give him a trial, 
 which I think will prove beneficial in all cases. I gratefully remain, 
 
 Yours truly, ALICE PICO, 1538 Kerney St. 
 
 A WORD OF APPRECIATION. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal. Oct. 26, 1901. 
 
 This is to certify that I have known Dr. Tom Leong, vice-president 
 of the Foo and Wing Herb Company 'for the past year and a half. 
 Myself and others who are acquainted with Dr. Tom Leong consider 
 him a physician of unusual ability, well versed in the herbal system 
 of medication and in diagnosis by the pulse, and a valuable member 
 of the corporation of which he is vice-president. Although he has 
 

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 not yet been as long in this country as his brother, Dr. T. Foo Yuen, 
 yet he is already establishing an excellent reputation for the treat- 
 ment of the diseases of the American people. 
 
 GEORGE MILLER, 
 2112 Enterprise street, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 
 CURED OF STOMACH TROUBLE. 
 
 DETROIT, Mich., 
 December 31, 1901. 
 
 THE FOO AND WING HERB CO., LOS ANGELES: 
 
 Gentlemen I was suffering with stomach trouble and general 
 debility; was very much run down and weighed only 77 pounds, when 
 17 years of age. I was treated by Drs. T. Foo Yuen and Tom Leong 
 for three months and my appetite and strength returned and my 
 weight increased to 125 pounds, and have been well ever since and 
 now weigh 150 pounds. My eyes were too weak for use, but are in 
 good condition now and am attending school and working hard, and 
 my old complaints have entirely left me, and am stronger than ever 
 before in my life. I shall always be very grateful to you for the bene- 
 fits of your treatment and gladly recommend it to any who are suf- 
 fering as I was. There is certainly something in your herbal reme- 
 dies more effective than the mixtures of our American doctors, whom 
 I have tried without any success. 
 
 Yours very sincerely,, 
 
 GEO. B. DANA. 
 
 1026 Fourth avenue. 
 
MALARIAL POISONING. 
 
 The Origin of Many Diseases Microbes that Play Havoc with 
 the Human Body Views of a Prominent Physician of New 
 York City A Discussion Thereof by a Member of the 
 Foo & Wing Herb Company How the Oriental System 
 Cures Malaria The Effects of Climatic Influences on 
 Growing Old Early Californians at a Disadvantage- 
 Illustrative Cases. 
 
 People have very hazy notions about malaria. There are so 
 many symptoms of disease that doctors ascribe to malaria that the 
 mind of the average citizen gets confused. The common understand- 
 ing is that malaria is a poison produced by dampness or filth, which 
 finds its way into the human system and makes trouble. So far as it 
 goes, this understanding of malaria is correct. But it does not tell the 
 whole truth. 
 
 The New York Journal in a recent issue wrote up the subject 
 of malaria in connection with certain improvements that were being 
 made in New York, during the progress of which miles of streets in 
 the most fashionable portion of the city were torn up. The Journal 
 contended that this wholesale tearing up of streets would inevitably 
 give rise to an epidemic of malaria. It quoted, in support of this 
 contention, the celebrated physician, Dr. Cyrus Edson, and took 
 numerous samples of earth from the excavations to chemists, who 
 analyzed them and reported that they were full of the germs of dis- 
 
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 ease. Illustrations were printed of these germs, enlarged many 
 times, showing the terrible little monsters which enter the blood and 
 play havoc there. Dr. Edson said: "Malaria is the one ailment that 
 opens the gateway of the system to disease and possible death. The 
 germ of malaria has never yet been found outside the human body, 
 but physicians have learned that it always makes its appearance 
 when such a state of affairs exists as is caused by a condition of the 
 streets like that of Fifth avenue and in other sections of New York." 
 Among the diseases that follow malaria are la grippe, typhoid fever, 
 consumption, pneumonia, diphtheria and cholera infantum. 
 
 THE ORIENTAL VIEW. 
 
 Mr. George W. Hazard, a gentleman who was much interested in 
 this subject, and is also familiar with the Oriental System of Medicine 
 and the opinions of Oriental physicians in general, took a copy of 
 the Journal to one of the members of the Foo and Wing Herb Com- 
 pany, and asked his opinion on Dr. Edson's views. Knowing that the 
 most ancient system of medical practice extant among men is usually 
 found to be in harmony with the most advanced and modern ideas 
 upon theoretical points, although differing radically in the use of 
 remedial agents, Mr. Hazard was curious to know whether this fact 
 would hold good in the present instance. The Oriental physician 
 emphatically endorsed the opinion of the great New York physician, 
 and stated that he himself had studied the bacilli of malaria through 
 the use of the microscope. "Malaria injures the people in many 
 different ways, and causes many different forms of sickness," he 
 said. 
 
 THREE FORMS OF MALARIAL POISONING. 
 
 "In a general way," said Dr. Li Wing, "there are three stages 
 of malarial poisoning. It may settle in the skin, in the flesh, or in 
 the nerves and muscles. The poison is easily removed from the skin; 
 is harder to remove from the flesh, and is hardest of all to remove 
 when it settles in the nerves and inner tissues of the muscles. From 
 these it frequently attacks the vital organs, and then there is great 
 difficulty in accomplishing a cure." 
 
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 THE PROPER REMEDIES. 
 
 "Dr. Edson," Mr. Hazard remarked, "makes no mention of a 
 means of cure. He describes the poison and tells what it will do, 
 but he does not tell how to get rid of it. What are your ideas on 
 that subject?" 
 
 "I think," was the reply, "that most doctors treat malarial 
 troubles with quinine. In some cases there may be relief from qui- 
 nine. In others there is none. Remedies are needed which will 
 drive the poison out of the blood and the nerves and tissues, and 
 send it back to the skin, and then it will disappear. But quinine 
 does not have this expansive power. It acts just the opposite way. 
 It tends to bring everything inward, to contract. The vitality of the 
 patient must also be, aroused, so that his natural powers of resistance 
 to the disease will work in harmony with the remedies given. The 
 best remedies for this purpose are the herbal remedies, because they 
 assist all the vital organs and work the poison out of the body." 
 
 CHILLS AND FEVER. 
 
 "Why do people suffering from the ague first have a chill and then 
 have fever?" Mr. Hazard inquired. 
 
 "This is a conflict between the vitality of the patient and the 
 poison of malaria. When the poison is the stronger there is a chill 
 and depression of the vital forces. Their action is so far hindered 
 that the body cannot keep itself warm. When nature arouses all her 
 strength to expel the poison, inflammation or fever is caused. In 
 this condition the natural power is the heat which goes through all 
 the nerves, the muscles anc 1 the pores of the body. When the poison 
 wins there are chills; when the natural power wins, there is fever. 
 If the fever comes first and is followed by a chill, that shows that 
 there is not strength or vitality enough to fight against the poison, 
 and that the poison is getting too strong a hold upon the body. 
 These cases are very difficult to cure. We treated many cases of 
 this sort in San Francisco, many of whom came from Florida, from 
 Boston, New York, Chicago and other large eastern cities. The cli- 
 mate of the east is more severe than that of California, and the forms 
 of malaria resulting therefrom are also more severe." 
 
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 MALARIA AND CLIMATE. 
 
 "How does the climate of California differ from that of other 
 etates?" asked Mr. Hazard. 
 
 "The weather of California is clearer and softer," was the reply. 
 "The malaria originating here is less destructive and there is less 
 of the ague form. Still there is some. The cold nights of our sum- 
 mers keep the malarial poison in check. If it were not for these 
 there would be much more of this sort of sickness, because heat gives 
 rise to malaria as well as dampness. The climate of California has 
 many advantages, but it has some disadvantges. In one day, even in 
 this State, there are many changes which come quickly, and there is 
 a great difference between the temperatures of the morning and the 
 night and between day and night, and these sudden changes cause 
 people to take cold very easily. The dryness in the atmosphere 
 affects the skin, and the dry south wind which blows so much of the 
 time affects the oil in the skin of the face. 
 
 ON GROWING OLD EARLY. 
 
 "The people of this State look old sooner than they do in the 
 East. There is eight or nine years' difference in the appearance of 
 the ladies as between California and the East, and the difference 
 is in favor of the Eastern ladies. People in the East who are 40 
 years old look younger than those of 30 in California. This is largely 
 because of climatic conditions, a result of the dryness of the atmos- 
 phere. This is also largely influenced by diet. The people of Cali- 
 fornia do not care for boiled and steamed meats, which keep the 
 natural juices of the body good and control the natural heat. They 
 eat too much roast and fried meat. For this reason there is too much 
 heat in the system and this also causes the people to look old early. 
 
 "If the people of California would use steamed meats, rice and 
 similar foods they would help the gastric juices and keep the skin 
 soft all of the time. Then they would not look old so early in life. 
 This is the way the Chinese in San Francisco retain their youthful 
 appearance. None of them look old early except those who are 
 addicted to opium. Their diet is wholesome and when they are a 
 little ill and are required to take medicines, instead of taking stimu- 
 lants and concentrated substances which create fever in the human 
 
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 body, they use vegetable remedies which promote the flow of natural 
 juices and assist the action of the vital organs. This keeps the skin 
 smooth and soft and full of natural oils. The wrinkles of age and ill 
 health are prevented. The man continues young. The whole secret 
 is in a healthful diet and a harmless system of medication. 
 
 TYPICAL CASES OF MALARIA. 
 
 "The same reasoning applies to many diseases, and especially to 
 malaria. If the body is kept in a healthful condition by proper food 
 it will resist the attacks of the microbes which cause the malarial 
 poisoning. And if this disease has once become seated, remedies 
 must be given which will cleanse the system and make it normal. 
 Take the case of John Myers of this city. His sickness commenced 
 from malaria. He had chills and fever. Afterward the poison set- 
 tled in the bowels and from these went to the feet so that he could 
 not walk; but after it had gone to his feet he had no more chills and 
 fever; still it was the same poison. Our treatment and remedies 
 cleansed the poison out of his system and removed it entirely through 
 the skin, and also caused the natural juices to grow and to control 
 the inflammation. After two months' treatment he commenced to 
 walk, and was soon able to walk half a block without his crutches, 
 for the first time in two years. This showed that the poison had 
 been compelled to release its hold upon the nerves and muscles, thus 
 permitting them to do their work again. 
 
 "James Campbell lives at San Bernardino, in. a hot climate. Never- 
 theless he contracted malaria through working among the trees and 
 fruits. After irrigation or a rain or a fog the heat of the sun caused 
 rapid evaporation of the moisture in the earth and produced malaria 
 in the atmosphere. Mr. Campbell was ill for ten years, at first with 
 chills and fever, afterwards with rheumatism. Quinine and similar 
 remedies checked the chills, but did not remove the poison, and he 
 was never well until after a course of our remedies had expelled the 
 poison from his system. 
 
 "Thomas Stewart of Redlands contracted malaria from improper 
 diet. Too much fried and roast meats created inflammation which 
 caused an excessive desire for raw fruits and cold water. These 
 caused a chill and dampness in the system which joined with the 
 existing inflammation in making trouble. He first seemed to have a 
 
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 cold and then a fever. Then the poison went to his feet and caused 
 them to swell. He could not bear the weight of a fly upon them or 
 the jarring of a person walking past his bed. He took a great deal 
 of medicine, which only made him worse, and he came very near 
 dying. Our herb teas cured him. We treated him only for malaria, 
 although, in his case, the trouble did not arise from changes in the 
 weather or climate. By using the microscope we find in such cases 
 the same conditions in the blood, saliva and other secretions as in 
 cases of malaria from climatic changes. The pulse is also the same. 
 In either case the accumulations of poison in the system must be 
 removed before there can be any improvement." 
 
 The following letters illustrate the points brought out in the 
 above article. The first one shows a cure of 
 
 A REMARKABLE CASE OF PARALYSIS. 
 
 1412 North Main street, Los Angeles, Cal., October 18, 1897. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles: 
 
 Gentlemen Two years and four months ago I was taken with an 
 
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 attack of la grippe, which was followed by chills and fever. The fever 
 kept on for months. During the first three weeks I had two physi- 
 cians, who did what they could do for me, but with so little effect 
 that I completely lost the< use of my limbs, at the end of three weeks, 
 and was confined to my bed. I could not help myself at all and was 
 fed by others. For two months I was not expected to live. 
 
 At the end of the first month I secured a new physician who 
 prescribed principally morphine and strychnine. I took a solution 
 of the latter drug in quantities amounting to ninety drops a day, and 
 three doses of morphine every night, a grain and a half at a does, 
 which was required to give me any rest at all. In all I had eleven 
 different physicians, and also spent ten days at the county hospital, 
 but while there I took no medicine worth mentioning, although I had 
 good care and nursing. 
 
 I finally recovered far enough to leave my bed, but went on 
 crutches, which I have been compelled to use for about two years. 
 May 25th of the present year I went to the hot springs at San Juan 
 Capistrano. I remained there for three months and took the hot 
 sulphur baths. I received some benefit from this treatment, but was 
 not cured. 
 
 Seven weeks! ago I commenced your treatment and have received 
 more benefit in this period of seven weeks than in all of the previous 
 doctoring and hot springs treatment. I can now walk about half a 
 block without my crutches, and am better in every way. I have 
 gained in both strength and weight, and my appetite is now good, for 
 the first time since I was first taken sick. 
 
 My different doctors called my trouble muscular rehumatism, par- 
 alysis, nervous debility and various other things. Your physicians 
 considered it a slight stroke of paralysis, and their diagnosis has cer- 
 tainly been shown to be correct by the results of their prescriptions. 
 All of my friends are astonished at the progress that I have made in 
 the past few weeks. JOHN MYERS. 
 
 COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM MALARIA. 
 
 REDLANDS, Gal., October 4, 1897. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles: 
 
 Gentlemen I feel that my long acquaintance with Dr. Foo Justi- 
 fies me in speaking very positively of his success in curing disease. 
 
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 I first became acquainted with him something over two years ago, 
 when I consulted him through the advice of friends in Redlands who 
 had been cured by him of different diseases, and knew what he 
 could do. I had then been sick for ten years and had given up all 
 hopes of ever recovering, or of receiving help from physicians or from 
 medicines. Dr. Foo diagnosed my case as an accumulation of poisons 
 in the system which involved the stomach, bowels, liver and spleen, 
 the last mentioned organ being very badly affected. These troubles 
 were complicated by catarrh of twenty-six years' standing. I had 
 often been treated for this difficulty, but had never received any 
 benefit. 
 
 After talking with Dr. Foo I commenced to take his remedies, 
 and continued them for seven months. When I commenced I was 
 so weak that I could not even unlace my own shoes, and could do no 
 work whatever. In seven weeks from the commencement of my 
 treatment I was able to work. I kept on getting stronger and better, 
 was entirely cured at the end of the seven months, and have been 
 at work ever since upon my ranch. I am satisfied that I would not 
 have found any help for my troubles if I had not consulted Dr. Foo. 
 
 JAMES CAMPBELL. 
 A NEWSPAPER MAN GIVES HIS OPINION. 
 
 The following letter is from a gentleman who has seen a great 
 deal of the world on both sides of the water, and was formerly in 
 active business life in London as a writer for and publisher of news- 
 papers. He has now become a permanent resident of Southern Cali- 
 fornia, and lives at present in Riverside. Mr. Wilson says: 
 
 261 East Tenth street, Riverside, Cal., Sept. 4, 1896. 
 Dear Sir: I beg to add my mite of testimony to that of others 
 who have derived benefit from Dr. Foo's treatment. I had been suf- 
 fering from the ill effects of malarial poisoning for some time, and 
 was persuaded by people who had been cured under the herbal treat- 
 ment to give Dr. Foo a trial, which I did. I am still taking the 
 medicine, and have derived considerable benefit during the short 
 time I have been under the doctor's care. I have gained fifteen 
 pounds in weight during the two months I have taken the treatment. 
 
 Yours truly, A. WILSON. 
 
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 ANOTHER CASE OF PARALYSIS CURED. 
 
 The following letter explains itself. It is a convincing proof of 
 what the herbal remedies can accomplish in extreme cases: 
 
 SANTA PAULA, Gal., July 18, 1899. 
 To Whom it May Concern: 
 
 This is to certify that I was a sufferer from paralysis from 
 
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 November, 1897, to September, 1898. I tried all sorts of appliances 
 and external remedies, such as electricity, and also consulted the 
 best doctors in San Francisco and Fresno, California, and in New 
 Orleans, La. None of these did me any good, and I gave up all hopes 
 of ever walking again, and did not expect to live long. In September, 
 1898, I heard of the Foo and Wing Herb Company, and also read the 
 book published by this company which impressed me very much. I 
 was impressed by what was said of the purely herbal treatment, as I 
 had taken no medicines up to this time except strychnine and arsenic, 
 which had poisoned my system almost beyond help. 
 
 Dr. Foo gave me a pulse diagnosis and described my condition, 
 but would not promise to cure me. But I commenced the treatment 
 and can now say that, under God, I owe an almost complete recovery 
 to this herbal treatment under the direction of Dr. T. Foo Yuen. I 
 am confident of a permanent and lasting cure in the end. I make this 
 statement in the hope that others suffering as I have suffered will 
 grasp the opportunity to try what I believe to be the only true medi- 
 cines, pure, healing roots and herbs. W. T. DENISON. 
 
 We, the undersigned, know the above statement to be true in 
 every respect. 
 W. J. Dechman, P. B. Fulton, C. W. Park, S. D. Cochran and Mrs. H. 
 
 A. Barr, all of Dinuba, California. 
 
CHAPTER IX. 
 
 THE CAUSES AND CURE OF ASTHMA. 
 
 There are many things which, will produce asthma, and the sub- 
 ject is too large to discuss in full within the compass of a brief 
 chapter. 
 
 The first cause of asthma is living in a low, wet place. The air 
 about such places is damp and causes malaria, which goes through 
 the atmosphere. Then the air becomes heavy and too damp, and 
 this being taken into the lungs, remains in them in a heavy, dark 
 vapor, like fog. People who are born in such damp districts do not 
 feel the same bad effects as those who move into them from other 
 sections, because they have become accustomed to breathing this 
 damp air and it does not hurt them so much. It is natural for them, 
 and does, not hurt their systems at all. If a person of a strong con- 
 stitution goes to live in such a place, for the first few months he will 
 feel a little bit weak in the lungs. But after the first few months 
 the system becomes adapted to the weather and the lungs become 
 as strong again as before. The damp 1 air disappears, and there is no 
 sickness. But one whose lungs are naturally weak cannot take care 
 of the damp air. At first the damp air in the lungs is lighter, looks 
 like a fog, then it condenses and becomes congealed and irritates 
 the lungs, forming phlegm. There is a discharge from the nostrils 
 as in catarrh, and, if it continues for some time, the lungs become 
 weaker and the person takes cold easily. 
 
 When a person in this condition takes cold there is at once inflam- 
 mation in the lungs, which dries up the phlegm in the cells of the 
 lungs. This congeals harder than ever, like a little round nut. It 
 looks exactly like a young bee in the honey comb. It stops up the 
 cells of the lungs, and a case of asthma is the result. 
 
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 A second cause of asthma is taking cold in any way which causes 
 inflammation in the lungs and a cough, if the doctors do not under- 
 stand how to throw it off and remove it through the skin. If they 
 simply use a strong medicine to relieve the cold, and the inflamma/- 
 tion from the cold goes into the lungs and poison from the medicine 
 settles there also, then there is a double trouble, which takes a strong 
 hold upon the lungs and produces asthma. Many cases of this sort 
 have come to our company and have been cured. Some people who 
 come to us say, "I have had pneumonia, which makes my asthma 
 worse," and others say, "I had la grippe ten years ago, and since 
 then I have had "asthma," and some say that they have taken a very 
 bad cold, and have had a fever, which caused asthma; some say that 
 they have had asthma since they had an attack of malarial fever. All 
 of these cases show that poisonous remedies were used to cure the 
 colu or other disease; that these poisoned medicines were left in the 
 system and that they caused the asthma. 
 
 Third, cases of asthma arise from eating too much fried and 
 roasted meat, and constantly eating food that is too strong and too 
 greasy. From this cause inflammation comes, and this inflammation 
 causes an excessive desire for drinks and for raw fruits. In this way 
 too much cold air is taken into the system, and this dampness and 
 the inflammation work together in causing trouble. Then the stom- 
 ach produces phlegm and there is heartburn. Then the phlegm from 
 the? stomach becomes very thick. It goes through the diaphragm and 
 settles in the lungs, and so produces asthma. 
 
 Fourth, some people contract asthma as a result of venereal poi- 
 soning. They take mineral remedies to cure this, such as mercury, 
 etc. This goes through the lungs, near the spine, and causes asthma. 
 
 Fifth, some people take an ordinary cold, which causes a cough 
 to goj through the lungs. The patients do not pay sufficient attention 
 to abstain from eating and drinking, and take too much greasy food, 
 and soups made from strong meats. They feel a little thirsty and 
 they eat an excessive amount of meat soups, partly to relieve the 
 thirst. This food is too strong under the circumstances, and affects 
 the lungs easily. It goes through the lungs more quickly and pene- 
 trates deeper than anything else. It closes up the pores of the 
 lungs, and, little by little, gives rise to asthma. Every day, also, the 
 spleen extracts juices from the stomach, which are sent to the lungs 
 by the power of the spleen, but if the pores of the lungs are closed 
 they cannot take up these juices, which become phlegm; then there is 
 
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 a cough, and the asthma becomes worse. If the person's constitution 
 is strong, as in some) people, and nature has a little time to help the 
 system, then all the sound pores of the lungs are opened again and 
 become clear, and the cough will stop; but if it has settled near the 
 windpipe the phlegm congeals so hard and the pores are shut up so 
 tightly that there then arises a case of light asthma. But still it is 
 not so severe as to endanger life. But if the constitution is weak 
 and does not respond to the help of nature, then the pores of the 
 lungs are closed and cannot open again; then the lungs have no juices 
 to wet the lower parts, then the liver and kidneys become dry and 
 burn the lungs out, little by little, and the lungs grow smaller and 
 drier all the time. This brings on asthma and sometimes consump- 
 tion, which is often incurable. 
 
 But, if sickness of this sort, in its early stages, is treated by 
 the herbal remedies, to throw off the cold and clear out the phlegm; 
 and if the patient is also very careful about his eating and drinking, 
 lets meat and meat soups and other strong foods alone, even if he 
 feels very weak for a little while, then the cough will be free, the 
 phlegm will be clean and the pores of the lungs will be clear, and 
 there will be no case of asthma. If meats are taken at all during 
 such illness, they should be eaten dry, and soups should be avoided. 
 Then the pores of the lungs will not be locked up so deeply. But 
 even light soups lock up the pores of the lungs very quickly and very 
 tight. This is a good point for every body to understand and remem- 
 ber. 
 
 Sixth, a tendency to asthma is frequently inherited from the par- 
 ents. There is no hardened phlegm as in some of these other cases, but 
 there is what we may call a phlegm poison in the lungs which 
 comes from the father or the mother, and settles in the wind- 
 pipe, a part of the lungs being covered with it, like a stone covered 
 with moss. The poison looks like the moss on a stone. And there 
 are plenty of spots like this through the lungs. If the constitution 
 of the person is weak, there will be ' a great many of these spots, 
 and they will keep growing bigger all the time until they take 
 possession of the lungs, which lose their functions. In these cases 
 the child usually dies young. In others, where there is a strong 
 constitution, or even a nature that is of medium strength, if, while 
 the patient is still young, he takes our herbal remedies every time 
 he has an attack of the asthma, taking herb teas and pills alternately, 
 then he will get better. If he takes the medicine for a month or 
 
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 two to get rid of poison, and, when the trouble comes again, takes 
 another course the same as before and gets better again, and so con- 
 tinues, taking a little course of medicine at each attack, after a time 
 the poison will keep getting less and less, and the spots throughout 
 the lungs will keep growing smaller until the child reaches the age 
 of maturity. At this time his whole body grows very fast, and 
 the poison, if his system is pure and in good order, will all disappear. 
 He will never have asthma again all his life. Li Po Tai, in San Fran- 
 cisco, cured a great many cases of this sort. 
 
 A TYPICAL CASE OF ASTHMA CURED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal. October 21, 1897. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles. 
 
 Gentlemen: I have been greatly troubled with asthma for the 
 past ten months. Previous to this I had been at work unloading 
 coal from box cars for about three years. The dust from the freight 
 hurt me, and I also frequently took cold from sweating at my work, 
 and then cooling too quickly. I had some difficulty with my lungs for 
 two or three years. Finally it developed into a case of confirmed 
 asthma. 
 
 For nine months I could not lie down at all, but slept sitting 
 in a, rocking chair. I was entirely exhausted and could not walk half 
 a block. I lost nearly a; year's work through sickness. I tried differ- 
 ent doctors for about a year before going to Dr. Foo, but had no 
 relief whatever. 
 
 About two months ago I consulted Dr. Foo. I then weighed only 
 118 pounds. I commenced to gain in about a week after beginning 
 the treatment. In two or three weeks I could lie down to sleep. In 
 two weeks I went back to my former work for the Diamond Coal 
 Company. I can now do as good a day's work as ever, feel as strong 
 as ever, and weigh 132 pounds. My health has improved in every 
 way. 
 
 My residence is at No. 227 N. Anderson, and is next to that of 
 Mrs. P. W. Portman. I heard of her recent very severe illness. I 
 knew that her doctors gave her up, and that all of her family and 
 friends expected that she would die within a few days. Dr. Foo 
 
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 cured her in a few week's treatment. I knew of this case and 
 decided that the herbal treatment was the proper thing for me if 
 it could accomplish such wonders as that. The result in my own 
 case is a surprise to all of my friends and acquaintances, many of 
 whom thought I would not live very long. Very truly yours, 
 
 J. N. SEARS. 
 
 A CASE SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., August 28, 1897. 
 To Whom it May Concern: 
 
 I take pleasure in giving a voluntary statement of my experi- 
 ence with Dr. T. Foo Yuen's skill in the treatment of disease. I was 
 taken severely ill last fall, as I thought from taking cold, but the 
 exact nature of the difficulty I did not understand. I could not sleep 
 on account of great distressing in breathing. I also had serious 
 bronchial difficulty and pains in the breast and shoulders. I con- 
 sulted several physicians of Los Angeles, who pronounced the case 
 consumption, and advised me to go to Arizona, or Old Mexico at 
 once. 
 
 As I had already had some experience with the Chinese system 
 of medicine with the celebrated doctor, Li Po Tai, I determined to 
 try it again before going to another state or county, and went to see 
 Dr. T. Foo 'Yuen, of whom I had heard very favorable reports. After 
 a careful diagnosis Dr. Foo informed me that my case was one of bad 
 blood poisoning, and not of consumption. The blood rushed to the 
 lungs and caused asthma. I commenced his treatment, and in a very 
 few days the dreadful spasmodic breathing which had prevented me 
 from sleeping, disappeared entirely. In two weeks I discontinued 
 the treatment, and have never had a touch of the trouble since. 
 This may seem incredible to some, but I state tne exact truth, and 
 many of my friends are familiar with the circumstances and can 
 testify to my complete cure. 
 
 MRS. HELEN W. COE, 316 W. Seventh street. 
 
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 A PERMANENT CURE OF A DIFFICULT CASE. 
 
 We ask the careful reading of the following letter, particularly 
 because it shows that the benefits to be derived from our treatment 
 are permanent and result in a lasting cure and general strengthen- 
 ing of the body: 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., Sept. 5, 1896. 
 To Whom it May Concern; 
 
 January 1, 1895, I gave a testimonal to Dr. Foo in reference to 
 his very successful treatment of my case. I am now ready, some 
 twenty months afterwards, to repeat what I said at that time and 
 to confirm the very favorable report that I then made of Dr. Foo's 
 remarkable skill. My case was somewhat peculiar. I had been 
 troubled for years with asthma. I had spent hundreds of dollars 
 in different places, east and west, with different doctors whose treat- 
 ment hardly gave even temporary relief and no permanent benefit 
 whatever. I kept growing worse until I was so weak that I could not 
 even get out of my buggy without help. 
 
