canton, the place çarëfully collect ar quantity of rifle SÉktëfiftom
p pustules oFltKe proper isorti? which bein^dried><ztnd pul-
verized/ is closelyshut up Innaipor Gèlain jarj fSOs.as to,
exclude from^dib; the".atmospheric air; and in this man-
nerîât will-retain ûts/propertiesidor; tmSnyi^eails;.When
the patient has beehiduly prepared by medicines’, -.gënëft
rally of an-aperient kind, and strietly dieted fpr Sfihpft
timer -ajffeoky «fay is chosièîi: to sprinkléeasjHttle "jbf uth^l
YariokmS powder upon a small piece of fine cotton wool,
andil® iùiirtoit into thé nostrils of the patient-, Ifb lin d -
ness, è ris o ïs ^ fs , be more frequent in China thanæfôë1-
whero, -Which tile fgentletnen of the rEmfeassy w e in é t
able to ascertain, it is not impossibly that at-mtty be %w-
ing partly to theinsertion o f thy variolou&ffiafctptisp 'neat’
thdleat5Qf^thsjqpttei3*ervei-to which; thë dnflauitnatijnj,
it^emsipns, may extend.
No male physician is allowed; to: attend: a •. p re n a n t
woman, and still less to pra'ctise midwifej^.;, fn-thelln^
delicapyopf which, Roth sexes, seem! tOîàgreë in. Chinai
There are books written/on that art for the useiof J s i
male practitioners, with drawings of thè state-and.. ppT
sition of the infant at different periods of gestation ;, together
with a variety of directions and prescriptions: &r
every suppo^d, case that\may ttake. place: the., whole