 About this time, May, 1893, I heard of Dr. Foo's skill. I was told 
 about his pulse examinations, and thought that I would try him as 
 a last resort. He examined my pulse and gave me a test treatment 
 and then told me that I could be cured. I continued the treatment 
 for six weeks, and at the end of that time, through the temporary 
 effects of the medicines, I felt worse than when I commenced, and 
 stopped the medicines. I also told a great many people that Dr. Foo 
 was a quack and a humbug. 
 
 After a few days, however, I began to feel the good effects of 
 the medicines, and I soon saw that I had made a great mistake 
 in stopping the treatment, as it was the first thing which had done 
 me any good. I asked the doctor to treat me again. He was at 
 first reluctant to do so, but finally consented, and gave me treat- 
 ment for eight weeks more. At the end of that time I was a new 
 man. My strength gradually returned. I can now handle the sledge 
 hammer as I did in my younger days. I continued to grow stronger 
 for some time and have felt better since my recovery than before I 
 was sick. JOHN M'INTOSH. 
 
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 LETTER FROM MRS. STRONG. 
 
 The Foo, Wing Herb Co.: 
 
 Gentlemen: The first 1 knew about Dr. Foo's skill was in a case 
 of diphtheria. A young girl in my house had this disease, and I 
 was much alarmed for fear my family would take it. Dr. Foo said 
 that he would give me medicine that would prevent it. He did 
 so; none of us took the disease, although I had a very sore throat 
 when I went to him. His medicines cured it so quickly that it 
 seemed wonderful. I then began taking the herbal treatment. I had 
 had bronchitis for over twenty years, and asthma for a longer period, 
 but the doctor's medicines have cured me of both these diseases. I 
 also had chronic rheumatism; in fact, almost all the diseases aris- 
 ing from poisoned blood; but whenever I went to Dr. Foo he had the 
 remedies on hand, and they never failed to do the work promptly 
 and well. I have taken medicine from a great many physicians, but 
 Dr. Foo is the only one whose medicines never failed, and I do not 
 remember of the medicines ever failing in a single instance to 
 accomplish the work for which they were given. 
 
 I do not know, of course, whether I am absolutely cured or not; 
 it is possible that I may take cold some time and suffer a return 
 of the difficulty. I do not believe it would ever be as bad as 
 before, but if it should come back again I shall take some of Dr. 
 Foo's medicine, which will certainly help me. It has already done 
 me more good than any other treatment that I ever took in my life. 
 It is well for people suffering from chronic difficulties to keep a small 
 supply of the medicine on hand, for sometimes a small dose will 
 prevent a return of the difficulty. For my part I am very glad that 
 I have become acquainted with Dr. Foo's system of medicine. 
 
 Yours respectfully, MRS. MALINDA STRONG. 
 
 Los Angeles, Cal. August, 10, 1897. 810 West Sixth street, city. 
 
 A SEVERE CASE OF ASTHMA RELIEVED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., October 18, 1897. 
 
 I have been troubled with asthma for the past eleven years. 
 During my experience with this disease I have tried every remedy 
 
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 that I have heard of which offered any relief whatever, and have 
 consulted a great many physicians. Nothing did me any permanent 
 good. My trouble was spasmodic in its nature, and all of the 
 doctors whom I consulted informed me that it was incurable. I 
 consulted three physicians in Portland, where I lived for eight years; 
 and five in Los Angeles, all of whom gave the same opinion. 
 
 Finally, I went to Dr. Foo, six weeks ago, although I was 
 advised by friends not to do so. Ati this time I had a most distress- 
 ing, hacking cough, which shocked all who heard it, and made every- 
 one think I could not live. I was very weak, and the slightest 
 over-exertion brought on a spasm of asthma. I commenced to take 
 Dr. Foo's prescription and my cough disappeared from the first dose. 
 I F-m now greatly improved in every way. I can take a long walk 
 without fatigue, or without bringing on the asthma. I can also lie 
 down with comfort, as I had not been able to do for years. My 
 appetite, complexion and general health are improved, in every par- 
 titular. I am not yet entirely cured, but the benefit already given 
 me is so very marked that I am entirely satisfied with the treat- 
 ment, and am confident that I shall be entirely cured within a rea- 
 sonable time. I knew Dr. Li Po Tai in San Francisco, and I believe 
 that his nephew and son, Drs. Foo and Wing, can accomplish all that 
 the celebrated physiican could accomplish. ANNA ELDER. 
 
 617 Montreal street. 
 Now removed to 623 J street, San Bernardino. 
 
 LETTER FROM E. C. WARREN. 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., August 10, 1894. 
 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, Dear Sir: In answer to your request for a 
 report of my present condition of health; your treatment, my general 
 health, previous and after treatment, it gives me great pleasure to 
 state to you, at present, I am enjoying as good health as ever in 
 my life, or as I could wish to. I am nearly 45 years of age. At an 
 early age I commenced having asthma and inflammatory rheumatism; 
 would have severe attacks of asthma whenever I took cold, which 
 would last me about a week, and rheumatism periodically, about 
 every three or four years, until about two years ago I caught a 
 
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 cold which brought on rheumatism that I could not remove. I was 
 obliged to carry a cane all the time and move around carefully. At 
 about the same time I had an 
 abscess on my lungs and was con- 
 fined to my bed, and never ex- 
 pected to be better. 
 
 Dr. Watrous advised me to 
 go to you for treatment. I at 
 once did so; was examined and 
 commenced to take treatment. This 
 was on the 8th of Nov., 1893. I 
 took about six months' treatment. 
 Those of my friends who knew me 
 before and since treatment say 
 that I am not the same man. I 
 consider you an able physician; 
 your examination by the pulse is 
 simply marvelous. I cannot speak 
 in too high terms of your skill, 
 and shall be pleased to answer 
 any communication you shall see 
 fit to send. Respectfully. 
 
 E. c. WARREN. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 B. C. WARREN. 
 
 Note: Mr. Warren was one of the founders of the city of Red- 
 lands; he has been on the Board of City Trustees and is now Justice 
 of the Peace and City Recorder at Redlands. He is a man whose 
 business experience and sagacious nature make it almost impossible 
 for him to be mistaken as to his views, or misled on a subject of 
 such! vital importance. 
 
 TWELVE CAUSES OF CONSUMPTION AND HEMORRHAGES. 
 
 Among the many causes of consumption the following may be 
 noted in this place: 
 
 1. Many men and their wives have been poisoned from a resump- 
 tion of martial relations too soon after the wife has been delivered 
 of a child. At least one hundred days should elapse after child-birth 
 
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 before the usual relations of man and wife are again taken up. This 
 poison usually settles in the kidneys, and weakens them. The system 
 becomes drained of various elements which are essential to the 
 vitality of the person, especially to the health of his nervous system. 
 When these are taken away there is indigestion, which causes 
 inflammation in the stomach. The foods and liquids which should 
 go to nourish the body ferment instead of being digested, and the 
 result is that there are poisonous, gases which go through the system 
 and soon reach the lungs. This creates inflammation and affords a 
 good field for the lodgment of the bacillus of consumption. 
 
 2. In a similar way venereal poison affects the system, com- 
 mencing in the kidneys, and afterwards affecting, the spinal cord, and 
 passing to the other vital organs. The power of digestion usually 
 yields first and then the lungs become affected, as is shown in the 
 above-mentioned cases. 
 
 3. Sexual excesses at any time of life are a fruitful source 
 of consumption. This is one of the most common sources 
 of "quick consumption" and also of "heart failure." The inflamma- 
 tion usually starts in the kidneys and passes from there to the other 
 vital organs, finally reaching the lungs and going through the whole 
 system. 
 
 4. Malarial poisoning frequently results in consumption. This 
 may not be the case at the start, because malaria frequently lies in 
 the system for a long time before it breaks out into a severe dis- 
 ease. Then a cold sets the 'poison in motion, causes fever and often 
 ends in death. It causes consumption by weakening the stomach and 
 and other vital argans. They do not perform their duties properly. 
 Imperfect digestion sets up an inflammation which finally reaches 
 the lungs. A cough is the result and finally a case of incurable con- 
 sumption. 
 
 5. Miners and other persons who are compelled to breathe nox- 
 ious vapors in underground tunnels or shafts, or in the engine- 
 rooms of steamships or the poisoned air in paint shops, laundries, 
 or dye-houses, or in tenement houses or other closely-confined apart- 
 ments, frequently become the victims of consumption. In these 
 cases the lungs are poisoned and weakened so that a cold develops 
 into a virulent disorder and kills the patient. 
 
 6. Grief, anxiety or intense mental application too long con- 
 tinued will cause consumption. In these cases the circulation of the 
 blood is weakened and the stomach does not receive sufficient blood 
 
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 to enable it to perform its functions as it should. The nervous system, 
 also, on the health of which the whole body depends, is affected. 
 Imperfect digestion finally affects the lungs and in the same manner 
 as indicated in cause number one. 
 
 7. A cold affecting the whole body may settle in the lungs, 
 creating inflammation which will, if not arrested, cause the lungs to 
 fill with phlegm. This hardens and causes severe coughing in the 
 efforts of nature to get rid of it. This coughing wears out the 
 muscles and nerves connecting the lungs and the spinal cord and 
 deprives the lungs of the elements of nutrition which nourish them 
 through the channels of circulation. As a consequence, the lungs 
 waste away and break down and a case of pronounced consumption 
 is the result. 
 
 8. A cold which settles in the stomach or the liver. 
 
 9. Poisoning through the use of minerals for medication, or for 
 other reasons, such as mercury, morphine, iron, strychine or arsenic. 
 
 10. Lack of care during or after child-birth by reason of which 
 there is an incomplete delivery. Portions of the placenta, or con- 
 gealed blood, are sometimes left in the womb, causing inflammation. 
 A cold which settles in the ovaries, or a cold taken during the period 
 of menstruation may produce the same mischief. The result is 
 inflammation, which finally finds its way to the lungs. The poison- 
 ing of the system as a result of miscarriages, whether produced will- 
 fully or by accident, is also a similar cause of consumption. Women 
 are sometimes poisoned from intimate relations with men who habit- 
 ually use liquors, beer, wine or poisonous medicines. Self-abuse, in 
 either sex, is a cause of consumption, producing a weakened state, 
 which affords slight resistance against colds or malaria. The result 
 is a general breaking down, in which the lungs finally participate. 
 
 11. Direct injury to the stomach and digestive powers is fre- 
 quently a cause of consumption. This may be through improper food 
 or insufficient food or over-eating. Taking too much liquid with 
 meals is a cause, or irregularity in eating, or eating nuts, candies, 
 fruit, etc., between meals. Injury to the stomach and digestion soon 
 causes fermentation of the food, as already explained, giving rise to 
 gases in: the system which reach the lungs, dry them up, cause them 
 to contract and tail to furnish the necessary vitalization to the blood 
 to keep it in circulation. 
 
 12. The habit of chewing tobacco, gum or even toothpicks 
 causes a constant secretion of saliva, which is wasted. The saliva 
 
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 is secreted by the stomach. There is too great a demand upon that 
 organ, which produces inflammation and an excessive desire for 
 liquids. The stomach is flooded with a supply of cold liquids which 
 it cannot use. Thus the system is weakened, and when the subject 
 takes cold or is exposed to malaria, sickness results which fre- 
 quently ends in consumption. Smoking also dries out the juices of 
 the system and lays the foundation for diseases of this sort. The 
 difficulty may not be direct in these cases, but they are all bad 
 habits and lay the foundations of many diseases, including consump- 
 tion. The wearing of corsets is a pernicious habit which often pro- 
 duces consumption in women. This habit will not be discussed at 
 length in this place, but any one who stops to think a little will 
 recognize the fact that an unnatural compression of the body just 
 above its most important organs must sooner or later, give rise to 
 disease and suffering. 
 
 Hemorrhages are not always a sign of consumption, although 
 they are often a result of that disease. They may come from the 
 breaking of the small veins in the muscles near the diaphragm, 
 caused by the strain of coughing. Or they may come from the break- 
 ing of veins near any one of the vital organs. But they do not always 
 indicate, as many believe, an advanced deterioration of the lungs and 
 they are often much more easily cured than most people think. 
 They yield readily to the herbal treatment when taken at an early 
 stage (before the cough has worn the patient out and perhaps 
 aftected the tissues of the lungs themselves. 
 
 A CURE THAT IS PERMANENT. 
 
 Mrs. M. H. Wilson of Redlands, Cal., was treated by T. Foo 
 Yuen for lung troubles, and cured early in 1894. Her health since that 
 time has been very much improved over her former condition, and 
 she now gives the following statement of her case: 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., September 4, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Co., Los Angeles. Gentlemen: For many 
 years I had suffered from*^ variety of complications which threatened 
 to end in an incurable case of consumption. I had had la grippe, 
 throat troubles, and my lungs were affected. I took treatment from 
 
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 many physicians in Connecticut, where I was then residing, but all 
 the treatment and all the medicines failed to accomplish a cure, and 
 the doctors finally advised me to come to California. Some time 
 after arriving in Redlands, I heard of Dr. Foo and consulted him. 
 He prescribed for me and placed me upon a diet which, although 
 very plain and simple, accomplished more for me, together with the 
 herb teas, than all the tonics, raw meats, eggs, and other so-called 
 strengthening foods ordered by my former physicians had been a.ble 
 to do. 
 
 I was pleased with Dr. Foo's methods from the commencement. 
 His diagnosis was so cerrect that it at once gave me some confidence 
 in him, and the benefit that I received came so soon and continued 
 so steadily that this confidence was confirmed. I was therefore 
 encouraged to continue the treatment for eleven months, at the end 
 of which time I was cured of my lung troubles. This was more than 
 three years ago, and since then, although my physical condition has 
 been delicate and I lack the strength that I had before my first sick- 
 ness, yet I have been comparatively well and have had no return of 
 the troubles with my lungs. I believe that my cure was as complete 
 as I could possibly have expected, and the long time which has since 
 elapsed shows that it was permonent. MRS. M. H. WILSON. 
 
 A NOTABLE CURE OF HEMORRHAGES. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., October 2, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Co., Los Angeles. Gentlemen: In Novem- 
 ber last I took a severe cold, which settled on my lungs. My cough 
 became so bad that I was alarmed and consulted a physician, who 
 told me that my lungs were in a very bad condition. I did not feel 
 satisfied with his diagnosis and consulted others until I had consulted 
 six of the best in Los Angeles. They all agreed that I had quick 
 consumption, but none seemed able to help me. I finally went to Dr. 
 Foo and after hearing his diagnosis of my case, I commenced taking 
 his medicine. Within two weeks I was greatly improved and in two 
 months I felt like a new woman. My cough, was entirely gone, my 
 complexion had cleared up, and my flesh seemed firm and natural. 
 The poisoned and weakened blood seemed to be removed from my 
 system and to be replaced by new and stronger material. The 
 
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 old blood, from which I received no strength or nourishment, had been 
 made new. I have had no return of the hemorrhages or other symp- 
 toms since I ceased taking your medicine, several months ago, and 
 the liver trouble, from which I suffered greatly, has also disappeared. 
 I believe I should have died had I not gone to Dr. Foo just when I 
 did, and I consider my cure the most remarkable, as ity has been fully 
 ten years since I have been troubled with this dreadful disease. I 
 have had a great many hemorrhages during that time and have treated 
 with doctors from one end of the continent to the other. Dr. Foo 
 is the first and only physician whoever gave me any permanent relief. 
 I am now entirely free from nervousness and can sleep all night 
 for the first time in ten years, and I feel under the deepest obliga- 
 tion to the doctor for his kind and skillful treatment of me. 
 
 MRS. E. ROSS BRITTON, 
 
 1025 South Flower street. 
 
 RELIEVED OF A COMPLICATION OF DISEASES. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal.,> Sept. 23, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles. Gentlemen: In 
 kindly remembrance and acknowledgment of the great skill displayed 
 in curing me of a complication of diseases (among others being 
 kidney, liver and lung troubles,) I now write you to say that I 
 have not felt so well for many years as I have since you cured me of 
 these troubles. 
 
 It would be difficult to say in this letter what I have suffered 
 for years from the complaints named above. I assure you for some 
 years I was almost unable to get about, besides I have endured, it 
 seems to me every disagreeable thing that accompanies these com- 
 plaints, and have scarcely been able to eat anything on account of 
 loss of appetite. 
 
 Since the treatment at your .hands my appetite has returned and 
 in fact I am a new creature entirely. In acknowledgment of your 
 wondrous skill, and for the benefit of the sick who have no knowledge 
 
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 of the effects of your able treatment, I have written you this letter, 
 hoping it may reach many others, who can be benefited as I have 
 been. Yours truly, 
 
 MRS. J. E. BATES, 
 McKinley avenue, Los* Angeles, Cal. 
 
 THREATENED WITH CONSUMPTION. 
 
 WILDOMAR, Cal., October 10, 1897. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Co.: 
 
 Gentlemen: This is to certify that I have been treated by the 
 Foo and Wing Herb Company for several months, and I believe it 
 has been the means of saving; my life. I had throat and lung trouble 
 and had doctored for years with no apparent improvement. I was 
 told by a Los Angeles physician, just a few days before I went 
 to Dr. Foo that I had only about six months to live and I only went 
 to Dr. Foo because I was urged to by friends; but I certainly have no 
 cause to regret it. Consumption and those diseases of the throat 
 that sooner or later lead to consumption the American doctors do 
 not cure; they only help them for a time. Dr. Foo, I believe, will 
 cure these troubles if the patient will take his medicines long 
 enough and live as he prescribes. IDA RINNE. 
 
 APPRECIATIVE LETTER FROM A SAN BERNARDINO LADY. 
 
 Mrs. B. Howard of No. 467 C. street, San Bernardino, writes: 
 
 "SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., August 6. 1897. 
 
 "I feel very grateful for the benefits conferred by Dr. Foo's 
 treatment, not only in my own case, as he cured me of certain per- 
 sistent catarrhal troubles, but especially in my husband's case. He 
 had been a confirmed invalid for several years, suffering from obscure 
 diseases of the stomach, which had developed a severe cough, from 
 which he was never entirely free. Physicians had cautioned him not 
 to do anything to stop this cough, and one said that nothing on earth 
 
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 could cure it. Two years ago I expected him to die at almost any 
 time. There was, however, a slight improvement, but in January, 
 1896, he again began to fail. 
 
 "About this time I read an article in a daily paper published in 
 San Bernardino in response to an attack which had been made upon 
 Dr. Foo by some of our local physicians. Dr. Foo made a certain 
 proposition, in a very straightforward, conscientious manner, and 
 none of our physicians seemed to dare to accept it. These facts led 
 me to think that Dr. Foo must know whereof he spoke, and, as he 
 was to be in town soon, I was curious enough to go and see him, and 
 induced my husband to go with me, but not expecting to take any 
 treatment. 
 
 "While waiting in Dr. Foo's office we met one of his first pati- 
 ents in Southern California, who told us about what had been done 
 for him. This encouraged us. When Dr. Foo made his first pulse 
 diagnosis, it was so correct and satisfactory that we at once decided 
 that my husband should commence to take the treatment which he 
 recommended. In a very short time the change in his appearance 
 was so great that many of our friends observed and spoke of it. He 
 has continued that treatment, at intervals, since that time, with the 
 best of results, so good in fact that he ; has been able to endure more 
 care and more work in the past year than in the six years preceding, 
 the improvement being a surprise to me, to my husband and to all 
 who have known him." 
 
 CURED WITHOUT SEEING THE DOCTORS. 
 
 Letters from which! the following are extracts have been received 
 from a lady who resides at Bisbee, Ariz., and has been treated by 
 Drs. Foo and Wing by mail, neither of them having seen her. Before 
 she commenced the herbal treatment she was having two hem- 
 orrhages from the lungs a week, and has not had one since. Her case 
 had been given up as hopeless by her home physicians. She writes: 
 
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 BISBEE, Ariz., October 9, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, Cal.; Dear Sirs: 
 I am out of herbs. Would have written sooner, but I was not here 
 in Bisbee. I am improving so fast that I don't like to give the 
 herbs up, for I know that they will cure me. Please send me another 
 month's treatment. I am getting along fast, and a great many 
 people are very much surprised to think that I can be cured. 
 
 Yours truly, MRS. S. A. KELLEY. 
 
 Your letter of inquiry just received. I am mending very fast. 
 My lungs don't bleed any more. My pulse beats 77 per minute as 
 nearly as I can time it. I am still sore and weak in my right side 
 between the top of my hip and the ribs, but not half as sore as I 
 was. I know that your herbs will cure me. My doctors here said 
 the way my lungs bled there was no remedy for me. They may excel 
 the China people in some things, but they cannot excel them in the 
 knowledge of diseases and medicines. I treated so long with our 
 doctors without receiving any benefits that I lost all faith in them, 
 and thanks to the day I saw your advertisement in the Los Angeles 
 paper. May God grant you long life and great success, is the prayer 
 of your faithful friend, SARAH A. KELLEY. 
 
 QUICK CONSUMPTION AVERTED. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., April 8, 1897. 
 
 It gives me great pleasure to bear testimony to the skill of 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, whom I have known for several years, and who has 
 made remarkable cures in the cases of friends of mine, as well as in 
 my own case. I first became acquainted with him on New Year's 
 day, 1894, having gone to see him on behalf of the wife of a friend 
 who was very ill. She commenced treating with Dr. Foo and some 
 time afterwards I learned from her husband that she had entirely 
 recovered, a fact which was a great surprise to me, as I had not sup- 
 posed that she could get well. This circumstance gave me a very 
 favorable impression of the skill and methods employed by Dr. Foo. 
 
 Later I was taken with what appeared to be a very severe cold, 
 
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 resembling an attack of pneumonia, and was for several weeks in a 
 hospital at Riverside, and went to see Dr. Foo. He told me that I 
 was threatened with an attack of quick consumption, but said: "You 
 have come to me in time to save yourself. I will remove the poison 
 from your lungs and in a short time they will grow up and be 
 strong again. My treatment will stop the disease where it is and 
 prevent it from going any farther, and will heal the lungs and cause 
 them to grow again and become as strong as before." I took his 
 treatment for three or four months and the result was as he pre- 
 dicted and promised. I was entirely cured of the difficulty with my 
 lungs, which has never troubled me since. I believe that Dr. Foo's 
 herbal remedies will accomplish all that is promised. Their use 
 involves no nausea or derangement of the digestion or any other dis- 
 agreeable result, but as far as my experience and observation go they 
 are always beneficial. In many cases they accomplish most wonder- 
 ful cures. I shall always be grateful to Dr. Foo for what he has been 
 able to do in my own case, and will cheerfully recommend him and 
 the herbal treatment to all suffering people. Respectfully, 
 
 J. F. L. M'LAIN. 
 
CHAPTER X. 
 
 CURES OF CANCERS, ABSCESSES AND SIMILAR DISEASES. 
 
 To tell all about our cures of cancers and similar diseases would 
 require a very long chapter. Even though we gave the full particu- 
 lars which we have put into our larger book and cannot put into this 
 smaller book, yet we would still not be able to make the subject 
 entirely plain. We shall therefore, reserve this to teach our Amer- 
 ican students at a later time. Some of the other diseases for which 
 we have remedies are also not explained in this book, and this is for 
 the same reason; because the explanations are too long and difficult 
 for a book of this sort. 
 
 We give herewith some account of the famous cure of little 
 Clara Humphrey, which was accomplished by T. Foo Yuen in 1895 
 and is one of the most remarkable in all the history of medicine. 
 The reader's attention is called to the fact that this case conclusively 
 shows that the herbal treatment is adapted to cases which are sup- 
 posed to require treatment from a surgeon as well as those cases 
 which would ordinarily, among Americans, be referred to a phy- 
 sician. 
 
 We shall give some particulars of this case, in the language of 
 the patient's mother, Mrs. A. Humphrey, who writes as follows: 
 
 STATEMENT OF CLARA HUMPHREY'S MOTHER. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 19, 1896. 
 217 East Ann street. 
 
 I have a little girl, Clara, now past 11 years of age. About the 
 first of March, 1893, while playing, she fell and bruised her shin 
 
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 bone of the right leg, between the knee and ankle. The injury did 
 not amount to much at first, and for a long time we thought nothing 
 of it. But after some weeks it began to trouble her. I consulted our 
 family physician. He said the injury amounted to nothing and would 
 go away itself. He advised me to rub a little liniment or arnica upon 
 the bruise, which he said would be all that was necessary. Some 
 months later, as the bruise or wound still continued to trouble my 
 little daughter, we consulted another physician about it. As soon 
 as he saw it he declared that the injury was very serious, and asked 
 why we had let it go so long without medical advice, and declared 
 that Clara would be crippled for life, as the limb would have to be 
 amputated. He wanted to perform an operation at once, but we were 
 so much alarmed and frightened that we would not consent to this. 
 We next consulted another doctor, who stated that the injury was 
 more serious, than we at first supposed, but that it could easily be 
 cured in a short time. He treated it with liniments and lotions, but 
 these remedies failed to produce the desired effect, and the doctor 
 decided that it would be necessary to open the wound and scrape the 
 bone. An operation of this kind was performed and gave temporary 
 relief, which lasted three months. 
 
 At the end of that time the wound again became painful, with 
 a swelling and other . indications of a serious difficulty. The doctor 
 now decided that the wound went deeper than he at first supposed, 
 and that a portion of the bone must be removed. So a more radical 
 operation was performed. This operation was performed at the doc- 
 tor's sanitarium. As I remember there were present eight of the 
 best surgeons in the city. They all agreed in their opinion of the 
 case. They said it was a cancer of the bone, which could not be 
 healed. 
 
 They recommended immediate amputation of the leg as the only 
 means of saving my daughter's life. 
 
 They thought it would be dangerous to delay this. This opinion 
 was also rendered by other physicians at different times. But the 
 doctor, however, was unwilling to consent to amputation, as he still 
 had hopes of saving the leg. So a section of the bone about two 
 inches in length was cut away nearly to the marrow and removed. 
 After this operation, my daughter was confined to her room for some 
 months, and was not permitted to use her leg at all. But there was 
 no permanent improvement, and the doctor decided that it would be 
 necessary to scrape the bone the third time. This was done about 
 
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 the first day of August last, nearly two and one-half years after the 
 first apparently trifling injury had been received. 
 
 Clara grew worse after the third operation and the doctor now 
 declared that, as the wound had not healed, it never would heal; 
 that there were symptoms of blood poisoning and that in his opinion 
 the limb must now be cut off or my daughter would die. He said she 
 could not live forty-eight hours unless this was done. About ten or 
 eleven days after the third operation he came to the house with a 
 carriage, prepared to take Clara to his sanitarium for the purpose 
 of performing the amputation. We objected to this, but he stated 
 that in such cases it was the duty of the physician to overrule the 
 wishes of the parents, who were incapable of forming an unbiased 
 judgment, as he believed, under the circumstances. The doctor had 
 
 CLARA HUMPHREYS. 
 
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 been very kind to us and had done everything in his power for our 
 daughter. It was hard under the circumstances to go contrary to his 
 judgment, but I was still unwilling, and so informed the doctor. 
 
 Just about this time we began to hear about Dr. T. Foo Yuen 
 through Mrs. Van Luven. Acting op the advice of friends I took 
 Clara to the doctor's office. I was informed by nim that the child's 
 system was poisoned as a result of the different operations, and that 
 there was cancer of the bone and no need of an amputation. He 
 said the leg could be saved and my daughter cured, although he pre- 
 dicted that it would take a long time, perhaps a year. I at once 
 commenced preparing and administering the herb teas which I pro- 
 cured from him. I also applied poultices and plasters which he 
 furnished. We continued to use these for about six months. There 
 was a decided improvement in about five weeks, and in about six 
 months we stopped using the remedies, as they were no longer 
 needed. 
 
 When we first took Clara to the doctor's office she was so ill and 
 weak that my son had to carry her in his arms. A little later we took 
 her in an ordinary baby carriage. In about six weeks she was able 
 to walk from the street car to the doctor's office, a distance of sev- 
 eral hundred feet. In about three months she walked about the house 
 and streets the same as she had done before the injury. She can now 
 walk several miles a day and run and jump the same as other chil- 
 dren. There is no limp or other deformity. The injured leg has been 
 completely restored, new bone and marrow having grown and filled 
 up the cavity. She has gained fourteen pounds since using these 
 herbal remedies and is now perfectly well, attends school, and is 
 as active as any child of her age. 
 
 I have stated these facts at length because this is the only way 
 to make other people understand the case. Facts speak for them- 
 selves and I do not care to add any comment of my own, further 
 than to state that if any people are skeptical as to the truth of these 
 statements they can readily be verified by calling at No. 217 East Ann 
 street. I am, yours very truly. 
 
 MRS. A. HUMPHREY. 
 
 Mrs. T. Van Luven, a friend and neighbor of the Humphrey 
 family, was the lady who first called this system of treatment to 
 their attention. Mrs. Van Luven was familiar with all the circum- 
 
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 stances of this case and gave us a letter confirming the above. It 
 is unnecessary to reprint this letter here, but we desire to give Mrs. 
 Van Luven's name as an additional reference. 
 
 CANCER OF THE BOWELS. 
 
 The following brief letter from a gentleman in the East who has 
 been cured by the herbal treatment of cancer in the bowels, explains 
 itself. This letter was written after six months' treatment, while Mr. 
 Ingaisbe was in California on a visit. 
 
 SIOUX CITY, Iowa, August, 16, 1897. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Gentlemen: 1 
 write you a few lines to let you know how I am getting along. I am 
 a new man from what I was when I first started to doctor with 
 you. The blood and pus have disappeared from the ulcers in the 
 bowels, and my head is clear. My wife says that I would not be 
 alive now were it not for you. I shall certainly remember you to 
 my friends. Yours truly, 
 
 A. INGALSBE. 
 
 207 Bluff street, Sioux City, Iowa. 
 Home address, 366 Bowen avenue, Chicago, 111. 
 
 A CASE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO CLARA HUMPHREY'S. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Sept. 27, 1897. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles: 
 
 Gentlemen: About four years ago my son Robert, then 7 years 
 old, received an injury in the hip and knee of the right leg, as the 
 result of a fall. Very soon afterward the bone of the knee commenced 
 growing larger, and continued to increase in size. There seemed to 
 be a great deal of poisoned blood in the knee-pan. It was very hard 
 over the most of the surface, but soft in places. There was trouble 
 with the circulation in the leg below the knee, the foot being, most of 
 
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 the time, as cold as ice. Very soon the boy had to go on crutches, 
 and he continued to use them for years. 
 
 I tried various doctors in San Bernardino and Lake counties and 
 they did what they could for the case, but without affording any 
 relief whatever. Some of them wanted to cut the leg off, some called 
 the trouble cancer of the bone, and said it would cause blood poison- 
 ing and death after a little unless it was removed. But I was unwill- 
 
 ing to have the foot cut off, and after a while, as the doctors seemed 
 unable to do anything for the case, I stopped consulting them alto- 
 gether, and tried no more. Time went on, and the knee kept slowly 
 growing worse, and my son had to use his crutches continually. 
 
 Finally a friend gave me a copy of Dr. Foo's book, which I was 
 very much pleased to get, as it told about some similar cases which 
 had been cured by Dr. Foo. We went to Dr. Foo, and he commenced 
 to treat my boy. This was in December, 1896. He gave internal 
 remedies and also applied plasters to the knee. After a little there 
 
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 was a great deal of discharge from the knee, brought about by the 
 combined action of the internal remedies and the local applications. 
 Then the knee commenced gradually to grow smaller, swelling 
 reduced 2 1-4 inches in one week, and the medicines also seemed to 
 help the vital organs internally, for the boy's appetite improved, and 
 he grew stronger and had more flesh and a much better color. After 
 one month of the treatment the foot commenced to feel warm and 
 natural, showing that the circulation of the blood had been re-estab- 
 lished. Since then he has put away his crutches, except in long 
 walks, after having been unable to go without them for 3 1-2 years. 
 The knee bone is now natural, there is no more discharge and the 
 cure is complete. The boy walks on both feet, the same as anybody, 
 except that there is a little limp, because the right leg is a triile 
 shorter than the other. This was certainly to be expected after the 
 leg had been out of use for so long, and we are only too glad that 
 the trouble is no worse. We feel that the benefit received has been 
 everything that we could have expected, under the circumstances, 
 and are confident that even this lameness may disappear after a little 
 exercise of the foot. We are certain that no doctor or surgeon could 
 have accomplished more than has been done for this case, and that 
 our. boy has been saved from becoming a cripple for life, or, in all 
 probability, from an untimely death. A. A. DEXTER, 
 
 San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 TWO CASES OF CANCER OF THE BREAST CURED WITHOUT 
 KNIFE OR PLASTERS. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company: 
 
 Gentlemen: Knowing that there are thousands whose lives could 
 be saved by Dr. Foo, I consider it a duty and a delight to furnish 
 to the world the facts concerning Dr. Foo's marvelous powers in the 
 art of healing. 
 
 For a year and a half I suffered terribly, not getting the least 
 relief from the five different highly recommended physicians of Los 
 Angeles, whom I employed. Some treated me for la grippe, others for 
 asthma, one for heart disease. One doctor said my heart was three 
 times its natural size, and out of place; another told me that I could 
 
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 not possible live longer than a year or fourteen months. Surely 
 one could not long endure the ceaseless coughing, the sleepless 
 nights, the unquenchable thirst coupled with the indescribable suffer- 
 ing in the left breast from darting, piercing, cutting pains known only 
 to sufferers with cancer. 
 
 When I commenced treatment with Dr. Foo in March, 1894, I had 
 abandoned all hopes of obtaining relief, though I was acquainted with 
 the fact that many wonderful cures had been made by Dr. Foo; still 
 I had my doubts, for I never knew of cancer of the breast being 
 cured; though for over twenty years I was associated with a great 
 many doctors of all schools, while I followed my profession of nurse, 
 traveling with my patients from Canada to the Pacific Ocean. For 
 the treatment of cancer of the breast I have witnessed in hospitals 
 and elsewhere the torturous treatment, and the complete failure of 
 the treatment in numerous cases, and now to be cured by such simple 
 and painless methods by internal treatment alone, places me where 
 I am unable to find language to express my joy and appreciation of 
 Dr. Foo as a physician. I know of another case precisely the same 
 as mine, excepting that the lady had been afflicted longer than I had 
 been. She too has been cured and by the same simple way, and in 
 about the same length of time, eleven months. 
 
 Wishing Dr. Foo unfailing strength and a long life, I am an 
 everlasting friend, . MRS. JENNIE ROPER. 
 
 Station A, Los Angeles, Cal., January 19, 1895. 
 
 STRICTURE RELIEVED WITHOUT PAIN. 
 
 The following brief letter from a resident of JL.OS Angeles, speaks 
 for itself: 
 
 LOS ANGELES. CAL., May 9, 1899. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Co., Gentlemen: I am very much 
 pleased with your treatment for stricture, as I am very much bene- 
 fited without suffering any pain. 
 
 Our local doctors could only give me relief by inserting an 
 instrument, which caused a great deal of pain. Yours truly, 
 
 C. L. PENSE, 359 S. Olive street. 
 
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 CASES OF ECZEMA AND THEIR CURES A DISCUSSION OF THE 
 ORIENTAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE BY GEO. 
 W. HAZARD MR. HAZARD'S EXPERI- 
 ENCE WITH ECZEMA. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 3, 1896. 
 To the Public: 
 
 In a former letter, dated August 1, 1894, I said that Dr. Foo 
 had conquered the dreadful troubles I was then afflicted with, and 
 that I had resumed work and was gaining strength every day. After 
 two years I write again to confirm the skill of Dr. Foo and the vir- 
 tues of the herb medicine. I have not lost a day's work in the past 
 two years, and have not had a return of any of my old symptoms, 
 showing the thoroughness of the cure Dr. Foo made of me. During 
 my sickness my weight went down to 140 pounds, but I soon regained 
 my customary weight of from 175 to 180, and have kept it ever since. 
 At first I followed the diet prescribed very strictly, and I now follow 
 it to a certain extent, although I have found that I can safely allow 
 myself greater freedom in my choice of foods than when I was re- 
 covering from my very severe illness. I believe that many things 
 in the plan of dieting are as valuable to the well as to the sick. 
 
 I wish to speak of the ecezma from which I suffered in compli- 
 cation with other infirmities. This was so bad that my face and 
 hands were frequently in a perfectly raw condition, like a piece of 
 raw beef, and my eyes were so badly swollen that I was compelled 
 to remain in a dark room and could not use them at all. I was never 
 entirely free from this distressing and painful malady until I com- 
 menced treatment with Dr. Foo, but I have had no return or symp- 
 tom whatever of it since he cured me. This is such a common dis- 
 ease, that I feel sure that many will profit by my experience in refer- 
 ence to it. 
 
 My daughter Mabel suffered from malarial poison for a long time. 
 I took her to Dr. Foo in 1894, and after twelve? doses of medicine, the 
 poison was completely eradicated from the system, and she gained 
 thirty-five pounds in weight in six weeks, and; has continued in excel- 
 lent health ever since. My other children have also derived great 
 benefit from Dr. Foo's treatment, GEO. W. HAZARD. 
 
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 AN APPROVED SYSTEM OF MEDICINE KNOWN BY ITS RE- 
 
 SULTS. THE ORIENTAL SYSTEM COMPARED WITH 
 
 OTHERS. 
 
 BY GEO. W. HAZARD. 
 To the Public: 
 
 About five years ago the successful medical institution now wide- 
 ly known as the Foo and Wing Herb Company had its origin in an 
 interior city of Southern California. Its beginnings were obscure, but 
 its success was marked from the very first, and its fame soon spread 
 among neighboring communities. Among the warmest friends of Dr. 
 Foo Yuen, who was the founder and is still at the head of this enter- 
 prise, are many of his earliest patrons, who received great benefit 
 from his skill in their own cases, and have since watched his career 
 in Southern California with every confidence in his ultimately bril- 
 liant success, a confidence which time has fully justified. 
 
 The writer was among; the earliest of Dr. Foo's friends in South- 
 ern California and has watched his career with a great deal of inter- 
 est. Like scores of others, I consulted Dr. Foo only as a last resort, 
 when nearly dead from a complication of apparently incurable dis- 
 eases, and after trying everything else in reach. I had the universal 
 prejudice against the Chinese, and the very prevalent notion that 
 their system of medicine is a humbug. I was induced to consult 
 Dr. Foo only by the urgent persuasions of friends who knew Aome- 
 thing about him, and with very little faith on my own part in his 
 skill, or in the virtues of his remedies. As in hundreds of other cases 
 which I have since observed, I was immeasurably surprised by the 
 termination of my case, for I found myself again a well man, contrary 
 to every expectation on my part, but only after a most heroic strug- 
 gle on the part of Dr. Foo against the disorders which were threat- 
 ening my life. Since then I have watched Dr. Foo's progress from an 
 uncertain and comparatively unknown position in a country town to a 
 handsome and well-equipped establishment in the metropolis of South- 
 ern California, with a constantly growing influence and a highly 
 satisfactory patronage. 
 
 Such an experience naturally sets a man to thinking and the re- 
 sult of the writer's reflections was to change many of his ideas 
 on the subject of medicine. Evidently a cure had been possible in 
 my case, for that was the final result, yet, until I consulted Dr. Foo 
 
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 I had been going from bad to worse. Nothing had done me any good. 
 Disappointment had followed disappointment, until, weakened in mind 
 and body, I had been almost ready to let go my hold on life. Evi- 
 dently there must have been some radical and fundamental differ- 
 ence in the methods practiced by my first physiicans and those prac- 
 ticed by Dr. Foo to produce such diametrically opposite differences 
 in results. Under the one regime I sank to the lowest point of my 
 vitality, under the other I gradually rose from that point to a far 
 better state of health than had been mine for years. Now, whence 
 the difference? 
 
 In the first place, there was a radical difference in diagnosis. 
 Dr. Foo asked me no questions, except my age. He found out for 
 himself, simply by feeling my pulse, all that he wanted to know, and 
 told me more facts about my physical condition than I had ever known 
 before. Yet every thing that he said was reasonable, and coincided 
 with my experience. A peculiarity of this diagnosis was that it at 
 once gave me confidence in Dr. Foo. I felt instinctively that, if he 
 could learn so much about me in so short a time, by such an exam- 
 ination, he ought to be able to prescribe the proper remedies to cure 
 me. All that was said was stamped with common sense and truth. 
 I did not stop then to wonder where Dr. Foo acquired this extraor- 
 dinary faculty, but I have since concluded that there is no mystery 
 about it whatever, that it is simply the result of very long and very 
 patient training, based, of course, upon an unusual and inborn apti- 
 tude. No one would attempt to make a musician out of a deaf man, 
 and it would be idle to assert that this skill in pulse diagnosis could 
 be acquired by anybody and everybody; yet I am firmly convinced 
 that many could acquire it, perhaps even some of our own white 
 physicians, if they would devote to it as many years of patient prac- 
 tice and as much self-denial in their ways of life, to keep the brain 
 clear and sharpen the perceptions carried from the nerves of the 
 finger-tips to those of the brain, as Dr. Foo has cheerfully devoted. 
 This is too large a subject to discuss in detail in this place. Hundreds 
 have tested pulse diagnosis in their own persons and to their satis- 
 faction, having proved for themselves that it is genuine and philo- 
 sophical, and the way is open for any other person who desires to 
 make the same test. 
 
 The Chinese employ more than 3000 medicinal herbs in their 
 practice. Not one of them is poisonous or injurious under any cir- 
 cumstances. This fact accounts for many of their successes. Their 
 
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 skill in diagnosis -accounts for others. Their thorough knowledge 
 of anatomy and of the nature of disease, acquired by vivisection hun- 
 dreds of years ago, is also a potent factor for success. And their 
 system of diet is the best in the world. They know exactly what 
 foods the invalid should use, and what he should avoid. They have 
 remedies for all diseases, acute or chronic. 
 
 There is only one thing for people to do who are in need of help 
 from disease, especially for those who have tried physicians and are 
 still in need, and that is to make a personal test of this matter. This 
 system is now too well founded to be ignored, or to be laughed out 
 of existence, or to be set aside by those who assume it to be wrong, 
 but cannot prove it. It has been shown that its cures are permanent, 
 the one thing that people have been waiting to find out. There can 
 be no doubt that Drs. Foo and Wing have helped a great many 
 people back to a condition of health, out of a most discouraging 
 condition of sickness. Whether they can also help any particular 
 case is a question which can only be determined by a personal inter- 
 view. The doctors give every facility at their commodious establish- 
 ment, No. 903 South Olive street, to all inquirers. Everything is 
 perfectly open and free, there is no mystery, no expense. There are 
 plenty of courteous attendants. The best advice that I can offer any 
 invalid is to see Drs. Foo and Wing at once. Delays are usually 
 dangerous. GEO. W. HAZARD. 
 
 CURE OF AN OBSTINATE CASE OF ECZEMA. 
 
 CEDAR, Ariz., August 31, 1897. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Gentlemen: Although I have never seen Drs. Foo and Wing, yet 
 I have to thank them for curing me of a very obstinate case of eczema. 
 I had been unable to get rid of this difficulty by all the ordinary 
 methods of treatment within my reach, but I had heard a great deal 
 about their cures of other people. I was living in Arizona, and was 
 unable to go to Los Angeles to see them, but wrote to them, and asked 
 them if they could cure me at home. They asked me a great many 
 questions by mail, which I answered as fully as I could. They then 
 informed me that they could cure me at my home. They said "we 
 
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 will change your impure blood and make it new, and you will then 
 be all right." I took a few months' treatment, perhaps three or four, 
 to accomplish this, but at the end of that time I was well. From 
 the results of this method of treatment at a distance, in my own case, 
 I can heartily recommend it to any others who may be similarly 
 situated. I am certainly abundantly satisfied, for it cured me of a 
 very troublesome affliction from which I had suffered for a long time. 
 
 WILLIAM P. CARR, 
 CEDAR, Mohave County, Arizona. 
 
 A CURE OF CATARRH AND COMPLICATIONS. 
 
 To the Afflicted: 
 
 I have been a constant sufferer for over twenty-five years, from 
 the effects of impure water and improper food, carelessness and 
 exposure to the fumes of quicksilver, arsenical and other mineral 
 poisons, while treating rebellious ores. My system had become thor- 
 oughly impregnated with them, rendering my liver and spleen inactive, 
 and nearly destroyed my kidneys. Consequently I had dyspepsia, 
 indigestion, catarrh and cramps in the worst form. 
 
 For over nine months I could not turn over in bed, without 
 assistance. Two years before that time I could not put on my coat, 
 and four years previously could not ride in the ambulance from 
 Arizona to Los Angeles, on account of the most excruciating sciatic 
 rheumatism, rendering life anything but pleasant. 
 
 Though at times in apparent good health, of late years I was 
 threatened with locomotor-ataxia and partial paralysis of my legs, 
 making it difficult and painful to walk, even a short distance, without 
 frequent rests. The cords of my legs and arms had become almost as 
 stiff as steel wire. I had consulted and employed several of the 
 leading and most noted physicians of the day, and had spent hundreds 
 of dollars for patent -medicines and other useless, though much 
 advertised and highly recommended sure-cure compounds; beside 
 spending over a year at several of the best mineral springs, none of 
 which afforded me more than trifling relief, and I had nearly given 
 up all hope of ever having my health restored. 
 
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 Fortunately for me, however, I chanced to meet my old-time 
 friend George W. Hazard, who, to my surprise was looking the very 
 picture of health, being the exact opposite of his appearance and 
 condition ten years before. 
 
 No doubt, my looks and appearance suggested to his mind his own 
 condition when we parted ten years previously. As soon as I met 
 him he at once began to tell me of his long suffering and almost 
 miraculous cure, which was effected through the skillful treatment ot 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen. 
 
 He most earnestly advised, insisted and entreated me to go and 
 call upon the doctor. He said that he used nothing but China herbs 
 tc drive out the poison, instead of dosing one with mineral poisons, 
 and apothecary compounds. 
 
 But, being exceedingly incredulous, and, in fact prejudiced against 
 Chinese and Chinese doctors in particular, I told him that I would 
 take it under advisement. And, although my prejudice was strong, 
 1 could not refuse accepting one of the doctor's pamphlets on his mode 
 of treatment. 
 
 The more I investigated "The Oriental System of Medicine," the 
 more I was convinced of its superiority, and of its being in accord 
 with nature. 
 
 I at last submitted to being introduced to this most renowned 
 and highly educated Chinese doctor, who carefully diagnosed my case 
 by feeling of the pulse, only. He pronounced my case curable 
 although on account of my age 79 years, and my case being of long- 
 standing and deep-seated, it would take a proportionate length of 
 time to get the poisons under his ontrol, so that they could be driven 
 out of my system, new blood would take the place of old, and 
 nature's recuperating powers would do the rest, and I would be a 
 comparatively well man again, which, I am happy to say after twelve 
 months' treatment, is the case, being free from catarrh, aches and 
 pains. I can now walk miles without resting, and can run up two 
 or three flights of stairs as quick as any young man of my age. 
 
 The whole of which I attribute to the skillful treatment of Dr. 
 T. Foo Yuen, corner Ninth and Olive streets, Los Angeles. 
 
 I have written this without the knowledge or solicitation of any 
 one. In behalf of those who are afflicted as I have been, I would 
 most confidently advise them t g and see this justly celebrated 
 
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 Chinese doctor, and be cured. You will not regret the time or expense, 
 or be ashamed to acknowledge that you have done so. 
 
 J. C. TJDALL, 
 Los Angeles, Cal., August, 1898. St. Elmo Hotel. 
 
 CURED OF CATARRH AND LUNG TROUBLE. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., September 2, 1896. 
 To the Public: 
 
 Dear Readef I have been troubled with catarrh for several 
 years and for the past two years with lung trouble. I have tried a 
 number of different medicines for my catarrh and lungs, but found 
 no relief until I began taking treatment from Dr. T. Foo Yuen. 
 
 I can now say that I feel better thaD I have for many years. My 
 pains have all left me, and I am not bothered with the catarrh. I 
 feel it my duty to let everyone know what Dr. Foo has done for me. 
 His skill enables him to tell patients, not only their disease, but the 
 causes that lead up to it, and bring on the disease. I advise all 
 sufferers to consult Dr. Foo, and give him a fair trial, and I am satis- 
 fied that he will bring them out all right. 
 
 This testimonial is sent out willingly and unsolicited in hope that 
 many subjects of suffering humanity may be fortunate to fall into 
 the hands of Dr. T. Foo Yuen, and be so blessed. Yours in sincerity, 
 
 C. R. WHEELER. 
 217 San Pedro street, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CURED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., September 4, 1896. 
 
 T. Foo Yuen: 
 
 Dear Sir: We are very glad to give you a testimonial for our 
 daughter Sarah, who had been troubled with a discharge and deafness 
 
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 of her left ear for the past ten years. Now, after treating with Dr. Poo 
 and taking his herb remedies for seven months, she hears well, has 
 no discharge from the ear, her eyes aiso have grown strong and her 
 general health is all that we can desire. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. W. G. COGSWELL. 
 
 FROM A DISTANT PATIENT. 
 
 CEDAR, Ariz., August 31, 1897. 
 To the Public: 
 
 Although I have never seen the physicians of the Foo and Wing 
 Herb Company, yet I can cheerfully testify to their success in treat- 
 ing and curing me by means of remedies which they sent by. mail 
 and express. I was troubled with impure blood, which brought on 
 inflammation of the bladder, developing into a painful and obstinate 
 case. I knew something about Dr. Foo and his methods of treatment 
 through friends in Los Angeles, who had been among his patrons. 
 One of these is Mrs. Humphrey, the mother of Clara Humphrey, 
 whose remarkable cure is now well-known in Los Angeles. At their 
 suggestion I wrote to the doctors, who sent me the remedies suitable 
 to my condition, as above stated. I am .sure, from my experience, 
 that they can make new blood, completely changing and purifying the 
 blood in a person's system, and thus giving health and strength. 
 When I first commenced to take the medicines I felt a trifle bad for 
 a time, but this wore away in two or three weeks, and after that 
 I gained rapidly, in fact at first I gained fifteen pounds in thirty days. 
 All the painful symptoms went away, and I now consider myself as 
 well as I ever was in my life. JAMES WALKER. 
 
 CURE OF RUPTURE, CATARRH OF THE BLADDER, SPINE AND 
 KIDNEY TROUBLE, STATEMENT OF C. W. DAVIS. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal. September, 1896. 
 T. Foo Yuen, Los Angeles. 
 
 Friend Foo: I never want to lost an opportunity to speak of 
 the good you are doing for the ills of humanity, and of the good you 
 
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 have done me personally, therefore, I make this statement for pub- 
 lication. 
 
 I was sick in 1895 for four months, with rupture, catarrh of the 
 bladder, spine and kidney diseases, suffering excruciating pains from 
 failing strength. I had slept but little for three or four months, and 
 was in a wretched condition. I sought the advice of two or three 
 local physicians, who each prescribed for and treated me during the 
 time of my sufferings, out no relief came to me during their treat- 
 ment. While in this painful and distressed state my friend, Mr. 
 Ditewig, persuaded me to visit Dr. Foo Yuen for a diagnosis of my 
 case, and have him prescribe for me. After taking Dr. Foo's remedies 
 for fourteen days, all my pains had ceased, sweet sleep came to me, 
 my appetite returned, strength and weight increased, while I care- 
 fully kept up the treatment for six months, and I became a well man, 
 as I am today attending to my routine business affairs. 
 
 I make this statement for publication, with an earnest desire that 
 some fellow-sufferer may be led to see Dr. T. Foo Yuen for similar 
 ailments, or, in fact, any with which humanity is afflicted. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 CHARLES W. DAVIS. 
 
 23(H South Spring street, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 CURE OF THE MORPHINE HABIT. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., October 3, 1896. 
 To the Public: 
 
 Feeling grateful to Dr. T. Foo Yuen for what he has done for me 
 I wish to say a few words in his behalf. 
 
 I have used opium for thirty-two years, having gotten in th 
 habit by sickness, my physician doping me full of it for two year 
 and a half. 
 
 When I found out what it was, my system was full of it, and 
 found it impossible to quit it. I have spent hundreds of dollars to 
 quit the drug, but never could do it. I was failing fast, and if I 
 had not gotten relief I would have been dead long before this. I had 
 often heard of Dr. T. Foo Yuen and his wonderful cures with herb 
 
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 teas. I had doctored so much I had lost all confidence of ever getting 
 relief, only by death. 
 
 I thought I would make the last effort. He told me from the 
 first he could cure me, for which I feel grateful, for, of course, I 
 suffered a great deal. I have not used the fatal drug for eight months. 
 Any one reading this, and suffering likewise, may call on me per- 
 sonally, and I can tell them a great deal more than I can write. 
 I live one mile north and three east, on base line, from the city of 
 San Bernardino. Anyone suffering likewise would do well to consult 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, as I have the greatest confidence in him and his 
 herb teas. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 ABNER McCRARY (aged 66). 
 
 FROM A PROMINENT CITIZEN OF LOS ANGELES. 
 
 To the Public: 
 
 I had been suffering with pains in my kidneys and severe con- 
 stipation of the bowels for a long time, the result of which was sleep- 
 less nights, loss of appetite and rheumatic pains in my feet and legs. 
 
 For four months I had rheumatism in my 
 foot, the inflammation was so great I could 
 scarcely put it on the floor, and the swell- 
 ing extending to my knee joint was so pain- 
 ful I could not sleep. I consulted Dr. T. 
 Foo Yuen and commenced taking his reme- 
 dies. I felt the effects of the medicine 
 immediately, and I also noticed a marked 
 improvement every day in my condition. 
 I continued the treatment for three months 
 and was entirely cured. My rheumatism 
 was not only cured and the swelling gone, 
 but my blood was purified, brain and nerves vitalized, and the whole 
 system restored and invigorated. I have no pains, my appetite is 
 
 CAPT. C. TAYLOR. 
 
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 good, my bowels move regularly and my health is better than it has 
 been for ten years. I am always ready to testify to results and true 
 merit, and I heartily recommend the Foq and Wing Herb Company, 
 No. 903 South Olive street, Los Angeles, to every man who may be 
 afflicted as I have been. T. Foo Yuen has a large practice, and can 
 always be found at his office or a letter addressed to him will have 
 his prompt attention. 
 
 I remain your friend, 
 
 C. TAYLOR, 
 520 South Grand avenue. 
 
 EXPERIENCE OF A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. 
 
 Dr. B. F. Watrous, of Redlands, Cal., was for many years a prac- 
 ticing physician until compelled by ill health to abandon his profes- 
 sion. In 1893 he became one of Dr. Foo's patients. His difficulties 
 commenced with an attack of la grippe three years before. The final 
 result was chronic indigestion and troubles centering in the liver. 
 He consulted different physicians and spent some time at Bartlett 
 Springs, in Lake county, but got no relief. When he finally returned 
 to Redlands and consulted Dr. Foo, he was suffering intensely from 
 neuralgic pains all through his body and particularly in the chest, 
 back and shoulders. These pains were caused by poisonous gases, 
 which accumulated in the system as a result of its inactive condition. 
 Of his experience with Dr. Foo, Dr. Watrous says: 
 
 I met Dr. Foo in July, 1893, and he examined me by the pulse only, 
 saying that I suffered from indigestion, also from liver, spleen and 
 lung trouble. His diagnosis was so perfect that I knew he understood 
 his business, and had confidence in him. I took treatment for about 
 six months, and was surprised to be so much benefited. My wife was 
 taken suddenly ill and died. The shock brought discouragement upon 
 me. I left the doctor's treatment, and took several bad colds, which 
 brought on the trouble anew. At the pressing instance of friends 
 I began the treatment for a second time, and, until this day, have 
 been improving very rapidly. 
 
 As far as my observation goes I know that Dr. Foo has perfected 
 many remarkable cures. And I do not know of any case where he has 
 made a mistake in diagnosis or treatment of patients. On the con- 
 
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 trary, I have heard his patients say that he always told them how 
 the medicine would act, when they would take effect, and how long 
 the treatment would need to be continued. 
 
 I found the doctor a thorough and perfect gentleman, a well 
 educated medical man and a friend to those who suffer. In time his 
 skill will be recognized and sought for even by those who have been 
 opposed both to his methods and to his race. And I believe that his 
 methods and mode of treatment will finally be recognized the world 
 over as the only ones which lead to perfect health. 
 
 DR. B. F. WATROUS. 
 
 Redlands, Gal.. August 8, 1894. 
 
 SCROFULA CURED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Gal., August 12, 1898. 
 
 My boy four years old has been ailing for some time, could not 
 eat nor sleep, and suffered from constipation. I was very much 
 alarmed when I noticed a swelling on his neck back of the ear, and 
 decided to take him to a physician. I had read of the cures the Foo 
 and Wing Company had made and I took him there. After feeling 
 his pulse, Dr. Foo told me the trouble was scrofula, and said that he 
 could cure him. ] ] 
 
 I began giving him the herb teas, and now he seems as well as 
 ever. Has a good appetite and sleeps well. I think the herb teas 
 are good and cannot praise them too much. 
 
 MRS. S. A. McINNIS, 
 1866 East Eighth street. City. 
 
 PARALYSIS AND OTHER TROUBLES ALLEVIATED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., October 22, 1897. 
 
 To Whom it May Concern: 
 
 For forty years I have suffered from paralysis and diarrhoea. The 
 paralysis was principally in my lower limbs and back. I tried many 
 different remedies, but found no relief, and gradually grew worse 
 until the fall of 1893. During that year at different times I heard of 
 
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 some of the wonderful cures of the celebrated Chinese doctor, Li Po 
 Tai of San Francisco, and thought of going to him for treatment, but 
 concluded that I could not stand the expense of the trip, and for- 
 tunately for me about that time I learned that Dr. Li Po Tai had 
 a nephew in Redlands who was as skillful and successful in his treat- 
 ment as the old doctor, and I went from Los Angeles to Redlands to 
 see him. 
 
 After taking treatment for some time I was but little better, and 
 had no permanent benefit from paralysis until six months; I then 
 quit the treatment. I did not lose faith in the doctor, as I had much 
 relief from paralysis, and my diarrhea was cured. Something very 
 strange occurred during the next four months after quitting the treat- 
 ment, at the end of that time I had gained forty pounds in weight, and 
 felt much stronger and better in every way. This reminded me that 
 the doctor had said "That I would gain after I had stopped the treat- 
 ment." 
 
 I get a bad cold occasionally, as most people do, and instead of 
 taking quinine or some other poisonous drug, I go and take the 
 doctor's herbs for a week or two and am cured. 
 
 FRANK AMES. 
 
 TESTIMONIAL OF A. H. ROSE. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., September, 1896. 
 Foo and Wing Herb Company: 
 
 It is with pleasure I give you this testimonial. I had weakness 
 of the kidneys and bladder and my digestion was very poor. I took 
 your herb remedies for four or five months and my system became 
 cleansed, giving me blood and new life, and I am now a well man. 
 
 1032 Elaine street, Los Angeles. A. H. ROSE. 
 
 LETTER FROM A WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS MAN. 
 
 Messrs. Wade & Wade are well-known among the business men of 
 Los Angeles, particularly among mining men and all others who 
 require assays of minerals or chemical analyses of any sort. These 
 
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 gentlemen are trained by the requirements of their business to habits 
 of exact observation and close reasoning. It is therefore reasonable 
 to suppose that their opinion is of especial value, even in a matter of 
 professional skill a little outside of their usual line. Mr. E. M. Wade, 
 of this firm, gives the following letter: 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., September 5, 1896. 
 
 T. Poo Yuen. Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Dear Sir: I gladly recommend you as a skillful and successful 
 physician, having myself taken your treatment of herb remedies 
 with great benefit. Your herb teas are not only harmless, but benefic- 
 ial when administered under your skillful direction. Your powers 
 of diagnosis by the pulse, which have been within my own observation 
 and experience, are marvelous. Respectfully, 
 
 Chemist and Assayer, 115 N. Main. E. M. WADE. 
 
 A GAIN OF TWENTY-EIGHT POUNDS. 
 
 Mr. W. A. Hallowell, Jr., ex-Deputy Postmaster of Ontario, Cal., 
 and ex-Postmaster of Oberlin, Kansas, says: 
 
 I have been in the employ of the Postoffice Department in various 
 States. The steady and confining work brought on my troubles, as 
 I did not take the necessary time to eat my meals my digestion 
 becoming worse and worse. Indigestion was my main trouble. My 
 kidneys and bladder were affected and everything I tried to do seemed 
 useless. I had been seeking relief and a cure for many years, going 
 to Excelsior Springs, Mo., the Hot Springs, Ark., and Manitou Springs, 
 Colo., also treated with several of the regular physicians. 
 
 I came to California in 1886 and to Ontario in 1888. While I was 
 summering in Mill Creek Canyon last year, I heard of Dr. Poo, and, 
 knowing that I had never received any permanent benefits from all 
 the treatment and patent medicines I had taken, I thought that, as 
 he was so famous, he would perhaps help me in regaining my lost 
 health. He examined me, and impressed with the truth of his 
 assertions as to my derangements I began his treatment last Septem- 
 ber. I was down to 95 pounds, and have now gained 28 pounds, and 
 am gaining all the time, even during this warm weather. By follow- 
 
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 ing the doctor's diet, I find it tp be just suited to my system. I lived 
 up to this treatment and made as good an improvement and showing 
 as anybody he ever treated. I think that Dr. Poo saved my life, for I 
 was extremely low, weak and exhausted. To the sick and afflicted 
 I can cheerfully recommend the Chinese system of medicine as prac- 
 ticed by Dr. T. Foo Yuen. W. A. HALLO WELL, Jr. 
 Ontario, Cal., August 1, 1894. 
 
 CURE OF A FAMOUS ARTIST. 
 
 The signer of the following letter, W. G. Cogswell, is one of the 
 best known among American artists, and famous for the many repro- 
 ductions of his portraits of prominent men, particularly of General 
 Grant. Mr. Cogswell has traveled in many countries, and is a gentle- 
 man of wide information and culture. His opinion is of great value. 
 He says: 
 
 Having been successfully treated by Dr. T. Foo Yuen for chronic 
 dyspepsia of long standing, and knowing of other remarkable cures 
 effected by him with his herb remedies, I can recommend him to all 
 sufferers as a skillful physician, and a gentleman of rare knowledge 
 and ability. WM. G. COGSWELL, 
 
 1138 South Flower street. 
 
 Los Angeles, Cal., September 23, 1896. 
 
BRONCHITIS AND INDIGESTION CURED. 
 
 The following letter from a recent patient, speaks for 
 itself: 
 
 THE BATTLE CREEK SAVINGS BANK, 
 
 ALEX. McHUGH, 
 
 President; 
 J. L. RIEDKSEL, 
 
 Vice-President; 
 A. BASSETT, 
 
 Cashier; 
 CHAS. WIRTH. 
 
 Asst. Cashier. 
 
 1723 ROSS STREET, 
 
 SIOUX CITY, Iowa, May 10th, 1899. 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, Los Angeles, Cal. My Dear Sir: 
 
 I wish to take this opportunity to thank you most sin- 
 cerely and heartily for the great benefit which I have 
 received from your treatment. And for the uniform kind- 
 ness and highly-valued advice, of which I have been the 
 recipient at your hands. I came to Los Angeles with 
 chronic bronchitis of six years standing; extremely sensitive 
 to colds, and every cold taken left me in a worse condition. 
 I had also suffered from indigestion for years, as well as 
 trouble with my kidneys. I was then profoundly ignorant 
 of the existence of reputable Chinese doctors and their 
 remedies. But upon hearing of your great success with 
 hopeless cases, and knowing of no way to procure relief, 
 I concluded to investigate. 
 
 Having taken the utmost care that you should have no 
 possible means of knowing anything about my condition, 
 except through your own skill, I found your diagnosis of my 
 case to be so accurate that I concluded to take the herb 
 teas and try the diet. I have never regretted my decision 
 as my bronchitis is, so far as I can judge, entirely gone 
 and I seem to be proof against colds. Neither my digestion 
 nor my kidneys give me any more trouble, and with my 
 weight reduced from 270 to 227 pounds, I feel at least ten 
 years younger and like a new man. 
 
 I hope that for the good of afflicted humanity you may 
 continue long in your useful and prosperous career. 
 
 Again thanking you for what you have done for me in so 
 many ways, and wishing you long life and happiness, I beg 
 to subscribe myself, 
 
 Very truly yours, CAPT. ADAMS BASSETT. 
 
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 NO RELIEF EXCEPT FROM THIS SYSTEM. 
 
 The case of John Scealey, as stated herein by himself, is a 
 splendid illustration of the virtues of our remedies for heart troubles. 
 Mr. Scealey says: 
 
 CRAFTONVILLE, Cal., September 2, 1896. 
 
 This is to certify that I have recently been a patient of Dr. T. 
 Foo Yuen and have been cured by him of a very long, painful and 
 dangerous illness, called goitre. The circumstances of my case are 
 so remarkable that I feel sure many people will be interested in hear- 
 ing of them. About two years ago I was taken sick, and was unable 
 to attend to my customary work upon a ranch. I consulted Dr. Foo, 
 who was then living at Redlands, and took two doses of the medicine 
 which he prescribed, paying him for a week's treatment. But so 
 many people called him a fraud, a quack and a humbug, that I was 
 persuaded to let him alone, and stopped taking the medicine after 
 two doses. Then I went to San Francisco and was treated by some 
 
 of the best physicians there. I 
 remained three months under 
 their care; then, as I was no 
 better, I returned to Los An- 
 geles, and consulted the best 
 physicians I could find there. 
 I was treated for several 
 months by the best phy- 
 sicians in Redlands, and also 
 went to Long Beach, hoping 
 that a change of climate 
 would benefit me, and con- 
 sulted the best doctors I could 
 find there. All of these 
 changes and experiments did 
 me no good whatever. The 
 doctors all disagreed in their 
 diagnoses. Some called 
 it consumption, but none of 
 
 JOHN SCAI,EY. 
 
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 them did me any good. Some of them said that it was enlargement of 
 the heart, and incurable. On the 20th day of February, my physi- 
 cian in Los Angeles advised me to go home, as he said 
 that I could not last twenty-four hours. At that time I 
 had had no rest for a long time, and was burning up with fever which 
 my physicians were unable to control in the slightest degree. My 
 temperature, was 106 degrees, and my heart was palpitating at the 
 rate of 140 beats a minute. 
 
 In desperation I went to Dr. Foo, whom I had abandoned just 
 two years before for the numerous American physicians under whose 
 direction I had steadily gone from bad to worse. Dr. Foo told me 
 that my trouble was an affection of the kidneys and bladder, which 
 affected the heart, and that the heart case was very much enlarged, 
 causing the goitre. He said that he could cure me, and I commenced 
 treatment. I began at once to get better very slowly, but surely. 
 Within a day or two my fever was less, my pulse was lower and I was 
 able to sleep. In five weeks I went to work for the first time in two 
 years. I continued the treatment for six months, and have just finish- 
 ed it. I am now working every day and feel and look as well as I 
 ever did. It took about three or four weeks to reduce all the swelling 
 of my heart and to take it all away, and to bring my pulse down to its 
 natural beat of 80 to the minute. JOHN SCBALEY. 
 
 A WONDERFUL CURE OF HEART AND STOMACH TROUBLE. 
 
 BASE LINE, San Bernardino, Cal., September 1, 1896. 
 To the Public: 
 
 I, J. T. Burrows, feel it my duty to say a few words in behalf of 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, and for the benefit of any afflicted as I have been. 
 I ailed for many years with pains in the region of my heart and 
 stomach, also with headache in the back of my head and pains in 
 the cords of my neck, so bad at times that I thought I would die. 
 My heart would palpitate until I could hardly stand on my feet. I 
 had doctored a great deal, but had received very little benefit, was 
 very nervous, and I often thought my time had come. 
 
 I had often heard of Dr. T. Foo Yuen, and of the wonderful cures 
 he had performed at Redlands, California, so I concluded to inves- 
 
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 tigate his methods. On inquiry I found a number of persons he had 
 cured when they had despaired of ever getting well, having been told 
 by their physicians that there was no hope for them. After taking 
 Dr. Foo's herb teas for three months I gained twelve pounds, and 
 felt well and full of life. Dr. Foo Yuen is a gentlemanly man, in 
 every way kind and courteous, treating all alike. 
 
 J. T. BURROWS. 
 
 A SERIOUS CASE MADE WELL. 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., July 27, 1894. 
 
 T. Foo Yuen: 
 
 Dear Sir: If I had any relatives in bad health I should surely 
 recommend them to you. I enjoyed good health until I was wounded 
 in the war of the rebellion. After that I never felt well until I had 
 undergone treatment from you. My digestive organs troubled me 
 always, and, although taking medicines and being treated by several 
 physicians of highly recommended medical institutes, could not get 
 well. A neuralgic pain started in my face, confining itself to my 
 right cheek. The pain grew stronger, and I went to a dentist and had 
 two teeth extracted, but got no relief. I consulted two local doctors, 
 who gave me morphine. I tried another doctor, who during twelve 
 days tried everything which he thought ought to bring relief, but 
 without avail, so I had another tooth pulled. In both instances the 
 teeth were found to be sound. 
 
 My mind became seriously affected, and I realized that I was in 
 danger of becoming insane. My friends insisted that I should try 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, and I finally consented to do so. As soon as you 
 felt my pulse you said that my case was very serious, adding, "It will 
 be difficult for me to do anything for you; your trouble is caused by 
 the stomach and spleen; I will tell you alter ten or fourteen days' 
 treatment whether I can cure you or not." I began treatment. After 
 twelve days you said you could cure me, provided I would follow 
 your directions strictly, adding that the treatment would last about 
 seven months. You examined me day after day, and I improved 
 very much under your treatment. After ninety-four days I became 
 tired of the diet and medicine, and feeling so much better, I thought 
 
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 it was enough, and quit. It did not take me long to see my mistake, 
 and that I had been foolish not to follow on your treatment. You 
 had insisted that I should keep up the treatment three months more, 
 and get entirely well, but I thought it would do, as the treatment had 
 helped me wonderfully; not only did it take that pain away, but did 
 a great deal of good to my general health. 
 
 You are a wonderful man and a perfect gentleman and bound 
 to acquire a wide reputation. H. W. TIMMONS, 
 
 Notary Public. 
 
 MITRAL STENOSIS RELIEVED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Gal., October 14, 1897. 
 
 Some six years ago, while living in Chicago, I began to be ill with 
 what Chicago physicians called mitral stenosis, a disease of the heart. 
 They informed me that the case was incurable, because the mitral 
 valve was closed, preventing the blood from being sent through the 
 arteries, as it is sent in a normal condition, and sometimes, especially 
 under the influence of fatigue or excitement, sending it back into the 
 lungs, causing me great pain and anxiety. I consulted several phy- 
 sicians in Chicago, who prescribed for me. The treatment given 
 was principally digitalis, arsenic, iron, strychnine and similar tonics, 
 intended to stimulate the action of the heart in the hope of strength- 
 ening it. I also took a course of baths, devised by a German phy- 
 sician, which were recommended for enlarging the heart, thus giving 
 the mitral valve greater freedom of action. But I received no per- 
 manent benefit from any of these remedies and forms of treatment. 
 
 Like many others, I came to California two years ago for the 
 benefit of the climate. After residing here for a time I heard of 
 the Foo and Wing Herb Company, and, as a last resort, I com- 
 menced to take their treatment. I have continued the treatment 
 ever since, and my general health is improved. I feel encouraged 
 by the results already reached in my case, and shall continue the 
 herbal treatment for another year, the length of time which the 
 doctors say will be required for a complete cure. 
 
 MRS. J. PANKEY, 
 
 Pico Heights. 
 
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 A CONCISE DISCUSSION OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Gal., October 30, 1896. 
 To the Public: 
 
 My experience with Dr. T. Foo Yuen illustrates some points 
 which I think it is very important that all persons, whether they 
 aro sick or well, should understand for their own benefit. I shall 
 therefore make a full statement of the circumstances in my case. In 
 1892 I commenced feeling somewhat out of sorts, a little different than 
 ever before. At times I was troubled with a feeling of heaviness, 
 which caused me easily to become very tired. Sometimes I had no 
 appetite, and at times I felt slight rheumatic pains coming and going. 
 I was not very sick, but I understood that I was likely to become 
 worse; that there was a root of some disease in my vital organs, 
 which were not performing their proper functions. Therefore I con- 
 sulted different American physicians for some time, trying to find 
 a medicine that would help me, but I received very little benefit. 
 
 This went on until November, 1894, when I became very sick. 
 My feet were swollen very badly. I again took medicine, but became 
 worse instead of better. I had great pain in my swollen feet. I 
 could not sleep and could not walk. At this time I happened to see 
 Mr. James Campbell, who said to me: "Dr. T. Foo Yuen has cured 
 many people whom I know of. Many who have been sick for a 
 long time and have not been able to get help from other doctors 
 have gone to him and been cured. I think he is a man who has had 
 a very good education, and I want you to see him." But I answered 
 him and said: "If the American doctors are so smart and still 
 cannot help me, I don't think the Chinese doctor can do better than 
 they can," and so I did not go to see Dr. Foo. 
 
 A GOOD ARGUMENT. 
 
 But in March, 1895, Mr. Campbell saw me again and said that 
 if I had taken the white doctor's medicine a long time without benefit 
 and did not try some new way I was very foolish; that this country 
 is still new, and perhaps the doctors have made some mistakes in 
 the methods which they teach; but that China is an old country, and 
 has more people living in it, and that some of those living there must 
 
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 have knowledge, because Dr. Foo had cured lots of patients who had 
 been unable to get any help whatever before they saw him. "It is 
 better," he said, "for you to see him now and not wait too long a time. 
 If you wait too long and become incurable he will not take you." 
 In reply to this argument I said: "I have some well educated friends 
 who tell me that there are some very good doctors in China, but that 
 the Chinese language is harder to learn than that of any other coun- 
 try, and that it is hard to find educated people there. If it is hard 
 to find an educated doctor in China I don't think an educated Chinese 
 doctor would come here; but, as you have talked to me so much about 
 this, the fact does not matter, and I will try to see Dr. Foo," and 
 accordingly I went to see him that same morning. This was early in 
 April, 1895. 
 
 TOLD HIM EVERYTHING. 
 
 I did not yet believe in the Chinese doctor, but Dr. Foo told me 
 everything about my case without asking a single question except my 
 age. This surprised me very much, and his reasoning about the 
 case convinced me that he understood it. I also saw his certificate 
 from the Chinese Consul at San Francisco and others and from that 
 time had respect for him, and at once commenced to take his medi- 
 cines. For the Urst seven or eight days they seemed to make me a 
 little worse, but the doctor told me that they were only stirring up 
 the impurities in my system, and that I should not mind this. In 
 twelve days I began to feel better. I had good sleep and there was 
 less pain. After that I improved all the time until I became entirely 
 well and strong. My skin cleared up and became as white as a new- 
 born babe's in about four and a half months, or one course and a 
 half of the medicines. 
 
 HOW TO KEEP WELL. 
 
 When I stopped taking the medicine and left Dr. Foo I asked 
 him for directions for following by which I could keep well all the 
 time. I told him I would follow these and take the very best care of 
 myself. He said that in China educated people take care of them- 
 selves by stopping a sickness in advance and before it becomes serious. 
 In the summer time they take medicine for five or six weeks and 
 
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 clean out their systems. In the winter time they also take a course 
 of medicine for five or six weeks, and thus they have no sickness, 
 because they keep themselves pure. He said that all persons who 
 have been cured of a long sickness, even though they are entirely 
 cured, nevertheless are not well and strong as young men who have 
 always been well, and that about every six months there is some 
 unavoidable effects upon their systems from different causes. There 
 may be some wear and tear from mental labor, or, as he said, from 
 the seven affections, or the food and drink may not be entirely 
 correct, or there may be some injury from overwork, or some accumu- 
 lation from the, worn-out materials of the body which are not fully 
 eliminated from the system as they should be, or there may be some 
 bad effect r from the weather. In these ways sickness comes to all, 
 and on'* who has been ill is more liable to these attacks than others. 
 
 NEGLECT IS DANGEROUS. 
 
 If this slight sickness is not stopped then the man becomes 
 worse. The root of the difficulty grows, and by and by perhaps he 
 takes cold or something else is wrong and then there is a bad case 
 of sickness which is very hard to cure and becomes dangerous to 
 life. But if he takes a few weeks' course of medicine summer and 
 winter, twice a year, these troubles are stopped at their commence- 
 ment, and the man keeps healthy all the time. This, Dr. Foo claimed, 
 was a very good plan indeed. 
 
 WORTH REMEMBERING. 
 
 I heard what the doctor had to say upon this subject and thought 
 that it was a very good thing for me to remember. After I had gone 
 home the year I was cured I kept improving a long time. I was 
 better all the time until 1896, never being sick at all. 
 
 In June and July of this year I intended to take a short course 
 of medicine, but I was very busy, and thought that I could not spare 
 the time. Besides I was feeling so well that I thought it unnecessary 
 to take any more. But between the first of August and the first of 
 October it seemed to me that my system was not in as good trim 
 as it had been, perhaps on account of the long continued hot weather. 
 Then I saw at once what Dr. Foo had taught me was a necessary 
 
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 thing to know. I made up my mind that it is better to take medicine 
 for health than for sickness. I made a big mistake once when I let 
 my sickness go so long, and do not intend to make another of that 
 kind. I propose to take a short course of medicine for one or two 
 months and to check whatever difficulty there may be right at the 
 start. I can see the consistency and reasonableness of this method 
 and I hope everybody who wishes to take care of his health will give 
 this matter sufficient attention to understand it for himself. I 
 believe that in this way everybody could keep well and healthy, and 
 could stop sickness at the start. As far as I am concerned I will 
 never wait again too long before consulting my doctor, and I believe 
 that Dr. Foo's herbal remedies are the best in the world for this 
 kind of treatment. E. P. LANE, 
 
 With Riverside Water Company. 
 
 San Bernardino, Cal., Oct. 30, 1896. 
 
 (Witness) JAMES CAMPBELL. 
 
 A CURE OF HEMORRHOIDS OF THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS' STAND- 
 INGTHE CASE COMPLICATED BY INFLAMMA=^ 
 TORY RHEUMATISM AND THREAT-yf 
 ENED PARALYSIS. 
 
 ^*tS^LiF ' 
 
 Mr. J. W. Symmes is a respected and well-known citizen of Red- 
 lands, Cal. He was born in 1830. In early life he was engaged in 
 mining, and contracted the beginnings of his subsequent physical 
 infirmities through exposure in that occupation. His difficulties 
 started with constipation and piles, from which he suffered 37 years 
 with occasional intervals of temporary relief from various physicians. 
 In 1874 a swelling appeared over the short-ribs on the right side, 
 and no treatment could reduce it. In 1889, rheumatism was added 
 to Mr. Symmes' other infirmities, and by Christmas of that year he 
 was absolutely helpless. 
 
 Mr. Symmes was then taken to Arrowhead Springs, and took a 
 course of mud baths, with only a slight benefit. He returned to 
 Stockton, and continued treatment with specialists. But he continued 
 to grow worse, and finally went to Redlands for the benefit of the 
 mild southern climate. At this time he was unable to do any work 
 
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 whatever, was constantly in pain, and considered himself likely to 
 die at any time. He heard of Dr. Foo, and consulted him. The results 
 of his treatment by Dr. Foo are best expressed in his own words: 
 "His diagnosis gave me hope, and I was glad to try him. After 
 about five weeks' daily treatment the pain across the back of my 
 head left me suddenly, and I went to look for the swelling which, for 
 twenty years had troubled my side, but it had disappeared; all I 
 could feel was an empty spot and a weakness. While under Dr. 
 Foo's treatment I had to remain on my back for four weeks. I had 
 no more constipation or pain of any kind. Dr. Foo is one of thel most 
 conscientious medical men I ever met, and through his skill and the 
 help of God, I have been cured of my ailments of long standing." 
 
 The above words were written some three years ago. He has 
 never had a return of his difficulties worth mentioning, and that the 
 cure in his case was permanent as well as satisfactory is abundantly 
 shown by the following letter which we have recently received from 
 him. We offer it as final proof in a case which we consider among 
 the most remarkable of those that Dr. Foo has undertaken. Mr. 
 Symmes says: 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., September 10, 1896. 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Dear Sir: In response to your inquiry I am pleased to say that 
 my great improvement in health has continuea until the present time. 
 As advanced in age as I am, I can now attend to my daily work, and 
 feel well in every respect. In fact, I feel better than I did when 
 I was ten years younger. I am at present engaged in ranching, or 
 some form of out-door work, nearly every day. I consider myself 
 remarkably fortunate in having met you, and become one of your 
 patients at the very critical time in my life when I happened to hear 
 of you. I believe that if I had not obtained relief through your treat- 
 ment and your herbal remedies, I should not have recovered. I still 
 follow out in great measure the healthy diet which you taught me 
 to observe, and I believe that it is of great assistance to me in keep- 
 ing my health. I always take pleasure in giving the credit of my 
 cure to those to whom it rightfully belongs, namely, to your skill, 
 efficacious herb teas, and to your system of living. 
 
 Very truly yours, J. W SYMMES. 
 
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 INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM RESULTING FROM MALARIA 
 
 CURED. 
 
 I take pleasure in giving my humble opinion of Dr. Foo as a 
 physician. In the first place, his diagnosis of my case, it being by the 
 pulse alone, seemed to me wonderful, he thereby locating my trouble 
 exactly. On my first visit to the doctor I was perfectly helpless, not 
 being able to take a single step without assistance. My legs were 
 swollen to such an extent from the knees to the toes that no joints 
 were visible. This he entirely reduced in five days' treament, and the 
 swelling has not returned in the least. He explained to me the 
 nature of the different poisons in my system and how he would expel 
 them, which he did in fourteen days' treatment. What most sur- 
 prised me was the simplicity of his treatment and the purity of his 
 medicines, they being entirely vegetable herbs, roots, berries and 
 barks. This I can verify from personal observation. I am now, after 
 a little over four weeks' treatment, as weu as ever, excepting a little 
 weakness in my legs, which are daily improving. My friends who 
 came to see me when I was ill now tell me they never expected to 
 see me out again. 
 
 In regard to the success of my treatment, it is more than wonder- 
 ful in view of the fact that I am advanced in age. I have received treat- 
 ment from other doctors, but instead of improving I continued to 
 grow worse until I took treatment from Dr. Foo. One who has suf- 
 fered the excruciating pains from rheumatism alone can imagine the 
 joy of my experience in being cured. 
 
 Very respectfully, THOMAS STEWART, 
 
 Redlands, Cal., March 1, 1894. 
 
 A CURE OF SCIATICA. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 22, 1898. 
 T. Foo Yuen: 
 
 I feel so grateful for the relief I have received through your herb 
 treatment that I consider it my duty to let others who are afflicted 
 as I have been know the herb treatment will cure when all others 
 fail. 
 
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 My complaint was a most severe case of sciatic rheumatism (so 
 called by physicians who treat the effect instead of the cause). I 
 had become distorted and almost helpless before consulting Dr. Foo. 
 In his diagnosis of my case, without asking a question, he pronounced 
 it malaria and mineral poison, which I admitted had been given me 
 as nerve tonics. 
 
 Dr. Foo does not treat the effect, but his herb remedies and diet 
 rules have most effectually removed the cause, as well as the mineral 
 poison. Eastern doctors, after months of treatment, sent me here 
 almost helpless. I believe I owe my life to Dr. Foo's herb treat- 
 ment. MRS. J. H. SIMPSON, 
 
 636 West Jefferson street. 
 
 RELIEF OF A VERY DIFFICULT CASE. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., October 20, 1897. 
 
 For the past two years my mother, Mrs. L. A. Wright, now 67 
 years of age, has been confined to her bed or to an invalid's chair 
 with, a disease which our family physician called paralysis. It had 
 been coming on by degrees for ten years, and seemed to be compli- 
 cated by rheumatism, as there was much swelling of the limbs and 
 rheumatic pain. We tried various forms of treatment, medicines, 
 electricity, liniments, etc., without any appreciable benefit. Several 
 physicians declined to treat the case, saying that it was incurable. 
 
 Last March we commenced treatment with the Foo and Wing 
 Herb Company. I consider that a complete cure has been made, 
 except that my mother cannot walk yet. The swelling has been 
 reduced, and she has lost some thirty pounds in weight, which was 
 a great improvement in her condition. She can now stand alone, and 
 has the free use of her arms, which she was unable to use for a long 
 time. The trouble now seems to be entirely in the cords and tendons 
 under the knees, which are still stiffened, probably because they have 
 been unused for so long a time; but we are still in hopes that, by 
 further treatment they may become relaxed so as to enable her to 
 walk. 
 
 MRS. M. A. WILLIAMS, 
 
 1927 Atlantic avenue. 
 
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 TESTIMONIAL OF MRS. M. D. WERTH. 
 
 The following appreciative and kindly letter is from the wife of 
 a well-known clergyman retired from the active duties of his calling 
 and residing in Los Angeles. Mrs. Werth says: 
 
 I feel it my duty, for the encouragement of the sick and suffer- 
 ing, to give my testimony for what the Foo and Wing Herb Company 
 have done for me. 
 
 When I moved with my family from San Francisco to San Diego, 
 I began to feel sick. I was unable for some time to superintend my 
 household, until I was stricken down with la grippe of the worst 
 kind. For a while my friends feared for my life; I became so weak 
 that I was unable to move or rise from my bed without assistance. 
 It seemed that I had only a few more days to live, and even my phy- 
 sicians despaired of my recovery. After a long spell of sickness I 
 recovered slowly, but found that, while la grippe itself had left me, 
 there remained a continual pain in my back, which almost disabled 
 me to do any work. I tried several remedies, but in vain. I consulted 
 different physicians, but they gave me no permanent relief. I feared 
 that other complications might set in, and soon experienced kidney 
 trouble, feeling weaker every day, and had a continued feeling of 
 tiredness. 
 
 When Doctor T. Foo Yuen and his associates moved in our 
 neighborhood, I noticed that very many sick people came to the 
 doctors for treatment. When I inquired of some of them as to the 
 efficiency of their remedies, I heard nothing but praises, and some 
 of them testified as being cured entirely and permanently from 
 diseases that seemed to be incurable. This caused me to visit the 
 doctors. 
 
 To my great astonishment, the doctor asked me no questions, but 
 after he had felt the pulse of my right and left hands, told me all 
 about my maladies, even locating the pains in my back so plainly 
 that I could not have described them any plainer. It was perfectly 
 natural for me to think that a doctor who knew my sickness so well 
 would certainly know the remedies for the same as well. 
 
 After taking a few doses of his medicine, I felt a change for the 
 better, the pain became less severe, the tired feeling left me, I became 
 more cheerful, and now I am entirely well, joyful and happy. 
 
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 I have written these lines to express my gratitude to the physi- 
 cians of the Foo and Wing Herb Company, and to recommend them 
 to the sick and the afflicted as most skillful physicians. 
 
 MRS. MARY D. WERTH, 
 916 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 NEURALGIA CURED. 
 
 406 Mason street, 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., March 24, 1894. 
 To Whom It May Benefit: 
 
 I do willingly add my endorsement to the superior skill and 
 excellent faculties of Dr. Foo in handling diseases of all natures and 
 stages. I would certify that, during the summer of 1893, while at 
 Redlands, I was taken with a severe attack of neuralgia, which I 
 supposed originated from a decayed tooth, but which idea I aban- 
 doned, after having the tooth extracted. I would writhe in misery 
 from midnight to sunrise. I consulted Dr. Foo, who diagnosed my 
 case as arising from malarious gases in my system. I began treat- 
 ment, and in two weeks' time was so benefited that the attacks were 
 less severe and changed to the forenoon. At the end of the eighth 
 week I was entirely cured. The effect of his medicine was such that 
 it not only affected the local symptoms and seat of disease but acted 
 on the whole system, thereby causing me to feel healtheir than ever 
 before. 
 
 I would also add that during my acquaintance with Dr. T. Foo 
 Yuen I have always found him a most estimable man and a perfect 
 gentleman, who never offended anyone, being always of a genial 
 disposition and thoroughly intellectual. This testimonial is sent 
 willingly and unsolicited, in hopes that many subjects of suffering 
 humanity, who may be so fortunate as to fall into his healing hands, 
 may be so blessed. Yours in sincerity, 
 
 (Signed) EDWIN CAMPBELL. 
 
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 CURE OF BRAIN FEVER AND OTHER DIFFICULTIES. 
 
 R. D. Brumagim of Redlands was treated by Dr. Foo for brain 
 fever, and afterwards for other difficulties less severe. Of the results 
 of the treatment in his case he speaks in the following appreciative 
 language: 
 
 REDLANDS, Gal., January 18, 1895. 
 To the Public: 
 
 I can speak in very high praise of the skill and knowledge of 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen. The remarkably short time required to give me 
 complete relief in three different attacks of intense suffering one 
 of brain fever, from which I recovered to resume my business duties 
 in ten days and the other troubles being completely removed with 
 only three and five doses of medicine, is convincing evidence that 
 Dr. Foo's medicines are in perfect harmony with the laws of the 
 human system. Such immediate relief could be afforded only by a 
 selection of the proper agents, and as a result of a positively correct 
 diagnosis. 
 
 When I review in my mind the many complete cures that Dr. 
 Foo has effected, in cases which were considered incurable, and 
 doubtless were incurable by other methods, I am led to hope that the 
 day is not far distant when his system of medicine will be adopted 
 generally. R. D. BRUMAGIM. 
 
CHAPTER XL 
 
 THE CAUSES AND CURE OF PILES. 
 
 Piles, or hemorrhoids, are called by many different names. The 
 term hemorrhoids is properly applied to all of the different forms 
 of this disease. In extreme cases the trouble takes the painful form 
 of a fistula. There are blind, bleeding and itching piles, inward piles 
 and outward piles, but all of the different kinds arise from similar 
 causes. 
 
 If the piles are external they are easily cured by the use of our 
 powders and ointment. But those that are internal and cannot be 
 seen are more difficult to cure because they are harder to reach. 
 Still, if one has the proper remedies there is no difference in the 
 end between the hard and easy cases. They can all be cured, pro- 
 vided that the remedies can be made to reach them, and we have 
 remedies wfiich can do this. The causes are the same and the reme- 
 dies are equally good. The only difference is in the method of appli- 
 cation. 
 
 Some cases of piles arise from the use of improper foods and 
 liquids. This gives rise to poisons resulting from indigestion and 
 fermentation of the food in the stomach. The poisons settle in the 
 intestines, and, every day, when the bowels move, the poisons are 
 forced down into the rectum, and, little by little, in the course of 
 time, the piles take form. Piles cannot arise at once, but come by 
 degrees in the way just stated. Some piles are caused by malarial 
 fever, which is improperly treated by poisonous mineral remedies. 
 These accumulate in the bowels and cause piles, after a time. Some 
 cases arise from syphilitic poison, which is thrown off from the 
 kidneys. When mercury is taken for the cure of syphilis piles are 
 often caused. 
 
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 Some physicians cut the piles away and cause them to discharge 
 from the inside. Sometimes inflammation from the lungs passes 
 down through the intestines and causes piles. The lungs and the 
 large intestines are connected, and what affects the one will affect 
 the other. Some cases of piles arise from dysentery, or bloody flux, 
 which is improperly treated. The mucus arising from it is not taken 
 away, because condensed medicines are used which stop the move- 
 ments too quickly. The impurities thus left in the system settle 
 deep in the rectum and a case of hemorrhoids is the result. Measles 
 and some skin diseases produce piles when the poison resulting 
 from them is not fully removed. Sometimes, in cases of childbirth, 
 all of the congealed blood resulting is not removed and causes piles 
 by finally settling in the rectum. Sometimes blood poisoning acts 
 in a similar way. It sometimes attacks the muscles of the lower 
 bowel and causes a running of blood after the movement of the 
 bowefs. Sometimes poisoned blood arising from the stomach or 
 kidneys, when diseased, settles in the rectum and causes itching piles. 
 The liquor habit causes piles. So do certain other diseases of long 
 standing. In like manner sometimes the pile poison causes other 
 diseases, if it is not removed from the system for a long time. 
 
 In this way many different things cause piles and the root of 
 the poison is very deep-seated. It goes along the kidneys, intestines 
 and stomach. Sometimes it arises in the womb and goes through the 
 womb, the kidneys, the ovaries and the bowels. This congealed blood 
 remains in the body so long that its being there is a sort of second 
 nature and it goes all through the vital organs. It is necessary to 
 use internal remedies in order to remove the root of the poison. Also 
 to use external remedies, such as our powder and ointment, in order 
 to draw away the poison from its deepest location and to get rid of 
 it through the outside of the piles. This process causes the piles to 
 swell for a few days, while the poison is gathering in them. Then 
 they begin to discharge and the swelling goes down. The piles grow 
 smaller and soon disappear entirely. This is certainly the very best 
 way to treat this disease in any of its forms, because there can be no 
 permanent cure unless the poison is entirely removed from the body. 
 
 The most difficult form to treat is that known as inward piles. 
 In these cases there is much suffering after every movement of the 
 bowels. Internal remedies are required to cure this form of disease 
 and also our steam treatment and some of our injections, which carry 
 the remedies directly to the seat of the trouble. These remedies are 
 
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 invaluable in these forms of disease. Every time they are employed 
 the fragrant smell from them fills the room, and from this you will 
 know that they are very good as well as strong. But both forms of 
 remedies, the internal and the external, must be employed in order to 
 get the full benefit. Sometimes persons afflicted with this disease 
 employ physicians to cut the piles away. But if they do cut them 
 away they still do not cut away the root of the disease. After a few 
 months the trouble comes on again as bad as ever, or worse. Cutting 
 affords no permanent cure and the patient finally has to come to us. 
 It is much better to come to us in the first place and save the pain 
 and suffering and delay of these unprofitable operations. To remove 
 the root of the trouble is the only possible way of effecting a cure. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company has always followed the above 
 methods and has accomplished many cures. We have even cured 
 cases where there have been abscesses in the bowels or liver or even 
 cancers. The treatment for inward piles will cure all these troubles. 
 We have had so many testimonials of these diseases which have 
 been cured that we cannot print them all. We give you the tes- 
 timonial of Mr. Symmes, for instance. He suffered first from piles, 
 which were not cured. Afterwards this became rheumatism. G. W. 
 Hazard was ill first from eczema and paralysis and these afterwards 
 developed into piles. The case of Sadie McPherson of Santa Ana was 
 similar. So was that of Mrs. Hendrickson of Redlands. She had 
 difficulties of this sort which we cured at Redlands, but her tes- 
 timonial does not mention the piles because her principal difficulty 
 was from another disease. Our book contains many testimonials of 
 this sort, where this disease was complicated by others. 
 
 But all of these used the same treatment to draw the poison from 
 the system. The testimonial of Mrs. Shevan, in this book, is another 
 example. She called her malady an abscess of the liver and bowels, 
 but we employed the same treatment to draw away the poisons and 
 impurities which were causing the abscesses. A similar case was 
 that of Mr. Ingoldsby of Chicago, who was treated for cancer of the 
 bowels. We ' employed the same treatment. By these illustrations 
 you will understand how diseases that are called by different names 
 and, in some respects, have different symptoms and afflict the patients 
 in different ways, are really from the same or very similar causes 
 and may be cured by the same treatment. The blood must be purified 
 by internal treatment and external remedies must also be used, these 
 
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 varied to suit the needs of different individuals. But we have 
 been uniformly successful in all of these very painful, and, if 
 neglected, dangerous diseases. 
 
 SHORT AND TO THE POINT. 
 
 SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 15, 1898. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Gentlemen: I take pleasure in testifying to the remarkable 
 curative virtues contained in the remedies used by you in your prac- 
 tice. And also to the successful treatment and skillful diagnosis of 
 the most stubborn and difficult diseases. My wife had been a suf- 
 ferer for many years from bronchial catarrh and piles. Had been 
 treated by the best specialists in various cities without any benefit. 
 But under your treatment was entirely cured of piles in a few weeks, 
 and has been greatly helped in her bronchial trouble. I would cheer- 
 fully recommend all sufferers to consult these educated gentlemanly 
 Chinese physicians, knowing that they will do all that human skill 
 can accomplish. 
 
 Gratefully and truly yours, V. C. 'MILLER. 
 
 I fully concur in all the above. 
 MRS. V. C. MILLER. 
 
 PILES, CATARRH AND GRANULATED SORE EYES COMPLETELY 
 
 CURED. 
 
 State of California, 
 County of San Bernardino. Newport Lumber Co., 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., Feb. 25, 1894. 
 T. Foo Yuen: 
 
 Dear Sir: In regard to your inquiry concerning what benefits I 
 have received under your treatment, I would say first, by way of 
 explanation of my troubles, that I had what is commonly called blind 
 bleeding piles, also catarrh and granulated eyelids, all of which have 
 
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 bothered me for years, and for which I had, at different times, doc- 
 tored with five leading physicians of Southern California. The first 
 trouble mentioned had become of such a painful nature that I was 
 told that nothing but an operation would ever relieve me, and the 
 chances of it not being successful were not pleasant to contemplate. 
 As to my catarrh and eyes, I was under the direction of a physician, 
 treating them daily. Through friends, I had heard of your wonderful 
 power in diagnosing, and some cures you had performed, although 
 you had but recently come to our city. 
 
 I tried to smother what prejudice I had for the "heathen," and 
 was driven up to your office for treatment, after which I was 
 thoroughly satisfied, for without a word from me through the pulse 
 alone you told me exactly my trouble and its cause. While the 
 cause was to me entirely new, the reasons given were so practical 
 that no one could help but believe them. I commenced a course of 
 treatment, going to your office nearly every day, and am now at the 
 end of five months entirely well of my ailments. 
 
 Yours very respectfully, G. E. FOSTER, 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 12th day of April, 1894. 
 
 (Signed) FRANK C. PRESCOTT, 
 
 Notary Public. 
 
 CURED OF A COMPLICATION OF DISORDERS. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., May 29, 1897. 
 
 As the proprietor of the Occidental Hotel in San Bernardino, 
 where Dr. Foo had an office at intervals for two years and a half, I 
 had a chance to see very many of his patients and to watch the effect 
 of his treatment. At first I had no faith whatever in Chinese med- 
 icine, and, although I had been suffering for a long time with bowel 
 trouble, I would not consult Dr. Foo. 
 
 I noticed that nearly all the people who did consult the doctor 
 were afflicted with old, chronic diseases, which were very difficult 
 to cure, and I supposed that most of them had been given up by 
 other physicians. Very much to my surprise I found that they all 
 
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 got along nicely, and I began to hear them tell about their cures and 
 to praise Dr. Foo and his remedies. 
 
 All of the cases got along so well that I became satisfied to take 
 the treatment. I had already tried several different physicians and had 
 received no benefit. My general health was very poor then, as a 
 result of my bowel trouble. I had no strength and wanted to lie 
 down all the time. I also had fever much of the time, and stomach 
 and bowel trouble all of the time. I commenced the treatment, and, 
 after one month, began to see a benefit from it, and after that I 
 improved all the time, and after two months I looked very different 
 than I had before. I grew stronger, had more energy, and wanted to 
 do something. In three or four months I was completely cured, and 
 have had no return of my difficulty since then. My health is now so 
 good that I realize the great benefit which I have received, and wish 
 to say something for Dr. Foo, so that other people who are afflicted 
 as I have been may also have an opportunity to be cured. 
 
 MRS. E. R. VAN DEURSEN. 
 
 TESTIMONIAL OF MRS. HENDREN. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., November 25, 1898. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company: 
 
 Gentlemen: My recent experience with your remedies in a case 
 of diphtheria is well worthy of remembrance. 
 
 I took a severe cold, with light fever and great pain in my 
 throat. I was confined to my bed at once. After a few days the 
 throat difficulty grew much worse. My friends thought that I had 
 diphtheria. 
 
 I had heard of the wonderful cures effected by your Company, 
 and I was acquainted with Mrs. Werth, one of your patients. 
 
 My daughter called on doctor Foo who gave her one of his ques- 
 tion-blanks. I answered the questions and he sent me remedies. He 
 said that I was surely threatened with diphtheria, and had got the 
 remedies just in time to arrest the attack. I took the remedies and 
 was able, in a few days to leave my bed. I am sure that these 
 remedies saved my life. 
 
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 I continued the treatment for one month, and have since felt 
 better that at any time for the past ten years. 
 
 Very truly yours, MRS. BELLE HENDREN, 
 
 S. Hill street, cor. Sixth, "Norwood." 
 
 AN ATTACK OF DIPHTHERIA AVOIDED. 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 18, 1897. 
 
 Last February my daughter Lulu went through a severe attack 
 of la grippe, which was followed by complications that threatened 
 diphtheria. Her throat was very badly swollen; she had a high fever 
 and was unable to leave her bed for a few days. The physicians of 
 the Foo and Wing Herb Company commenced treating her at once. 
 The treatment consisted of the herb teas and of powders which were 
 blown into the throat to prevent the formation of the ulcers which 
 usually appear in cases of this kind. My daughter was out of bed 
 in two or three days and able to go out of doors as usual in a couple 
 of weeks, although she was a long time in recovering from the 
 weakness brought on by the sickness. She has had no sore throat 
 or any trouble of the sort since. 
 
 Dr. Yoth, who happened to be at the house during this illness, 
 and saw my daughter several times, said that all of her symptoms 
 were those of threatened diphtheria, and that if it had not been for 
 the prompt and effective treatment given her it would undoubtedly 
 have gone forward into a severe illness, which might have endan- 
 gered my daughter's life. We considered ourselves very fortunate in 
 the termination of the case, especially as there were no after effects, 
 which so often follow cases of this sort and are often of great injury 
 to the health for many years or for life. The herb teas prevented 
 anything of this sort. MRS. M. A. HAZARD. 
 
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 THROAT TROUBLES AND COMPLICATIONS A VARIED EXPE- 
 RIENCE. 
 
 REDLANDS, Cal., April 30, 1897. 
 To Whom It May Concern: 
 
 My acquaintance with Dr. T. Foo Yuen now dates back about 
 four years. It commenced when I consulted him for different diffi- 
 culties which had troubled me for a long time, finally taking the 
 form of so-called bronchitis, with ulcers in my throat, pains in my 
 chest and a general debilitated condition. I had also been greatly 
 afflicted with hemorrhoids. 
 
 Dr. Foo informed me that all of these difficulties had their origin 
 in a poisoned condition of the system, dating from the birth of my 
 son, thirteen years before, and that if they were neglected, as time 
 went on, they would grow worse and might result in rheumatism or 
 consumption. His pulse diagnosis was so complete that I was both 
 surprised and pleased. I commenced treatment, and in about four 
 months was completely cured. I became in every way better and 
 much stronger than I had been for many years. 
 
 As I lived next door to Dr. Foo for two years in Redlands I had 
 opportunities to know many of his patients, and I also afterwards 
 tested his methods of treatment when my children were ill, once with 
 a case of scarlet fever and once with la grippe. I learned to respect 
 Dr. Foo thoroughly as a physician and to honor him as a man, for 
 his uniform courtesy and kindness of heart, as well as for his great 
 skill and his many successes in very difficult cases. 
 
 As time passes, although the doctor has removed to Los Angeles, 
 I have still known of him, and have heard with pleasure that his 
 practice has steadily increased and that his reputation has grown 
 greater year by year. I believe that the more widely this system of 
 medicine is known the better it will be for American people. During 
 the four years which have now elapsed since I was cured, my own 
 health has been so good, as compared with what it was before that, to 
 my mind, the value and permanency of the cure possible through this 
 system of medicine are established beyond a doubt. I shall always con- 
 sider it the very best way known to man of treating all disorders 
 of the human body. 
 
 One other thing I wish particularly to mention, as it may save 
 some one else from a great deal of suffering. Last September I was 
 
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 bitten on the arm by a black spider. I called one of the best 
 physicians in Redlands, who did everything in his power for me, and 
 probably saved my life, but he told me frankly that he could not 
 remove all of the poison from my system anu that I must outgrow it. 
 The veins turned black all over my body, and I had, day and night, 
 indescribable pains resembling those from acute rheumatism. I had 
 no relief from these for ten days, and looked at the end of that time 
 like a person who was just recovering from typhoid fever. Dr. Foo 
 then came to Redlands, and I consulted him. In a very few days after 
 taking the herbs that he gave me the pains all left me and I gradually 
 recovered, although it was several weeks before I had my health back 
 again. The bites of these spiders are sometimes fatal, and I consider 
 myself very fortunate in knowing of Dr. Foo's skill and in being able 
 to avail myself of it at this time. MRS. A. J. HENDRICKSON. 
 
 MEDICINE VERSUS SURGERY. 
 
 Growth of a Popular Fad for the Use of the Knife Thousands 
 of Unnecessary Surgical Operations Nothing Impossible 
 With the Proper Remedies A Case that Completely 
 Proves the Value of the Herbal Medicines. 
 
 The human mind is the most perverse thing in the universe. Every- 
 thing else is governed by invariable laws, but the freedom of action 
 permitted thought also permits mankind to deviate, to a certain ex- 
 tent, from the natural laws provided for its benefit. Man may do as 
 he chooses in many things, and he often abuses this liberty by choos- 
 ing to act against his own best interests. 
 
 This is emphatically true of everything relating to the laws of 
 health. We do what seems agreeable, regardless of the consequences. 
 When baleful results of our course of action compel us to reform and 
 to seek relief in medical treatment, we still get as far away as we 
 can from the simple processes of nature. Our methods of medical 
 practice are artificial. They do not conform to the processes of na- 
 ture as seen in the growth of all forms of life, vegetable and animal. 
 
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 These are replaced by the devices of human ingenuity, which appear 
 to be reasonable, but are unsuccessful because they are not in har- 
 mony with nature. Modern surgery is an especially conspicuous ex- 
 ample of great skill and the highest technical knowledge misdirected 
 and misused. It is a glittering fraud because its methods, which 
 compel admiration by their brilliancy, are nevertheless destructive 
 of health and do not accomplish cures. 
 
 ONLY ONE METHOD OF CURE. 
 
 In a broad and general sense there is only one method of curing 
 disease and that is nature's method of growth and change from within 
 the body. The method of growth is also the method of cure. A 
 diseased portion can be replaced by a portion that is sound by the 
 same process of growth which originally created it provided that 
 it can be fed. This is just as true of the tissues of the brain or of 
 the bone as it is of the skin or the flesh. The whole secret of suc- 
 cess in the treatment of any disease is in furnishing the body with 
 the proper food through the stomach and the blood. This may be 
 assisted in many cases by outward applications to heal those tissues 
 that have become inflamed and to remove those that have been des 
 troyed by the progress of the disease. In these cases success comes 
 from a skillful use of both internal remedies and external applica- 
 tions. 
 
 NO BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW. 
 
 The skill of the best workman is unavailing if he has no tools 
 and no material to work with. Yet the modern physician, who is 
 supposed to be a workman of the highest skill, selects the poorest 
 tools and the worst materials within his reach and attempts to bring 
 about the most important results, depending upon the most intricate 
 processes. This is a most curious and astounding exhibition of illog- 
 ical reasoning, yet it is seen every day in every civilized community. 
 Apart from accident and external causes disease usually results from 
 the presence of some poisonous substance in the blood, creating 
 inflammation, from pressure upon or other derangement of the nerve 
 
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 centers, from failure of a vital function, or from lack of nutrition. 
 To remove or remedy these conditions the average physician goes 
 directly away from nature's methods and selects poisons which he 
 administers in the place of foods. When he desires immediate 
 results he injects these directly into the blood, employing a degree 
 of haste and force which is in itself contrary to nature and productive 
 of great injury. When he attempts to feed a patient, who is starving 
 in the midst of plenty, because he cannot properly assimilate his food, 
 the modern doctor overdoes the business by administering the richest 
 and most concentrated foods within his reach, forgetting that all 
 processes of growth and healing are necessarily slow and cannot be 
 hurried. 
 
 THE FOUNDERS OF A BETTER SYSTEM. 
 
 The one nation that has consistently followed a better system than 
 this for hundreds of years is one that is little known and often mis- 
 understood. Yet it has given to the world many inventions of incal- 
 culable value. It originated the art of printing, which is the foun- 
 dation of all modern civilization. It invented gunpowder, upon the 
 use of which are based all the gigantic and complex results of modern 
 warfare. In the fine arts it has produced the finest papers, the most 
 delicate tapestries, the most cunning products of metallurgy, the most 
 beautiful results of the potter's skill. In all these lines it preserves 
 secrets that are centuries old, yet they accomplish results that cannot 
 be improved upon. They embody the whole sum and substance of 
 human knowledge upon these subjects. The same fact is true of 
 their medical system. It is not to be despised because of its antiquity. 
 On the contrary, its consistent use by a great and constantly-growing 
 nation, for hundreds of years, proves its superiority over our own, 
 which is constantly changing but never improving. 
 
 THE CHINESE HERBAL SYSTEM A SUCCESS. 
 
 The Chinese herbal system of medical treatment is a success. 
 Facts speak louder than words; results are better proof than 
 theories. Experience must and will finally overcome prejudice. Every 
 patron of this system is a living advocate of its merits. The number 
 of these is constantly growing. They quietly recommend this system 
 
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 to their friends, and every day some timid and unbelieving invalid 
 gathers courage to test the system in his own case. The results in 
 scores of cases surpass the highest expectations of those who enter 
 upon the treatment. Every now and then some cure is accomplished 
 that is especially brilliant and astonishes even those who are familiar 
 with what this system of medicine can do. It cures because its 
 methods are based upon the methods of nature the real healer in 
 every case and have been perfected by centuries of experience. 
 
 BETTER CURE THAN CUT. 
 
 By a modest estimate, the herbal treatment would cure 50 per 
 cent, of the cases that find their way to the surgeon's operating table. 
 And it is to this phase of the subject that we desire to call attention 
 in this article. It is certainly one of the most important open to 
 public discussion, for no one can tell when accident or disease may 
 render it of special importance to himself or to some member of his 
 family. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, and some of the 
 people who glance at this article today may be glad to remember it 
 a year from now. This has been our experience in the past, for 
 facts and illustrations of cases that were put before the public long 
 ago are still bearing fruit and doing good by informing the afflicted 
 where relief may be obtained. Most people are careless of their 
 health, but some have the good sense, after they have lost it, to seek 
 for the best means of regaining it. We have had the pleasure of 
 assisting many of these and hope to assist many more. 
 
 THE ORDINARY ROUTINE. 
 
 The average practitioner of the day dislikes cases that may call 
 for surgical interference. He knows that he cannot cure these with 
 the remedies and the skill at his command. So he refers them to 
 the specialist, a physician who is supposed to have made a special 
 study of a number of diseases and to have unusual resources at his 
 command for curing these, because he limits his practice to a few. 
 But the specialist, although he may know more in his line than the 
 general practitioner who distributes his energies over a wider field, 
 has only the same remedies at his command. He may use these more 
 intelligently in certain cases, but his resources are nevertheless 
 
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 limited. We will admit that he sometimes cures, but when he fails, 
 as he often does, there is then only one other thing to be done. That 
 portion of the body which is diseased and cannot be healed must be 
 cut away. This is the surgeon's opportunity. An operation is per- 
 formed and the patient is maimed, to a greater or less extent. He 
 is not cured, but he is usually thankful for escaping with his life. 
 Often his health is wrecked and he becomes a confirmed invalid as a 
 remote consequence of the operation, but he usually believes this to 
 have been unavoidable and so drifts along thinking that he has fared 
 as well as he could have expected. 
 
 THIS IS A MISTAKE. 
 
 There are hundreds of cases where all this misery and suffering 
 and resulting sickness is unnecessary. In these cases the operations 
 could have been avoided and the patients could have been restored 
 to health without suffering or danger of any kind. There are scores 
 of men and women in Southern California today who are congrat- 
 ulating themselves that they escaped the direful results of surgical 
 operations through the Oriental System of Herbal Medication. This 
 is especially true of many women, for in the field of the diseases of 
 women the specialist and the surgeon find their golden opportunities. 
 Many of the cures that we have made are unknown to the general 
 public, although we know that those who have been cured are very 
 grateful to us. A few have been so remarkable, so absolutely unpre- 
 cedented, that we have felt justified in placing the details before the 
 public. These have aroused a great deal of attention and have 
 excited much discussion, which has done good because others who 
 needed the benefits of our skill have heard of it. One of the most 
 remarkable of these cases was that of little Clara Humphrey, who 
 was cured by us in 1895. After two years of incessant suffering and 
 three unsuccessful surgical operations, we took her, at the last 
 moment when eight leading surgeons of Los Angeles declared that 
 amputation of her leg was necessary in order to save her life, cured 
 her and restored her to as perfect a condition of health as she had 
 ever known, without lameness or any deformity. Another remarkable 
 case was that of Robert Dexter of San Bernardino, who suffered for 
 three years with lameness resulting from a trifling injury to his knee, 
 which was not properly treated and went from bad to worse, until it 
 
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 became a deformity that was chronic and even threatened his life 
 from blood poisoning. We restored him to health and the activity 
 of youth after every other means had failed. We mention these cases 
 especially because they were chronic diseases of the bone and the 
 popular, though utterly false, idea is that these cannot be successfully 
 treated by internal medication. 
 
 ONE OF OUR REMARKABLE CURES. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Gal., August 5, 1898. 
 
 T. Foo Yuen: 
 
 I feel so truly grateful to you for the wonderful cure you made in 
 my dear child's case, that I cannot refuse you a testimonial. Six years 
 ago my son, Roy E., then three years and a half old, was thrown from 
 
 ROY E. BURCHAM. 
 
 a hammock and injured his spine. Soon after an enlargement was 
 formed. The first doctor that I consulted informed me that the ver- 
 tebra did project in that way sometimes, and that was nothing to 
 worry about. 
 
 As he grew worse, I consulted another doctor, and he immediately 
 put on a plaster-paris jacket. In about two weeks an abscess broke 
 under the jacket at the point of injury. As he was such a healthy 
 child, that soon healed. 
 
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 Six weeks from the time the first jacket was applied, a second 
 one was put on, and in another six weeks he underwent the torture 
 for the third time. He suffered so much that the doctor soon removed 
 that and found that another abscess had formed lower down, and at 
 the side of the spine. That was called a "cold abscess," and was 
 allowed to get "ripe" and when it was opened a pint of pus was taken 
 out, and in three weeks' time half that quantity. Then a drainage 
 tube was inserted which had to be removed every morning and all 
 thoroughly cleansed with peroxide of hydrogen, an operation which 
 was as hard on me as the child. The inside of the vertebra began to 
 decay and a number of pieces of bone worked out. Other abscesses 
 formed until he had five openings in the back and one in the groin. 
 Sometimes it would be months that he could not walk. Finally his 
 blood was so full of poison that he had a chill every other day. Then 
 in desperation I overcame my prejudices and went to consult Dr. 
 Foo. When he diagnosed his case by just feeling his pulse, I was 
 perfectly astonished. I put him under his care the following week, 
 and today he is perfectly well. I am satisfied that if he had been 
 treated, by Dr. Foo at the first that it would have saved him years of 
 suffering, and that his back would not be deformed. 
 
 Dr. Foo's treatment is so mild. All he used was pouliices, plasters 
 and liniments and the herb teas. 
 
 I have found Dr. Foo very reliable in all his dealings. I make this 
 statement in hopes that many subjects of suffering humanity may be 
 cured by Dr. Foo's treatment. 
 
 Facts speak for themselves, and if any person is skeptical as to 
 the truth of this statement, they can call on or address, 
 
 MRS. A. A. BURCHAM, 
 
 San Bernardino, Cal. 
 
 A DISLOCATED SHOULDER. 
 
 To the Public: 
 
 Feeling deeply grateful to Dr. T. Foo Yuen for what he has done 
 for me, I wish to say a few words in his behalf. 
 
 Four months ago I had the misfortune to dislocate my right arm 
 at the shoulder. The American doctors set it for me, but it seemed 
 to be very stiff, so I called on Dr. Foo Yuen, who gave me a thorough 
 
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 examination and informed me that he could cure me in a short time. 
 I concluded to try his treatment, and in six days I could use it as 
 well, as ever, and in four weeks it was entirely well. 
 
 I consider the herb remedies the best for all diseases. 
 
 MRS. EMjMA FLOOD, 
 301 East Fifth street, Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 INJURIES TO BONES CURED. 
 
 247 East Tenth street, 
 RIVERSIDE, Cal., August 30, 1896. 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 It is now nearly four years ago since I met with a serious acci- 
 dent, resulting in breaking two ankle bones. I unfortunately fell off 
 the roof of a house I was painting. Local doctors treated me at once, 
 but after a time we found blood congealed under the feet, paralyzing 
 the muscles, which contracted the foot, causing great pain, and 
 crippling me entirely. Some people advised me to undergo an 
 operation, but I strongly objected to such a proceeding. I ultimately 
 heard of Dr. Foo and the remarkable cures he had effected, and 
 determined to try his treatment, which decision I look upon as 
 saving me from being a cripple. The doctor found my system in a 
 very weak and nervous condition; but after a few days' treatment 
 I could rest better, and began to feel an improvement. After three 
 months' treatment I was cured. 
 
 In reply to your inquiry as to my present state of health, I am 
 very pleased to say that my general state of health was never better, 
 and my ankles and feet do not trouble me in the least. 
 
 I am, yours very truly, W. G. COX. 
 
 THREATENED WITH THE LOSS OF A LEG, BUT CURED. 
 
 I came to California last October from the East in perfect health, 
 but about the first week in November I sprained my right ankle. I 
 caught cold in it and it inflamed badly. I went to a private hospital 
 
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 for treatment and remained five weeks undergoing treatment and 
 suffering most excruciating pains. I then was advised by the attend- 
 ing physicians to have my leg cut off. I thought my case was not 
 understood by them, and I left the hospital. At this time I had five 
 bad wounds in my leg, and could not put my foot to the ground, and 
 had to walk on crutches with the greatest difficulty. I had a friend 
 who was taking treatment from Dr. T. Foo Yuen. My friend was an 
 Eastern lady, afflicted with asthma, diabetes and other complicated 
 diseases. She had been treated by the best specialists in the East 
 without much relief, but after taking Dr. Foo's remedies she began 
 to improve right along. She brought me one of Dr. Foo's pamphlets, 
 giving an account of little Clara Humphrey's case, which I read with 
 great interest, but was very skeptical about Chinese doctors, and did 
 not pay much attention to it at the time. Later, however, upon 
 inquiry and investigation, I found that Clara Humphrey was perfectly 
 cured. One day my friend asked me to go to Dr. Foo's office for her 
 medicines and requested me to let Dr. Foo feel my pulse and diagnose 
 my case. I did so and was satisfied he knew what he was about, and 
 I concluded to take his remedies at once. 
 
 He assured me that he could cure my leg by July; it was then the 
 middle of April. So he gave me medicines, and in July my leg was 
 perfectly cured. 
 
 Yours very truly, PROF. F. H. VOLLERY. 
 
 BAFFLED THE BEST DOCTORS. 
 
 A case in which we recently took much interest and successfully 
 treated was that of Miss Williamson, of Spokane, Washington. That 
 the result was very satisfactory to the patient and to her friends is 
 shown by the following short but decidedly appreciative letter: 
 SPOKANE, Washington, April 28, 1899. 
 T. Foo Yuen. Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Dear Sir: Just a note to express my gratitude to you for curing 
 my sister of a disease that baffled the best doctors in the West. 
 
 I am, yours in gratitude, A. S. WILLIAMSON, 
 
 840 Nettie Avenue, Spokane, Wash. 
 
 The above case was one of a bone injury to the wrist. This was 
 of long standing, had involved four surgical operations and resulted 
 in blood poisoning. When Miss Williamson commenced treatment 
 with us she was being urged to "have the arm amputated, a calamity 
 from which our remedies saved her. 
 
CHAPTER XIL 
 
 DISEASES OF THE EYE. 
 
 Diseases of the eye are very prevalent. And the indications are 
 that they are constantly increasing in number. This is shown by the 
 great number of people, old and young, who are compelled to wear 
 spectacles, many of them from their earliest school days. It is 
 apparent that there are tendencies at work which are increasing the 
 number of cases of eye difficulty. A number of names are given to 
 the principal diseases of the eye which have no meaning for the 
 average citizen. It is not our purpose to name these disorders, but 
 we do propose to show how some of the most common originate and 
 how they may be successfully treated by the herbal system of medica- 
 tion. 
 
 The eye is a very important member of the human body. Nothing 
 is a greater misfortune than loss of sight. It is often worse than 
 death itself. Moreover, from the very delicate and complicated con- 
 struction of the eye, any disease of this organ is more troublesome 
 and more to be dreaded than disease of almost any other organ. 
 There are many different causes of such diseases. Many of these are 
 remote and unsuspected but nevertheless very frequent. For instance, 
 there is a relation and a bodily connection between the liver and the 
 eye. Any disease of the liver, such as jaundice, for example, imme- 
 diately shows itself in the eye. Sometimes a person takes a cold 
 which settles in the liver. This, after a little, reaches the eye. 
 Improper diet or the use of unwholesome liquids causes impurities in 
 the stomach and bowels. These impurities are carried through the 
 circulation to the eye and produce cataracts. 
 
 Many cases of eye troubles follow other diseases. Thus fevers 
 frequently cause diseases of the eye. Physicians do not have the 
 proper remedies to drive the poison caused by fevers out of the 
 
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 system. They use mineral remedies only and these condense the 
 poison, instead of causing it to expand and scatter and to be thrown 
 out of the body through the skin and other excretory organs. Con- 
 sequently, the poison settles in the vital organs and from them it 
 sometimes rushes to the brain and produces inflammation of the eye. 
 Sometimes when men are working in the heat of the sun the eyes 
 become affected. Measles and similar diseases, such as eczema, hives 
 and erysipelas, leave poisons in the system when no proper remedies 
 like the herbal remedies are used to drive them out. A remnant 
 of poison is left, attacks the vital organs, and finally finds its way 
 to the eyes. 
 
 Excessive sexual indulgence puts out the fire of the eye and 
 makes it dark and dull. There is no light in it. Too severe brain 
 labor weakens the eyes. Sometimes there are epidemics in the 
 atmosphere which cause diseases of the eye. These make the eyes 
 red through inflammation and these difficulties usually spread from 
 one member of a family to another until all have been affected. 
 Sometimes a mother who has a disorder of the eye gives it to her 
 child through nursing it. And sometimes children inherit weakness 
 or disease of the eyes from their father or mother, or from both, the 
 trouble descending to them before birth. 
 
 We cannot go into all of the details of these difficulties in a brief 
 space, but, in a general way, we may say that our company has 
 treated successfully many cases of these diseases. We have a certain 
 powder which we use in all cases of inflammation of the eye which 
 takes away the pain and at once makes the eye feel cool and com- 
 fortable. The patient at once feels easier and correspondingly happy. 
 We also have liquids to use as washes and several different prepara- 
 tions in the shape of fragrant powders which are unequaled in their 
 prompt and pleasant effects. 
 
 In connection with these external applications we employ internal 
 remedies which remove the root of the disease. After a cure is once 
 accomplished there will be no further trouble. If we were to use only 
 the external applications to effect temporary relief, and were to 
 neglect the proper internal medication, then the treatment would be 
 worthless in the end. It is necessary to use the external remedies 
 to remove the pain and inflammation and also to employ the internal 
 remedies in order to get at the root and cause of the trouble so that 
 it may not occur again. In this way we accomplish a definite and 
 satisfactory result. Our treatment has saved many people the neces- 
 
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 sity of wearing glasses all of their lives or of having difficult surgical 
 operations performed. In hundreds of these cases it is unnecessary 
 to use the knife, even to remove cataracts. If the poison which 
 causes the cataract is absorbed and carried away through the circula- 
 tion and out of the body the cataract will be cured at once. We 
 have remedies which will accomplish this result. It may not appear 
 to be quite as quick as the use of the knife, but it is much more cer- 
 tain and there is much less likelihood of a return of the difficulty. 
 
 Many people who have used spectacles for a long time have come 
 to us after exhausting other methods of treatment in an effort to get 
 rid of the spectacles. We have cured many such cases and, after a 
 course of treatment with us, they have cast their spectacles aside 
 never to use them again. The eye is composed of delicate membranes 
 and coatings and it is very natural that these should be quickly 
 affected by disorders of the blood. But it is just as reasonable that 
 when the blood is made pure and the circulation is strong, these dis- 
 orders should be removed. Any one can understand the philosophy 
 of this, which is simply common sense. 
 
 The action of the herbal remedies, which is always soothing, 
 healing and delicate, is much more certain in all diseases of the eye 
 than the harsher action of minerals, or the rude and doubtful exped- 
 ient of surgical operations. In these diseases, as in all others, nature 
 accomplished wonders with a little assistance in the way of removing 
 those obstructions to the circulation and those unnatural elements in 
 the blood which are products of unnatural ways of life or habits of 
 body. If nature is once set right she can be depended upon to do 
 the rest. 
 
 In these diseases, as in all others, the results of experience are 
 the best guide. And our experience in many cases has been 
 very satisfactory. It will be impossible for us to give all the testi- 
 monials which we have received from patrons whom we have cured 
 of disorders of the eye. But we shall state a few of the briefest in 
 corroboration of what we have said upon this subject. 
 
 A SPEEDY CURE. 
 
 WEST PALMDALE, Los Angeles Co., Gal., Oct. 20, 1898. 
 On the 22d of September, 1898, I was thrown from my road-cart 
 and badly shook up and jarred inside of my head, causing blood to 
 
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 flow from my left ear, nose and mouth. Was also bruised and cut in 
 several places on the face and head, and in particular a bad cut above 
 and below my right eye, causing it to swell shut. The lower half of 
 the eyeball was also badly bruised, causing the blood to settle in it, 
 or, badly blood-shot. 
 
 Being under treatment by Dr. T. Foo Yuen before the accident 
 happened, for a complication of diseases, and a general weak and 
 run-down condition, I at once came to his office for treatment of my 
 injuries. 
 
 Though still under his treatment, and far from being entirely 
 well, I consider my recovery so far very satisfactory. And in par- 
 ticular think I am very fortunate in regard to my eye, for the cut is 
 pretty well healed. 
 
 He put plasters over the cuts to draw out the inflammation, and 
 as soon as the swelling went away so that he could open the eye, he 
 put some kind of cooling medicine on it, and now the blood and 
 inflammation are all gone. In fact the eye is as good as it ever was, 
 except a little scar on the outside of the skin. 
 
 Yours respectfully, W. COATES. 
 
 VALUABLE EYESIGHT SAVED. 
 
 SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Sept. 18, 1898. 
 To Whom It May Benefit: 
 
 I am forty-three years of age, the last twenty-three of which I 
 have done more or less book-keeping, and some of it under conditions 
 that were very trying to the eyes. About nine years ago while doing 
 a great deal of writing, much of it by lamp light, I first became aware 
 that my eyesight was beoming impaired. The failure at first was so 
 gradual as to occasion but little alarm, and I fully believed that with 
 change of occupation my eyes would soon recover their accustomed 
 strength and clearness of vision. After a time I was enabled to dis- 
 continue work by lamp-light, but never succeeded in freeing myself 
 entirely from more or less writing. As a consequence my eyes con- 
 tinued to fail until a point was reached where I could not write or 
 read for more than an hour at a time without suffering much pain and 
 irritation. And if necessity compelled me to continue beyond this 
 point they would blur until the letters would run together, or multiply 
 
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 to such an alarming extent that I would be obliged to desist from 
 further effort. About this time I consulted an optician who finally 
 induced me to wear glasses, and fitted my eyes with two pair. One 
 pair for writing and the other for general use. I found that the glasses 
 rested my eyes, and enabled me to work longer without intermission, 
 . and I had become to look upon them as indispensable when my eye- 
 lids began to crack and bleed, and were much inflamed, becoming in 
 a short time so painful as to make speedy relief a necessity, which 
 I found where least expected. Dr. Tom Foo Yuen at the time was 
 prescribing for my youngest son, and one day when consulting with 
 him about the boy, out of curiosity, and without knowing that the 
 eye was within his range of treatment, I asked him if he could do any- 
 thing for my eyes. After a casual examination, his reply was charac- 
 teristic of the man, for it consisted of the single word "sure." 
 
 My experience of Dr. Foo's skill, and confidence in his judgment 
 was such, that while his reply was somewhat of a surprise, I had no 
 hesitancy about submitting my eyes to his treatment, the wisdom 
 of which has been proved by the fact that today my sight is fully 
 restored, all inflammation is gone, and my vision is as clear as it 
 ever has been, as far back as I can remember. I have no need for 
 glasses and do not wear them in-doors or out. The treatment I 
 received was neither painful, disagreeable, or inconvenient to any 
 noticeable degree, and offered relief from the start; and to any who 
 are similarly afflicted I feel perfectly safe in saying, that in Dr. Tom 
 Foo Yuen you will find a competent and skillful physician, fully qual- 
 ified to carry to a successful issue anything he undertakes, who is 
 safe, sure and humane in all his treatments, and withal a gentle- 
 man in the fullest sense of the word. 
 
 I speak advisedly as well as positively in his behalf, for I know 
 him and his work well, and deserving of all praise. 
 
 Box 1003, San Bernardino, Cal. T. G. KELTY. 
 
 WAS SPARED A PAINFUL OPERATION. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles: 
 
 Gentlemen: I desire to express my gratitude to you, and praise 
 for your superior system of medicine, both in my own case and that 
 of my son Robert, whom you cured in 1897 of a very severe case of 
 
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 bone injury, called by some doctors "bone cancer." He had been on 
 crutches for three and one-half years and we had in the meantime 
 tried various remedies but found no relief until we went to you. I 
 am pleased to say that through your skillful management and your 
 powerful herbal remedies, my boy was restored to health, and his 
 limb completely healed. I was then thoroughly convinced of the 
 efficacy of your system, and decided at once to try your remedies 
 myself. Mine was an obstinate case of granulated sore eyes. I had 
 tried remedies of various kinds, and treated with several doctors with- 
 out getting any relief. Was advised by one as the only relief to have 
 an operation performed, but I am glad to say that I did not submit, 
 but was spared that severe treatment. I consider myself exceed- 
 ingly fortunate that I learned of the Chinese system of medicine, and 
 in a few months under your treatment my sight was fully restored, 
 and without taking the chances of losing it altogether by the use of 
 the knife. 
 
 I regard the Oriental system of medicine as being superior to all 
 others, especially when administered by the hands of such skillful 
 and scientific doctors as the Foo and Wing Herb Co. 
 
 Yours truly, ALBERT A. DEXTER. 
 
 San Bernardino, Gal., 1898. 
 
 CURED OF A CATARACT IN THE EYE. 
 
 The following is from a lady who is thoroughly familiar with our 
 system of treatment, having been cured in 1895 of hemorrhoids and 
 catarrh. Miss McPherson says: 
 T. Foo Yuen, Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Dear Sir: I desire herein to express my kind appreciation of 
 your most skillful treatment in curing my eye of a cataract which 
 was very painful, and for which your treatment was most effectual 
 and complete. 
 
 The cataract was so far advanced when I came to you that it 
 affected the sight and had even caused the eyelids to droop some- 
 what. It was so far advanced that you said to me that I was for- 
 tunate that I had not delayed longer in coming to you, and that if I 
 had not come soon you would not have been able to cure me. 
 
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 My eye is as perfect today as if I had never been troubled with 
 the cataract at all. 
 
 While the pain resulting from the application of the remedies 
 to the eye is very severe, lasting from ten to twenty minutes, yet 
 as soon as these moments are passed, the eye feels natural and imme- 
 diately becomes clear. 
 
 I make this acknowledgement that you may know that I fully 
 appreciate your skillful treatment and faithful attention in restoring 
 my eye to its normal condition. 
 
 Yours very truly, SADIE J. McPHERSON. 
 
 THE CURSE OF HABIT. 
 
 We may say, in explanation, that this article is reprinted from a 
 recent issue of the Los Angeles Times. We omit part of the heading 
 that appeared in that paper. The article is as follows: 
 
 THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIQUOR HABIT FULLY CONSIDERED. 
 
 ITS CAUSES AND CURE ANALYZED AN ORIGINAL 
 
 DESCRIPTION OF THE EVILS OF DRINK. 
 
 HOW FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES MAY HELP THE UNFOR- 
 TUNATE. 
 
 Not all of the sermons on intemperance are preached from the 
 pulpit. The columns of the daily papers contain little sermons on 
 this topic every day. "Dead from Alcoholism," "Killed His Wife in a 
 Drunken Rage," "Drunk and Disorderly, Ten Days in Jail," these are 
 some of the headings to the items which constantly remind us that 
 fellow-citizens of ours are on the downward path. 
 
 Apart from these extreme cases there are many men who are 
 tired of drink. Alcohol dulls the brain; hinders a man in business; 
 weakens him in the long run, in every way; is a constant drain upon 
 his pocket. Many a man who has been the rounds day after day, 
 night after night, for years, gets tired of the same old course of folly 
 and dissipation. Secretly he would like to stop drinking. But how to 
 do it is the rub. The chains of appetite are upon him. His nervous 
 system imperiously demands the long accustomed stimulants. There 
 are objections to every method of relief offered him. One is too 
 
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 open excites too much attention and comment. Another is too violent 
 causes vomiting and purging and all manner of deathly sickness. 
 In others he has no confidence whatever, because he does not believe 
 that they will cure. 
 
 WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? 
 
 There is a cure offered right here in Los Angeles that avoids all 
 of these objections. It is secret, mild and reliable. It has been 
 thoroughly tested. It is not a single drug or preparation made to fit 
 every case, but is a scientific and philosophical system which may be 
 adapted to the varying circumstances of different cases and of all 
 cases. It is in line with other remedies that have perfected hundreds 
 of remarkable cures in other diseases. It employs no poisonous 
 drugs whatever. It is offered by the Foo and Wing Herb Company, 
 of 903 South Olive street, Los Angeles. Those who know this com- 
 pany best will tell you that they always perform whatever they 
 promise to do. 
 
 T. FOO YUEN'S ANALYSIS OF THE DRINK HABIT. 
 
 In a recent interview Dr. Foo explained his opinions on the use 
 and effects of alcohol, from the standpoint of the physician. Dr. Foo 
 is not an extremist. He has seen enough of the frailties and mis- 
 fortunes of mankind to make him charitable toward human imperfec- 
 tions. His analysis of the drink habit is interesting because it is 
 based exclusively upon his own observations and physiological investi- 
 gations. Speaking in his remarkably correct, although sometimes 
 quaint English, Dr. Foo recently spoke on this subject substantially 
 as follows: 
 
 "The liquor power goes through the body quicker than anything 
 else in the nature of food or drink. It makes the people strong imme- 
 diately. Sometimes this is a very good thing. Then why does it 
 finally injure the people? I will try to expain that principle. Any- 
 thing in food or liquor that is used to strengthen the people must be 
 gentle in its action so that it will help the natural power of the vital 
 organs. But the liquor power goes too quickly and too strong. It is 
 the opposite of the natural power in this respect. Therefore it injures 
 the natural power. So, if the people use liquor for a long time then 
 
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 the natural power of the body loses its gentle effect and then it waits 
 for the coming of the liquor power. And when the man has taken 
 the liquor he feels strong. If there is no liquor taken then the man 
 feels weak, because he has created a desire by using liquor for a long 
 time and the desire has created a habit. 
 
 HOW THE LIQUOR HABIT HURTS. 
 
 "The strength of the liquor goes through the body so quickly that 
 it carries the gastric juices with it. It not only rushes through the 
 body, but it goes out again through the pores of the skin. But there 
 is only a small amount of the gastric juices and if a great deal of this 
 is wasted through the pores of the body then there is not enough left 
 in the stomach for the processes of digestion. Then the stomach gets 
 dry and does not furnish enough saliva to the mouth. And there 
 comes a great thirst. The man wants to drink all of the time. He 
 drinks too much whiskey and too much water. The stomach is con- 
 stantly flooded and the constant deluge of cold drinks creates the first 
 injury. 
 
 "Again, the liquor power is of the fire element. It makes the body 
 warm very quickly and if too much liquor is taken it causes an inflam- 
 mation. This is the second injury. And both of these injurious 
 effects, the dampness and the inflammation, work together and there 
 is malarial poisoning which may become very bad. This is irrespec- 
 tive of climate. It is as likely to occur in a good climate as in a bad 
 climate. , ! | 
 
 HOW WHISKEY HURTS THE BLOOD AND THE BRAIN. 
 
 "Also, there is in the blood of man a little substance which the 
 American doctor calls a corpuscle. And when the man has had the 
 liquor habit a long time then the corpuscles in his blood become used 
 to the habit also. Then, when he begins to see that he has made a 
 mistake, that he is injuring his business, or has trouble with his 
 family, he wants to try to stop the habit, but the corpuscle does not 
 like to stop the habit. It has a desire all the time for the liquor and 
 the man cannot control himself. He is not independent. 
 
 "Again the principle of the liquor is of the fire element and its 
 power rushes. So, when a man has taken a drink of whiskey the 
 
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 effect goes up to the brain at once. And the brain all the time has 
 the liquor power to help the brain. Then the brain feels strong. But 
 when the power of the liquor is gone then the man feels weaker than 
 before. Also, the strength of the liquor holds the brain power very 
 hard. Then the brain cannot perform its natural functions, and all 
 the time the liquor power controls the brain; the brain cannot control 
 anything. Then the man becomes dull and drunk. His mind is not 
 clear. And so his nature is all changed. The good nature becomes 
 bad. But we cannot tell all of the injuries from liquor. There are 
 many other ways of injury. We prepare remedies to stop this habit 
 in more than one way. If the man himself desires to stop; if he 
 understands that he has made a mistake and has made up his mind 
 to stop, then we will try to clean out his system first and afterwards 
 to stop the habit. This is one way. But other people do not want 
 to stop the habit. Still, sometimes the parents like to stop the habit 
 in the children, or the sister in the brother, or the wife in the hus- 
 band. For these cases we have another kind of medicine which may 
 be put into the food or drink of the man. He will not know about 
 it. But after he has taken this his appetite will be removed. This is 
 another very excellent way. In all of these cases it is necessary to 
 change the old blood for new blood and so to change the desire and 
 the appetite. We must help the natural powers of the body to over- 
 come the power of the liquor. And this is the only way in which the 
 man can be permanently cured." 
 
 A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS. 
 
 We submit that the above is a correct diagnosis, that it con- 
 tains in a nutshell the whole philosophy of the drink habit and its 
 cure. No long-winded dissertation, full of big words and technical 
 terms, could be clearer or more complete. We may summarize briefly 
 the advantages of Dr. Foo's treatment, as follows: 
 
 (1.) It is absolutely secret. None of your friends need know 
 that you are under treatment for the liquor habit. They will not sus- 
 pect it except as they notice it in your improved appearance and 
 clearer expression of ideas. 
 
 (2.) It is perfectly harmless. The treatment is adapted to 
 your bodily strength and condition. All of the medicinal agents 
 employed are absolutely innocent and non-poisonous. Many of the 
 liquor cures upon the market produce very injurious effects. None of 
 
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 these can possibly occur from this cure. The patient is strengthened 
 and assisted in every way. He becomes a man again in the full sense 
 of the term, with strong nerves, a sound digestion, a clear brain and 
 a normal performance of all the vital functions. 
 
 (3.) This company has remedies that may be administered 
 without the patient's knowledge or consent. These are powerful, but 
 harmless. They are an antidote to the liquor habit. They take away 
 the desire for liquors not all at once but by degrees. They take the 
 place of the whiskey stimulus and as the desire grows less the man 
 does not feel weak and nerveless, but stronger and better. He begins 
 to see that he can do without the whiskey. In many cases the taste 
 and smell of whiskey become actually repulsive. From this point a 
 cure Is easy. 
 
 (4.) The processes of this cure are slow and permanent, not 
 violent and transitory as is the case with so many alleged cures. 
 There are none of the painful and ditressing vomitings and purgings 
 resulting from some of these, none of the lasting injuries resulting 
 from others. The healing effects extend through the whole body, 
 through the blood and the brain and all of the nerves and tissues. 
 Little by little these are cleansed and renewed. They are nourished 
 and sustained. When the process is complete the man is literally 
 made over and the baneful desire is gone, along with the vitiated 
 blood and tissues which were the seat of that desire. Could any cure 
 be more complete or satisfactory? 
 
 (5.) These cures are worth the money paid for them. They are 
 not offered for a dollar or two no cures worthy the name can be 
 sold for such a ridiculous price. But many people have paid for high- 
 priced cures two, three, four and even a greater number of times. 
 They were not permanent. They may have removed the desire for 
 liquors temporarily, but they did not give the patient the necessary 
 assistance to carry him along and to prevent him from slipping back 
 into the embraces of his old habit. Therefore, in the end they were 
 very expensive. But the man who takes remedies of the Foo and 
 Wing Herb Company need never touch liquor again. If he does there 
 is absolutely no excuse for him. 
 
 A SINGLE TESTIMONIAL. 
 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company has made many cures of the 
 liquor habit, and also of the morphine and other drug habits. But 
 
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 persons cured of these are naturally very much averse to the publi- 
 cation of their names. For this reason this company has no extensive 
 testimonials to offer along this line. But the following references may 
 be given in regard to one case which is typical of numerous others: 
 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., November 25, 1898: 
 To Whom It May Concern: 
 
 We, the undersigned, can testify to the merits of the liquor cure 
 for sale by the Foo and Wing Herb Company, from a case which came 
 under our personal observation. 
 
 Some six weeks ago a gentleman in this city was given this cure 
 without his knowledge. It was administered by his wife. 
 
 He had been using intoxicants all his life, and had reached a point 
 where the habit had taken a very serious hold on him. He had taken 
 the Keeley cure twice, and had lost his position through his habits 
 of intoxication, and was a source of great anxiety to his friends. 
 
 The remedy worked like a charm in this case. In about three or 
 four weeks the young man lost all appetite for liquor, gained in flesh 
 and strength, and seemed completely restored to health. 
 
 It was a wonderful change and surprise to all his friends and 
 acquaintances. 
 
 MRS. N. IDELLA VESPER, 
 
 584 Summit avenue, Pasadena, Cal. 
 MRS. E. R. BRITTEN, 
 
 711 Court street, Los Angeles. 
 GEORGE W. HAZARD, 
 1307 S. Alvarado street, Los Angeles. 
 
 NO CASES TOO SEVERE. 
 
 This imperial remedy brings all degrees of the liquor habit under 
 control. It has snatched victims from the very clutches of delirium 
 tremens. It soon relieves the nervous tension which is the principal 
 6ause and the most distressing symptom of mania from liquor habit. 
 Then it gradually places the patient upon his feet as already des- 
 cribed. This is a most important point to consider, for many unfor- 
 tunates addicted to liquor will refuse all proffered assistance until 
 the intense suffering of approaching mania compels them to submit. 
 Every drinking man who feels and knows that his habit is getting 
 
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 beyond his control should pause and consider whether he is willing 
 to go farther and until he finds himself in danger of the mad-house. 
 
 A CHANCE FOR PHILANTHROPISTS. 
 
 In this remedy temperance reformers may find a practical use for 
 their energies. Here is something definite to offer a man who is the 
 slave of habit, or a wife who is silently suffering untold misery from 
 day to day as she watches her husband going deeper and deeper in 
 his pitiful degradation. Given a sufficient motive to undertake a cure, 
 on the part either of the sufferer or of his friends, there is no excuse 
 for not employing these remedies. Everybody knows of such cases as 
 these, and very often a word fitly spoken at the right time may lead 
 to the reformation of a man worth saving, and to bringing happiness 
 into the abode of wretchedness and despair. 
 
 HOW TO SECURE THESE REMEDIES. 
 
 There is only one way to secure these remedies. They are sold 
 in only one place in the United States, and that is the office of the 
 Foo and Wing Herb Company, at 903 South Olive street, Los Angeles. 
 They may, however, be sent by mail or express to any point. It is not 
 necessary that the doctors should actually see the patient. But they 
 require a clear statement of the case rendered, either in person or by 
 letter. Then the remedies will be furnished in accordance with the 
 circumstances of each case. When convenient, a personal interview 
 Is undoubtedly the best. But it is not, strictly speaking, necessary. 
 Write to the doctors or call upon them, as is the most convenient. In 
 either case you will receive careful attention and every consideration. 
 
 SUBSTANTIAL TOKENS OF APPRECIATION. 
 
 It will doubtless occur to many readers of this book that the prices 
 for our remedies for home treatment are higher than the prices asked 
 for the patent medicines sold in the American drug stores. This is 
 true if you consider the question of price alone. But when you con- 
 sider the question of price as compared with the benefits received 
 the prices of our remedies are not too high. In fact, many of our 
 patrons, the persons best able to judge because most familiar with 
 
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 what our remedies accomplish, have said to us that they consider our 
 prices very reasonable indeed. When health is at stake that remedy 
 is cheapest which restores health. A remedy which accomplishes no 
 good is dear even if given for nothing. A remedy which cures is 
 worth almost any price. When you consider this question from this 
 point of view you will see that our remedies are, simply invaluable. 
 
 It has been a very common occurrence for patrons of T. Foo Yuen 
 to express their pleasure with his methods and with the results ac- 
 complished in a very substantial manner, a fact which is a sufficient 
 proof that he has not placed too high a valuation upon his remedies. 
 Not only have many of his patrons paid full prices for their treatment 
 but they have become and have remained steadfast friends and have 
 given him, from time to time, expensive presents as tokens of their 
 personal esteem. We think it proper to mention a few of the most 
 important of these as illustrating the points herein discussed. Of the 
 smaller presents, which have been innumerable, we shall make no 
 mention, not speaking of any worth less than fifty dollars each. 
 
 For instance, he was very much pleased recently at receiving a 
 handsome cut-glass punch bowl and mirror from a recent patient, Capt. 
 A. Bassett of Sioux City, Iowa, accompanied by the following appre- 
 ciative letter, the bowl having been forwarded from San Francisco, at 
 which city Capt. Bassett had stopped on his way East. 
 
 San Francisco, Gal., March 17, 1899. 
 Dr. T. Foo Yuen, 903 S. Olive St., Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Dear Sir: I send today, by express, a cut-glass punch bowl and 
 mirror, which please accept as a slight token of my esteem and grati- 
 tude for the skill and care of which I have been the recipient under 
 your treatment, which have resulted in such a vast improvement in 
 my health. 
 
 Wishing you a long life and much happiness, I remain, 
 
 Yours very respectfully, A. BASSETT, 
 
 1723 Ross St., Sioux City, Iowa. 
 
 The value of this handsome gift is not less than one hundred and 
 fifty dollars, but, like all the others herein mentioned, it is appreciated 
 by Dr. Foo, not for its money cost, but for the fact that it comes from 
 a friend and is a testimonial to the fact that, by his skill as a physi- 
 cian, he has been able to accomplish a noteworthy good to a friend. 
 In the same spirit we may mention the following. 
 
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 A diamond studded gold watch, from Mrs. Gertrude E. Samo of 
 1818 E. Second street, Los Angeles, value $250; an iron safe from J. H. 
 Britton, agent for the Mosler Safe Co., of 334 and 336 N. Main street, 
 Los Angeles, value $125; an oil painting of Dr. Foo from the well- 
 known artist, William G. Cogswell of 1138 S. Flower street. This was 
 a New Year's gift, on the first of January, 1898. Its value is $250. 
 Captain C. Taylor of 520 S. Grand avenue, presented Dr. Foo with a 
 thirty-day clock, which hangs in his office, price $125. S. R. Crowe of 
 Redlands gave him a handsome buffalo-horn chair, worth $125. Mrs. 
 W. J. Anderson of Chicago remembered the doctor with a diamond 
 ring valued at $100. Mrs. Cox of Riverside sent him the deed to a 
 lot in Riverside. Mrs. Hall sent a beautiful picture valued at $50, and 
 there have been many others. 
 
 Among these remembrances which Dr. Foo values most high are 
 two from Mrs. Katharine Ellis, who is Mrs. Samo's mother. In 1896, 
 Mrs. Ellis, then 82 years of age, was treated by Dr. Foo for eye 
 troubles so successfully that her sight was better than for many 
 year previous to that time. To show her appreciation of this fact she 
 embroidered a handsome sofa pillow, with an elaborate design in 
 seven different colors, and presented it to him, as a present for New 
 Year's, 1897. Early in the present year Mrs. Ellis took a severe cold 
 which Dr. Foo cured. She then embroidered an afghan for his office 
 chair, being at this time 84 years of age. 
 
 The writer submits that these tokens of good will indicate that 
 there is a greater benefit to be derived from these remedies than the 
 price would indicate. But this is a matter which each person can 
 very readily test for himself. A few doses of the remedies will cost 
 but little say of those for the cure of colds, for example. But they 
 will save many times their cost in the price of doctor's visits. Those, 
 if any there are, who are not satisfied with the results of this test need 
 not try again. But we believe that it will be found to be true that 
 those who will use these remedies faithfully and as directed, and 
 with the idea of checking disease at the outset and not waiting until 
 it has become deeply seated in the system, will find that their ex- 
 penses for doctors' bills and medicines will be reduced to one-half, 
 every year, and that the trouble, anxiety and suffering from disease 
 will be reduced in the same proportion. 
 
 Remember, in a word, that it is not what a thing costs but what 
 it does which determines its value. A remedy at a dollar a dose which 
 
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 saves life is better than a remedy at one cent a dose which does no 
 good whatever and simply leads a patient on with delusive hopes until 
 his condition becomes incurable by any means whatever. This is too 
 often the result of cheap medication. 
 
 (The following article is reprinted substantially as it appeared in 
 the Los Angeles Times for New Year's, 1902.) 
 
 APPENDICITIS. 
 
 A Growing Fad of Modern Surgery A Quick and Certain 
 Method of Demise A New Name for an Ancient Foe 
 of the Human Race Some Suggestions for Those who 
 Fear this Prevalent and Fatal Malady. 
 
 That little, curly attachment at the inner extremity of the large 
 intestines in the human body, which looks, in the pictures of the hu- 
 man anatomy, like the dried-up stem of a melon or a pumpkin, is giv- 
 ing people no end of trouble nowadays. Every week somebody dies 
 of appendicitis, the name assigned by our modern doctors to whatever 
 form of inflammation interferes with the functions of this apparently 
 trifling, but really important, portion of our bodies. The surgeon's 
 knife is supposed to be the only cure and this, in most cases, is not 
 a cure, for it means a shock to the system that results in death. 
 Everyone has lost friends by this disease and thousands live in name- 
 less terror lest it attack them also. 
 
 SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE. 
 
 Although the knife is usually considered the only way of getting 
 rid of appendicitis in spite of the difficult and dangerous operation 
 involved yet there are American physicians who will not resort to 
 this extreme measure and emphatically assert that they have cured 
 numerous cases of appendicitis without surgery. That this is en- 
 tirely possible is proved by the results secured by the Oriental doc- 
 tors in this country, who never resort to surgery. Yet they often 
 
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 cure appendicitis, even in an advanced stage. What is more, they 
 have a consistent and reasonable theory of the uses of this little 
 vermiform appendix in the human body. 
 
 Mr. W. A. Hallowell Jr., a resident of this city, became interested 
 in this subject through a personal experience of the painful sort that 
 many surgeons have undergone. Some months ago a brother, E. A. 
 Hallowell, formerly maycfr of Belleville, Kansas, afterwards a resident 
 of Kansas City, commenced to experience the painful symptoms that 
 foreshadow appendicitis. He consulted different physicians, but re- 
 ceived no relief. His brother advised him to come to this city and 
 try the Oriental remedies and sent him testimonials of cures accomp- 
 lished by them. He was very favorably impressed by the testimonials, 
 but his business affairs would not permit him to leave Kansas City. 
 He finally submitted to an operation, with the usual result, death. 
 
 FOUND A BETTER WAY. 
 
 It seemed to the surviving Mr. Hallowell, the one residing in this 
 city, that there ought to be some remedy which, at least when taken 
 in good time, might avert disaster of this sort. He therefore asked T. 
 Foo Yuen, the president of the Foo and Wing Herb Company, and the 
 most noted Oriental physician in America, to explain to him his ideas 
 of the function of the vermiform appendix and his theories of that 
 fatal disorder, appendicitis. The information which he received upon 
 this subject was as follows: 
 
 "As you will see from the picture the vermiform appendix is at- 
 tached, like the stem of a melon, to one extremity of the large intes- 
 tine. It is a continuation of the cord which runs the whole length of 
 the intestine and is everywhere attached to the large intestine by lit- 
 tle muscles. The Chinese call this an auxiliary intestine. From its 
 position it is so closely related to the large intestine that whenever 
 the one is affected by any disease the other is affected also. The 
 appendix has a small opening into its upper extremity, but none from 
 its lower extremity. Therefore, small substances, under certain con- 
 ditions, may enter it but are very difficult to dislodge. 
 
 FUNCTIONS OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX. 
 
 "Now, after the digested food passes from the stomach the lighter 
 portions go into the small intestines and parts are assimilated into the 
 
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 blood and the heavier portions go into the large intestine, as refuse, and 
 finally pass away from the body. The appendix has an expansive 
 and contractile power and assists in this separation of the digestible 
 portions of the food from that which is merely refuse. That which 
 goes into the small intestines is very light, but that which goes into 
 the large intestine is coarse and heavy. When the separation takes 
 place the appendix expands and furnishes tlie power to the large in- 
 testine to receive these coarser elements of the food and to hold them 
 until they are discharged in the natural way. Whenever the appendix 
 is affected by disease and loses its power to assist the large intestine 
 this function is imperfectly performed and trouble results. 
 
 Vermiform Appendix 
 
 THREE PRINCIPAL FORMS OF APPENDICITIS. 
 
 "When the appendix becomes affected the resulting disorder mani- 
 fests itself in one of three principal phases of symptoms. The first 
 set of complications arises when improper food is eaten or food which 
 is difficult of digestion. Then portions of this undigested food remain 
 too long in the intestines and cause inflammation in the large in- 
 
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 testine. This passes to the smaller intestines, the natural juices which 
 assist in the important functions of this portion of our bodies are 
 dried up, the bowels do not act properly and poisons are engendered 
 by the failure to rid the body, in time, of the mass of undigested food 
 and refuse. Some of this poison finds its way into the appendix, which 
 loses its power to assist the large intestine and it has, also, no power 
 to throw off the poisons already received. Therefore it becomes 
 swollen, inflamed and painful. This was the condition in which Mr. 
 L. F. Holtz was when he came to us and commenced to take our 
 remedies. I will show you his testimonial. 
 
 "Another form is not always caused by improper food but may be 
 due to taking cold or to a catarrhal condition of the system or to any 
 poison which exists in the body. The mucus of catarrh or any other 
 poison in the system may find its way into the large intestine and 
 from that into the appendix, which is like a very small tube closed at 
 its lower extremity, and therefore it is very hard to remove the poison 
 that has once entered. This soon sets up an inflammation and causes 
 pain, which is very difficult to cure. The pain may not be severe at 
 first, but it gradually increases. Sometimes the poisons thus engen- 
 dered follow the course of the intestines and cause piles, as in the 
 case of Mrs. Lanning. 
 
 "The third form of disorder to the appendix is from a lowering of 
 the natural heat of the body. The Chinese theory is that this natural 
 heat has its origin in the kidneys. Be that as it may be, whenever 
 this heat is sufficient, then the appendix expands and assists, as we 
 have shown, in separating the solid from the liquid materials of the 
 food at the point where the large and small intestines are united. But 
 when there is not sufficient power from the kidneys then the appendix 
 also becomes weak and loses its power to control the separation of the 
 liquid from the solid portions of the food. The appendix itself becomes 
 swollen and inflamed and fails to do its work. The food is not prop- 
 erly separated. There is bloating and distress and pain in the side, 
 rumbling in the bowels and diarrhoea. But the pains are not at the 
 same points as in the other forms of this disease. This condition may 
 exist for a long time before it takes on the virulent form that ends in 
 death. This was the form of disorder from which Mrs. Cowan suf- 
 fered, whose testimonial I will also show you. 
 
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 THE SEED-LODGING THEORY. 
 
 "It is commonly supposed by our American doctors," said Mr. Hal- 
 lowell, "that all this trouble is caused by seeds or other foreign sub- 
 stances lodging in the appendix and setting up an inflammation. This 
 is shown, they think, by the fact that such substances are often found 
 in the appendix when an operation is made and the appendix is re- 
 moved. What have you to say in regard to this?" 
 
 "I think that this rarely happens," said T. Foo Yuen, "although it 
 is doubtless true that such substances are sometimes found as you 
 have stated. But this is not so much a cause of the disease as one of 
 its results. When the system is perfectly healthy and all the functions 
 of digestion and nutrition are properly performed nothing can lodge 
 in the appendix. Nature takes care of that. But when this little or- 
 gan becomes inflamed and swollen it may be opened at its upper ex- 
 tremity enough to permit seeds to lodge there, and if that once hap- 
 pens it is extremely difficult to get them out again and, of course, they 
 are very irritating and make the trouble infinitely worse. So the mis- 
 take is made, when these are found, of assuming that they were the 
 cause of the disease. And this condition, as I understand it, is what 
 American physicians mean when they speak of appendicitis. This, I 
 think, is incorrect, for any inflammation which may exist for a long 
 time, is a disease of the little organ involved and might properly be 
 called by this name." 
 
 OUGHT TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE. 
 
 "I think," Mr. Hallowell continued, "that you ought to print your 
 ideas on this subject so that the people may understand and may se- 
 cure relief before it is too late. Now, my brother was ill for a long 
 time before the 30th day of last September, when the operation was 
 performed in his case. A few days later he was dead. All his family 
 were sorry, then, that he had not taken your remedies at first, but 
 of course, it was too late. Undoubtedly the same experience happens 
 often." 
 
 "Yes," was the reply, "that is very true. No one ought to delay 
 or trifle with the symptoms of so severe a disorder. I have often tried 
 to discuss these subjects, for the benefit of the public, in my articles 
 in the newspapers and in the books that the Foo and Wing Herb 
 Company has published. Any persons interested may come to the of- 
 
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 fice of this company, at 903 S. Olive street, Los Angeles, and ask any 
 questions that they desire and discuss these matters with us. We do 
 everything in our power to assist those who are seeking to regain 
 their health." 
 
 THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF A CURE. 
 
 "Can you tell me, in a few words," asked Mr. Hallowell, "some- 
 thing about the way in which your remedies accomplish a cure in 
 such a painful and serious disease?" 
 
 "It is very simple," said T. Foo Yuen, "provided you thoroughly 
 understand the causes. So great a disturbance to the system is 
 quickly manifest in the pulse, and our pulse diagnosis tells us at once 
 how far the trouble has progressed. Then our herbal remedies, which 
 contain no poisons, act very gently yet very effectively. They soon 
 reduce the inflammation and cause the secretion of a new supply of 
 the gastric and intestinal juices upon which the health of the organs 
 in question depends. Then the circulation of the blood in these parts 
 is quickened and the poisons there are removed by absorption and 
 by carrying them off through the natural channels. This cannot all be 
 done at once a cure in these cases requires a little time, but it is cer- 
 tain if the trouble is taken in time. Of course, there are cases that 
 are absolutely beyond relief, because they have been permitted to go 
 too far. The cure of any disease is simply a question of providing the 
 proper remedy in the right place. We have the remedies that are 
 especially adapted to these disorders and that is the whole secret of 
 a cure. The only danger is in delay." 
 Following are the 
 
 TESTIMONIALS REFERRED TO ABOVE. 
 
 The first is from Mr. L. F. Holtz and is as follows: 
 
 "I was taken seriously ill last year at my home, Phoenix, British 
 Columbia, and two doctors said it was appendicitis. I went to Spo- 
 kane, Washington, to consult with doctors at the Sisters' Hospital of 
 that city, who declared that my disease was incurable, but my life 
 might be prolonged a few months by dieting and with good care. I 
 was at the hospital for three weeks and suffered terrible pains in 
 the intestines and right side during that time. From there I went to 
 
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 Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago, and was under the care of the best 
 physicians in each of those cities, hut without obtaining relief. Finally 
 I accidentally heard of some wonderful cures effected by Dr. T. Foo 
 Yuen of the Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, and placed 
 myself under his care. After five months' treatment I was thoroughly 
 cured and am now working in the mines at Phoenix, B. C., in perfect 
 health." 
 
 (Signed) L. F. HOLTZ. 
 
 Mrs. J. C. Lanning of Bloomington, San Bernardino County, Cali- 
 fornia, has sent us a fine testimonial of the results of treatment in her 
 case, which cured her of sciatica, rheumatism, piles, and appendicitis. 
 The testimonial is as follows: 
 
 NOTEWORTHY CURE OF MRS. J. C. LANNING. 
 
 RIALTO, California, October 25, 1901. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Gentlemen: As one of those who have been restored to health 
 by the use of your remedies, after a very long and painful illness, I 
 take pleasure in giving you a brief statement of the principal facts in 
 my case. , 
 
 My illness commenced in my Canadian home some eight years 
 ago, and I finally came to California, in the hope that a change of cli- 
 mate would restore my health. I consulted many physicians and took 
 various form of treatment, both in the Bast and in California, but 
 without receiving any benefit. The doctors who prescribed for me 
 gave my troubles different names and had numerous theories regard- 
 ing them, but all of the treatment was equally unsuccessful. Some of 
 the physicians said that I had nervous prostration, an exhaustion of 
 nerve energy. One diagnosed the case as inflammation of the bladder, 
 another as sciatica rheumatism. I had intense neuralgiac and rheu- 
 matic pains and was swollen with dropsy. I had taken arsenic until 
 my face was bleached white. I was burning with inward fever, yet 
 my circulation was so poor that I felt cold, even while in mud baths 
 at Arrowhead Springs at a temperature of more than a hundred de- 
 grees. I took these baths and tried to sweat away the poisons in my 
 system, but the baths only weakened me, without curing the disease. 
 
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 I heard of the Foo and Wing Herb Company by accident from Mrs. 
 Motherspaw, a lady living in Highlands, who had been cured of rheu- 
 matism by their remedies. Some of the physicians of this company 
 were then making trips, every two weeks, to San Bernardino, near 
 which town I was then residing and still reside. They had just been 
 there and would not come again for two weeks. During that time my 
 husband thought that I was at the point of death and wanted to call 
 an American physician, but I would not consent. I could not go to 
 see the doctor, but he sent remedies to me by my husband. I took 
 them and at once commenced to get better. After the third dose I 
 was able to get up and walk to the door. 
 
 The last stage in my treatment was the removal of poisons from 
 my system which had taken the form of a severe case of piles. This 
 was accomplished by remedies prepared by Dr. Foo's brother, Dr. 
 
 MRS. J. C. LANNING. 
 
 Tom Leong. I think that this disease would have taken the form of 
 appendicitis if it had continued. But an ointment, used in the rec- 
 tum, drew the poisons from the intestines, and the vermiform appen- 
 dix and removed this danger. 
 
 After that I began to gain strength very rapidly. I now appear 
 to be, and feel that I am, as well as anyone, having a degree of health 
 and of pleasure in life such as I had not known for many years. 
 
 I am as thoroughly convinced as I am of anything that I should 
 have died within a month if I had not been fortunate enough to hear 
 of the Foo and Wing Herb Company, from a person who had every 
 confidence in them, as a result of her own experience. My own case 
 
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 has given me equal confidence, and I hope that this statement may 
 be of benefit to others by pointing out the way to health. I wish to 
 add to this statement the fact that I have always found T. Foo Yuen 
 and his associates perfect gentlemen in every sense of the word, 
 always considerate and polite in their conduct towards their patients, 
 and men of honor, refinement and dignity. 
 
 MRS. J. C. LANNING. 
 
 Mrs. Henrietta Cowan, of this city, wife of a physician, had been 
 afflicted for two years with the third form of this disorder as des- 
 cribed above. She was cured by our herbal remedies and has written 
 us a very appreciative letter describing her symptoms and the results 
 of her use of the remedies suggested by us. This letter is as follows: 
 
 No. 933 Bellevue Avenue, 
 LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 10. 1901. 
 To Whojn It May Concern : 
 
 I wish to make a voluntary statement of my experience of Dr. 
 T. Foo Yuen's treatment in my case, for the benefit of those who 
 may be similarly afflicted. I had been ill with chronic diarrhoea for 
 two years; had to diet all the time, there being only a few kinds of 
 food that I could eat, and I received but little nourishment from any- 
 thing. 
 
 As a consequence my blood was very poor and my system in a 
 run-down and debilitated condition. I had been under treatment from 
 a number of our best physicians with no apparent benefit. There 
 was some temporary relief but it seemed as if I was always taking 
 one step forward and two steps backward until I finally despaired. 
 Having heard about Dr. Foo from a lady whom he had cured, after 
 her case had been pronounced incurable by six of our best physicians, 
 I went to him and without my telling him a word about my ailment, 
 he told me that I had inflammation in the stomach and a catarrhal 
 condition of the system; that I had had malaria for a long time; he 
 described the discomfort under which I constantly labored; the pain 
 and rumbling in the bowels particularly on my right side, and similar 
 symptoms, and described my condition more fully than I could have 
 described it myself. This diagnosis by the pulse fully decided me in 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 287 
 
 favor of taking a test treatment of two weeks. For I thought that a 
 doctor who could tell in that way the exact nature of the disease was 
 certainly the one who would know the best remedies to use in its 
 cure. 
 
 Dr. Foo has since told me that my condition was one which 
 frequently leads us to the serious and usually incurable malady 
 known as appendicitis, from which we hear of so many deaths now- 
 adays. Our American doctors do not give it this name until it involves 
 the vermiform appendix and when it reaches that stage it is usually 
 beyond remedy. I was fortunate in checking the trouble before it 
 had gone so far as that for I experienced a benefit from the first dose 
 of Dr. Foo's herbal remedies, and, before the two weeks were up, I 
 had decided to continue. I have now taken the herbs four and a half 
 months, the time set by Dr. Foo, in the first place, as necessary to 
 complete a cure, and have been so greatly improved that I feel like 
 a new creature and find difficulty in fully expressing my gratitude. 
 It certainly gives me great pleasure to add this testimonial to the 
 many which Dr. Foo has received from others of his patrons. 
 
 One point which impressed me greatly in favor of the herbal 
 remedies is that they have accomplished a cure with so little dis- 
 turbance to the system in general. Their action is so gentle, and, 
 at the same time, so searching that I feel as if they have removed 
 my whole body and yet I have been able to do more work while 
 taking ihem than at any time for two years. I have been asked 
 whether I had to take lizards, toads, bugs, beetles, etc., and I wish 
 to say, in regard to this absurd impression, that these herbs are the 
 cleanest and most daintily prepared remedies I ever saw. It is true 
 that their taste is often bitter and the dose seems large, but a great 
 relief, nevertheless, from the "every hour" or "four times a day" 
 directions of our own doctors. 
 
 I suppose that there may be Chinese quack so-called doctors who 
 use bugs and lizards in their alleged prescriptions, but that Dr. Foo 
 would use anything of this sort is simply preposterous. I always 
 found him an amiable, refined and courteous gentleman, charitable 
 and kind to all alike. I wish him long life and prosperity, for his 
 life is, every day, a blessing to the sick. 
 
 MRS. HENRIETTA COWAN. 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 The following letter also bears on this subject: 
 CURE OF CATARRH AND THREATENED APPENDICITIS. 
 
 OLIVE, Orange Co., Cal., Dec. 1, 1901. 
 The Foo and Wing Herb Company, Los Angeles, Cal.: 
 
 Gentlemen: I had been troubled with catarrh for several years, 
 which had reached a stage whicn, as I am told, often poisons the 
 
 BELLE CARPENTER. 
 
 system and leads to appendicitis. After hearing of the cures accom- 
 plished by the Foo and Wing Herb Company I decided to go and see 
 them. I was greatly surprised when I received a correct diagnosis 
 of my case by the pulse alone and without the asking of a question. 
 From that time I had a great desire to take the treatment. 
 
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 I find that these remedies are very searching and purifying to 
 the blood and also invigorating to the whole system. I know person- 
 ally of many, besides myself, who have received great benefit from 
 them. I believe that these methods of treatment are far superior 
 to those of our own physicians and the remedies are administered 
 in a much gentler manner than our own. There is one great advan- 
 tage in using these pure herbs, namely, that they do not have the 
 poisoning effect upon the system that many of the minerals admin- 
 istered by our own home physicians have. I can truly say that I 
 believe that T. Foo Yuen, president of this company, has done more 
 for me than any physician I know of could have done and my grati- 
 tude to him is unbounded. 
 
 I consider him a highly educated gentleman and can gladly recom- 
 mend him to those needing medical assistance. 
 
 Yours truly, BELLE CARPENTER. 
 
 SACRED LILY OF CHINA. 
 
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 LEGEND OF THE SACRED LILY OF CHINA, 
 
 The Symbol of Peace, Good Will and Happiness Among the Chinese- 
 Story of Its Origin Traditions Allied to the Teachings of Chris- 
 tianityHow Good Deeds Brought Their Reward and Conferred 
 Prosperity Upon a Deserving Family. 
 
 The Chinese New Year is the time of universal peace and good- 
 will among all who owe allegiance to the Flowery Kingdom, whether 
 they are living in their native land or are scattered among foreign 
 peoples. The Sacred Lily of China is a conspicuous feature of all 
 celebrations of this holiday season, of all festivities and of all relig- 
 ious ceremonies. I intend to describe the origin of this wonderful 
 flower. It is a monopoly of the Cum Ying Fong family, of the coun- 
 try of Chong Chow and the state of Foo-chien. Many years ago Cum 
 Ying Fong was only a man's name, but it is now the name of a great 
 and wealthy corporation or company. The Sacred Lily grows in only 
 one place, where it has been growing for the last 500 years. Before 
 that time this flower was never seen. It has no seed, but grows from 
 the atmosphere. 
 
 Now the place where these lilies grow is a large piece of very 
 stony ground, which spreads out below the mouth of a canyon in the 
 mountains. When the heavy rains come the muddy water from the 
 mountains spreads over this piece of ground. When the water sub- 
 sides a thin layer of soil is left, and after a little, nobody knows how 
 or why, the lily bulbs appear in this soil. Here they are allowed to 
 grow for a time, and then they are gathered and sold. Those that 
 are to be used at once are placed in a vessel or vase of water, usually 
 upheld in the dish by a little pile of pebbles. Then, without any 
 nourishment from the ground, but fed entirely by the water and the 
 atmosphere, first the long, green, slender stalks of the plant appear, 
 and in a short time buds follow, then there is a mass of beautiful white 
 and gold lilies with a very sweet and penetrating odor, which, from a 
 single bunch of these lilies will fill a large apartment with fragrance. 
 Frequently these lilies grow to two feet or more, bud and blossom, 
 all within a couple of weeks. The flowers endure a couple of weeks 
 longer and then gradually fade away. 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 291 
 
 But the bulbs may also be kept a long time and shipped to a great 
 distance by a very simple process. If it is not desired to obtain the 
 flower at once, the bulbs, about the size and something of the shape 
 of an ordinary Bermuda onion, are surrounded with a layer of plastic 
 m'ud, something like adobe, a sort of clay, which is pressed firmly 
 about the bulbs and covers them completely. This casing of wax- 
 like clay is permitted to dry in the sun, and becomes very hard. 
 The bulb is thus enclosed in an air-tight coating and lies dormant 
 for a long time. This covering of clay is very hard, and the lilies, 
 so protected, are shipped to all parts of China, to America, and to 
 other countries by the hundreds of thousands. When it is desired 
 to grow the flower the covering is broken, little slits or gashes are 
 made in the bulb with a sharp knife, so that the shoots or sprouts 
 may the more easily come into the air. The bulb is placed in water 
 and it soon sends forth its long, thread-like roots downward and the 
 thin, flat, delicate lily leaves upward into the atmosphere. These 
 broad leaves feed voraciously upon the air and the roots rapidly 
 absorb the water. So the quick growth and bloom of the plant are the 
 result. 
 
 When the plant is once blossomed its beauty is gone forever. 
 The stalks may be cut away and the bulb may be placed in the 
 ground, where it will grow after a fashion, but it will not flower as 
 before. Neither will it throw off shoots, or new bulbs, from which 
 the lilies may be grown. The mission of the flower has been fulfilled, 
 and its dies forever. Not until the rains of another season send a 
 new supply of the tiny bulbs, which grow nobody knows how, in only 
 one spot in all the world, will the splendid flower again smile upon 
 those who love it. The Chinese have made it the sacred flower of 
 their country, because of this mysterious origin and because of its 
 great beauty and wonderful fragrance. It is a symbol of all life in the 
 mystery of its birth, coming, as it does, from some source which the 
 mind of man cannot fathom, and disappearing forever when it has 
 lived its little, though beautiful, life. For this reason they regard 
 this flower with reverence and a love that others do not appreciate 
 unless they understand the circumstances. 
 
 Every year, about September, there is a big rainstorm and then 
 the water from the mountain runs down into the stony ground of the 
 Cum Ying Fong farm. Here this flower originated in a mysterious 
 way, being a present from the God to a good man, and I shall tell you 
 
292 FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 
 
 how this came about. Five hundred years ago 'Cum Fing Fong, a 
 good man, was a citizen of the county of Chong Chow, state of Foo- 
 chien. When he was very young his father died, and he was very 
 dutiful to his mother. He had an elder brother named Cum Ti Fong. 
 The family was fairly prosperous. Ying Fong did not look very 
 smart, but he was a great student and fond of books, and had more 
 power than common in his mind. He was very glad to see the 
 Chinese "Book of the Good Doctrine," which is like the Bible, and 
 Ying Fong was a good Christian, as his book taught him to be. 
 
 After eighteen years his mother died, and the property was 
 divided between Ying Fong and his brother Ti Fong. The brother 
 said that the property should be divided into two parts, and wrote 
 numbers on two pieces of paper, and put them in a tube. Each was 
 to draw a number, which was to tell which half of the property he 
 should have. But the brother wrote the same thing on two papers, 
 each indicating the stony part of the farm. Then he wrote a paper 
 for the good part of the properuy, and put it up his sleeve. Ying 
 Fong drew a paper from the tube which gave him the stony part, and 
 Ti Fong brought the paper from his sleeve which gave him the good 
 part. But Ying Fong was generous and did not doubt his brother. 
 So he took the stony ground and was happy just the same. But all 
 the good property belonged to the brother by the number which he 
 had. 
 
 So Ti Fong became rich, but Ying Fong could not make money 
 from the stony land, and he became poor after that. Then a friend 
 explained to him the trick that his brother had played, and tried to 
 have him cause the brother to be arrested, but Ying Fong said that 
 he would not do so, and said: "I saw my mother when she was 
 living; she allowed him everything, and when my brother would do 
 some little bad thing she loved him still and was very good to him. 
 I want to be of the same heart and mind as my mother." So he let 
 the brother go as before. And when the New Year or any holiday 
 or birthday came he gave his brother many good presents and said 
 that it was good, when his father and mother were dead, to see his 
 brother still living. The natural love he had for his brother was 
 like the love of a child for its mother. 
 
 When Ti Fong saw that his brother was so good to him his heart 
 was changed to love him and to give him some money, but his wife, 
 Mrs. Ti Fong, stopped him and said: "Your brother, Ying Yong, is ig- 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 293 
 
 norant and he has no mind for earning money. You cannot tell him 
 how to earn money, but let him try to earn money all the time. His 
 family is too big. You can help him a short time, you cannot help him 
 all the time." So the woman, by her smart tongue, changed her 
 husband's mind, and he did not try to help his brother. 
 
 But Ying Fong worked for other men and was very honest. 
 Everybody liked him and paid him higher wages than common, and 
 when he earned money he tried to help the poor and the sick people 
 all the time. He had married when twenty years old a good wife, 
 good natured, very kind and as good as he was. And ten years after 
 his marriage, one September, he took cold. And he had a high fever 
 and could not work. 
 
 And after the sickness was better he was lame so long that he 
 could not make money, and the food was all gone, because he had 
 all the time tried to help the poor people and had not tried to keep 
 his money. He had three children, two sons and a girl, who were 
 crying from hunger. His wife tried to cook sweet potatoes for the 
 children, and he and his wife ate very little and let the children eat 
 more, and his wife said: "Before this you helped the poor people. 
 Now you are hungry, who will help you?" And Ying Fong said: 
 "I see that my children are much smarter than common, and that 
 makes me so happy that I forget my hunger; only it is hard for you 
 to stand being hungry, and I am sorry for you." And his wife 
 laughed and said: "I was only talking fun for you. You can be happy 
 even in hard times. I am very glad that you can, and I am happy 
 too." 
 
 While they were still speaking the sun shone, and Ying Fong went 
 to the stony field to find some wild vegetables to eat, and he saw his 
 stony ground full of lily bulbs. At that time he had never seen this 
 kind of flower before, and did not know what kind it was. So he 
 took plenty of the bulbs to carry home, and told his wife to try to 
 cook them. But his wife said: "You do not understand what kind of 
 nature there is to that. You keep that and see what grows from it. 
 It is not good to eat." Ying Fong started to find some wild vegetables 
 again, but his wife said: "You need not go any more, for while you 
 were gone away two friends came, whom you helped once before 
 when they were sick, and now they have heard from you and under- 
 stand that you are sick, and one of them has left some money for 
 you to buy plenty of food and meat," and the whole family was happy. 
 
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 A month afterward the lilies were blooming and fragrant, and 
 all the family was speaking of the very curious flower, and then a 
 little six-year-old girl came running very early one day, and said: 
 "That is a sacred flower, and the God is very glad for your good 
 conduct, and has given this flower as a present for you, and it will 
 make you very rich, and also you will have everlasting happiness 
 by and by when you die." And while she was still speaking many 
 other children came and said the same. It seems that an angel made 
 them say so, and many people came from all the country round about 
 and many of them bought that kind of flower to celebrate the Happy 
 New Year. So, after several years, it went all through China, and Ying 
 Fong became very rich. 
 
 Now Ying Fong's brother, Ti Fong, had been keeping a store and 
 had lost all his money, so that he had to sell all of his property, and 
 one day Mrs. Ti Fong sent for her husband and said: "Your brother, 
 Ying Fong, is a man of good conduct and the God loves him. We 
 are of such bad conduct that the God will punish us." And Ti Fong 
 answered: "I fear so, but I will change my conduct to do good acts 
 so that I can get away from the punishment." And his wife said: 
 "That is what I thought," and that night they laid awake all night 
 talking about changing their conduct and doing good, and early next 
 morning they went to Ying Fong and embraced him and wept bit- 
 terly, and said: "You do everything that is good; you will receive 
 everlasting happiness, but we are sinners and surely will be punish- 
 ed; now you must find some way to save us." Then Ying Fong 
 answered: "The ordinary man when he commits some sin does not 
 say sin. Now you say that you are sinners and you understand your 
 sin. That is a good thing, a very good thing. I cannot find a 
 better way to tell you that you are good already." And Ti Fong 
 said: "No; you must find something to teach me." Then Ying Fong 
 could not answer him, but Mrs. Ying Fong said: "Shall I try one way 
 to teach them?" And Ti Fong said: "I shall be very glad if you 
 will say something to me." Then Mrs. Ying Fong said: "Long ago 
 there was a holy man who taught his students to make a book, with 
 many different things in it with regard to conduct, and many different 
 teachings as to good acts and many about bad acts. They were 
 divided into small, medium and great things. The small things were 
 represented by the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; medium by 10, 
 20, etc., and the great by 100 or 200. This book was a Book of Good 
 
FOO & WING HERB COMPANY 295 
 
 Doctrine, and was called Gon-go-gaw. It makes different lessons for 
 different treatments. One was how to treat the mother and father; 
 one how the Emperor should treat his people, and how the people 
 should treat him; another how the husband should treat his wife, and 
 the wife the husband; another how to treat the brother and the sister; 
 another how to treat the friend, the merchant, the proprietor, the 
 servant, etc. He told the students to follow that book, and every 
 night before going to bed to take a book and write out how many 
 good acts in that day and how many bad acts in that day, and then 
 perform worship before the God before going to bed. And the first 
 year the bad things came to more than the good things, and the 
 second year the bad and the good were equal, and the third year the 
 good acts were more than the bad acts, and the holy man said, 'When 
 the good acts are more than the bad acts, that becomes merit, and 
 then you will get everlasting happiness in this way.' Now the book 
 is all through the country and everybody knows that you can try." 
 
 Then Mrs. Ti Fong said: "That is a very good way; thaty is a 
 new life for me," and she would like to perform worship before the 
 God right away, and would like to commence that day to begin to 
 follow that book, but Ying Fong said: "Man's duty is to do all good. 
 We cannot call a partial doing merit. The holy man knows that, 
 but this way makes easy steps for the beginner, and after that Ti 
 Fong's conduct became very good. When he was bad he had been 
 more bad than common, but when he was good he was more good 
 than common, because he had the more power in his nature, and all 
 the surrounding country afterward became Christian and the jail 
 was empty all the time. 
 
 And after that Ying Fong prospered and his children and his 
 children's children, for he had more than a thousand descendants 
 after him. 
 
 And from these came many high judges and wise men, more than 
 in any other country, and every year they divided the flower money. 
 There was not one poor man among them; all were rich. Thus the 
 goodness of one man brought him and his descendants for so long a 
 time such great happiness. 
 
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 REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING BY DR. FOO. 
 
 Such is the story of the Sacred Lily -of China, which teaches us 
 many lessons. When Cum Ying Fong, a poor man, helped the people 
 he was so poor that he could not do much. How is it that the good 
 acts of one man made the whole family to become happy, so that 
 now more than one thousand descendants altogether receive benefit, 
 besides their everlasting happiness in heaven? I am just talking of 
 what people can see. It seems strange that the good acts of one man 
 for a short time should bring so much benefit for a long time. But I 
 think that the seed of happiness is like the seed of a fruit like the 
 apple, for instance. An apple seed is a very light thing, but in a 
 single seed I can see many branches, many leaves, many flowers and 
 much fruit. But if I talk of all these things in the seed everybody 
 will laugh and say: "That man talks too big for that little seed; 
 that man is crazy." But when I put that seed into the good ground I 
 need not wait so long as len years, when there is a fine young tree, and 
 soon after there are many branches and many leaves, and nice fruit 
 hangs upon the branches. Then, in a few years more, the branches 
 and leaves are more plentiful, and there is more fruit, and the people 
 who pass by that tree say: "That's a good apple;" the children love 
 that tree, and say, "Good apples," and present those apples to their 
 friends; their good friends say: "Oh, that's a good apple," and it 
 is sold in the store, and the customers say, "Good apples." The tree 
 not only furnishes fruit for me, but all the family is furnished, not 
 only for a short time, but for many years, and they all remember when 
 the seed was very small and not put into the ground. But afterward 
 it produced so much fruit and was of much benefit. And I think 
 that the seed of happiness is just the same, and I am willing that the 
 educated man, who knows the way to happiness, should teach me and 
 many different teachings as to good acts and many about bad acts. 
 
INDEX 
 
 A, 
 
 Abscesses, cancers, etc., cures 208 
 
 Abscesses, womb, bowels, cured 158 
 
 Advantages of Oriental medicine 106 
 
 Air in sleeping room 79 
 
 Anatomy, Chinese system of 121 
 
 Appendicitis, first principles of cure 283 
 
 Appendicitis, seed lodging theory 282 
 
 Appendicitis, suggestions for those fearing 278 
 
 Appendicitis, three forms 280 
 
 Appendicitis, testimonials of cures 283 
 
 Arrowroot 50 
 
 Arrowroot blanc mange 49 
 
 Asthma and bronchitis cured 196 
 
 Asthma, cause and cure 190 
 
 Asthma, testimonials of cures 193-197 
 
 B. 
 
 Back and chest exercise 83-85 
 
 Baffled the best doctors 262 
 
 Barley water 46 
 
 Bathing and rubbing 77 
 
 Beef juice, essence 47 
 
 Beef tea with oatmeal 48 
 
 Biliousness and headache cured 157 
 
 Bills of fare, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 . .20-23 
 
Body, composition of 58-63 
 
 Body, analogous to engine 62 
 
 Brain exercise 84 
 
 Brain fever and other ailments cured 245 
 
 Breathing exercise 78 
 
 Bright's disease, diet 37 
 
 Bronchitis and indigestion cured 231 
 
 Broth, chicken, mutton, veal 48 
 
 Broth, Scotch beef 50 
 
 Burns and scalds, treatment 82 
 
 C. 
 
 Cancers, abscesses and similar diseases 208 
 
 Cancer of bowels cured 212 
 
 Cancer of breast cured 214 
 
 Catarrh cured 220, 288 
 
 Catarrh and lung trouble cured 222 
 
 Catarrh, piles, sore eyes, cured 249 
 
 Catarrhal deafness cured 222 
 
 Caution to patients 74 
 
 Chart of the twelve pulse 147 
 
 Chest exercise 83 
 
 Chills and fever 182 
 
 Chinese medical book, fac simile of page 142 
 
 Chronic sufferers, benefit 72 
 
 Cold and cough of two years, cured 175 
 
 Cold, difficulty of a cure of a 169 
 
 Cold, how to cure a 168 
 
 Colds, atmospheric influences 170 
 
 Colds, guard against 79 
 
 Colds, improper treatment aggravates ' 170 
 
 Colds, predisposition 169 
 
 Colds, try a rational remedy 171 
 
 College of Oriental Medicine 101-104 
 
 Cooking, some points on 51 
 
 Complication of disorders cured 250 
 
 Constipation, chronic, diet in 39 
 
 Constipation, remedy for 81 
 
 Consumption averted 206 
 
 Consumption and hemorrhages, twelve causes of 198 
 
Consumptive cough cured 162 
 
 Cure of a famous artist 230 
 
 D. 
 
 Diseases, cause and origin of 126 
 
 Diet in anaemia and chlorosis 36 
 
 Diet in acute rheumatism 40 
 
 Diet in Bright's disease 37 
 
 Diet in bronchitis and asthma 36 
 
 Diet in certain diseases 29 
 
 Diet in chronic rheumatism 41 
 
 Diet in constipation 39 
 
 Diet in diabetes mellitus 41 
 
 Diet in diarrhoea . 38 
 
 Diet in diphtheria 34 
 
 Diet in dyspepsia 38 
 
 Diet in eczema 39 
 
 Diet in fever cases 31 
 
 Diet in general suggestions 23 
 
 Diet in gonorrhea 37 
 
 Diet in health 56 
 
 Diet in hemorrhoids 39 
 
 Diet in influenza and la grippe 34 
 
 Diet for leaness 40 
 
 Diet in malarial fevers 34 
 
 Diet in measles 34 
 
 Diet in obesity 40 
 
 Diet in pneumonia 36 
 
 Diet in quinsy 37 
 
 Diet in scarlet fever 34 
 
 Diet in tonsilitis 37 
 
 Diet in tuberculosis .' 35 
 
 Diet in typhoid fever 33 
 
 Difference between this system and others 72 
 
 Digestion and nutrition . 124 
 
 Diploma, Tom Foo Yuen's 88 
 
 Diphtheria attack avoided 252 
 
 Dishes for invalids 41 
 
 Drink, evils of .... 269 
 
 Drink habit, diagnosis of 272 
 
 Drink habit, T. Foo Yuen's analysis of , 270 
 
Drink, milk and cinnamon 48 
 
 Drink, as to things to 24 
 
 Drinks 22 
 
 E. 
 
 Eczema, discussion of 216 
 
 Eczema cured 219 
 
 Eggnog 49 
 
 Egg timbales 45 
 
 Eggs, to cook 45 
 
 Emotions, effects of the 127 
 
 Exercises, easy, but useful 83 
 
 Exercise for the back 85 
 
 Exercise for the brain 84 
 
 Exercise for the chest 83 
 
 Exercise for the eyes 83 
 
 Exercise for the heart 83 
 
 Exercise for the lungs 84 
 
 Exercise for the nerves 84 
 
 Exercise for the nerves and pulse 83 
 
 Exercise for the stomach and assist digestion 83 
 
 Exercise the stomach and lower extremities 84 
 
 Eye, cataract cured 268 
 
 Eye, diseases of the 263 
 
 Eye, sight saved 266 
 
 Eye, speedy cure of 265 
 
 Eyes, sore, cured 249 
 
 Eye wash 82 
 
 F. 
 
 Fish, proper way to cook 56 
 
 Food, amount required by man 65 
 
 Food, best to use 67 
 
 Foods from China 70 
 
 Foods of the future 69 
 
 Food, substances that can be used as 64 
 
 Food, uses in human body 56 
 
 Food values compared 68 
 
 Food value of tea 27 
 
 Fresh air in sleeping rooms 79 
 
 Functions of the five vital organs 122 
 
G. 
 
 Great benefits to Americans 105 
 
 Growing old early 183 
 
 Guard against colds 79 
 
 H, 
 
 Habit, the curse of 269 
 
 Hallowell, W. A., Jr., testimonial 229 
 
 Herbal remedies 135 
 
 Herbal remedies, action of 138 
 
 Herbal remedies for women 150 
 
 Herbal remedies prepared 137 
 
 Healing, four methods of 128 
 
 Heart . 123 
 
 Heart and stomach trouble cured 233 
 
 Hemorrhages, notable cure of 202 
 
 Hendren, Mrs., testimonial of 251 
 
 Home, first in Los Angeles 113 
 
 Home, second in Los Angeles 114 
 
 How to keep well . t 237 
 
 Humphrey, Clara, story of 208 
 
 Imperial Medical College 131 
 
 Information for patrons and inquirers 72 
 
 Injuries to bone cured 261 
 
 Inflammatory rheumatism cured 239-241 
 
 Introduction 5 
 
 K. 
 
 Kidneys , 124 
 
 Kidney and bladder troubles cured. 228 
 
 Kidney, liver and lung trouble relieved 203 
 
 Klondike, a voice from the 165 
 
 L. 
 
 La Grippe cures 174-175 
 
 Laws regulating the profession 132 
 
 Lemonade 47 
 
 Letter of a well-known business man 228 
 
 Lily of China, legend of the sacred 290 
 
Lime water 49 
 
 Liquor habit considered 269 
 
 Liquor habit, no cases too severe 274 
 
 Liquor habit, testimonial 273 
 
 Los Angeles, from a prominent citizen of 225 
 
 Loss of leg threatened, but cured. . 261 
 
 Lung trouble cured 201 
 
 M. 
 
 Malaria and climate 183 
 
 Malaria, complications from 186 
 
 Malaria, typical cases 184 
 
 Malarial poisoning 180 
 
 Malarial poisoning, three forms of 181 
 
 Meat, extracts 54 
 
 Medicine versus surgery 254 
 
 Medical history in China 129 
 
 Milk punch 49 
 
 Mitral stenosis relieved 235 
 
 Moody, G. W., testimonial 109 
 
 Morphine habit cured , 224 
 
 Mulled wine 47 
 
 Mushes, nutritious way to prepare. 46 
 
 N. 
 
 Nervous prostration cured 163 
 
 Neuralgia cured 105, 244 
 
 Nutrition and digestion 124 
 
 O. 
 
 Oatmeal gruel 50 
 
 Operation spared in bone cancer . . 267 
 
 Oriental Medical College 104 
 
 Oriental medicine's advantages 106 
 
 Oriental medicine, concise discussion of 236 
 
 Oriental medicine, some topics from 121 
 
 Oriental system, compared with others . . 217 
 
 Otis, Mrs. Eliza A., testimonial 162 
 
 P. 
 
 Patients, caution to 74 
 
Patient, from a distance 223 
 
 Paralysis cured 185, 188, 227 
 
 Patrons' general letter of confidence 110 
 
 Physicians, lack of good ones in China 133 
 
 Physician's experience 226 
 
 Piles, cause and cure 246 
 
 Piles and other troubles cured 249 
 
 Pimples removed 163 
 
 Pneumonia cured 176 
 
 Points to be observed 76 
 
 Protein denned 65 
 
 Pulse chart 147 
 
 Punch, milk 49 
 
 R. 
 
 Relief of a difficult case 242 
 
 Relieved by this system 232 
 
 Remarkable cure of spine 259 
 
 Remedies, some handy 80 
 
 Remedies, herbal, how to secure 275 
 
 Rheumatic pain remedy 81 
 
 Rice and apple 43 
 
 Rice cream 43 
 
 Rice, directions for cooking 43 
 
 Rice gruel 42 
 
 Rice water 42 
 
 Rubbing an 1 bathing 77 
 
 Rupture and other troubles cured 223 
 
 S. 
 
 Scalds and burns, treatment 82 
 
 Scrofula cured 227 
 
 Sciatica cured 241 
 
 Serious case made well 234 
 
 Shoulder dislocated relieved 260 
 
 Skin diseases, remedy for 81 
 
 Sleep, the question of 125 
 
 Sleeping room, fresh air in 79 
 
 Spleen 123 
 
 Statement of a remarkable case . 173 
 
Steaming, the best way to cook meats 54 
 
 Stewing, some points on 53 
 
 Stomach ache cure 82 
 
 Stomach trouble cured 159, 179 
 
 Stricture relieved 215 
 
 Soups 54 
 
 System, convinced of the merits of the 177 
 
 T. 
 
 Thirst to quench 81 
 
 Throat, cure of chronic sore 177 
 
 Throat troubles cured 253 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen's biography 92 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen, certificates 86-91 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen's diploma 88 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen, esteem for 187 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen, gifts to 275 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen, portrait of 92 
 
 Tom Foo Yuen, sketch of 87 
 
 Tom Leong certificates 119, 120 
 
 Tom Leong, portrait of 116 
 
 Tom Leong, sketch of 115 
 
 Treatment found beneficial 178 
 
 Typhoid fever testimonial 172 
 
 V. 
 
 Vermiform appendix, function of 279 
 
 Vivisection among the Chinese 139 
 
 W. 
 
 Wash for the eye 82 
 
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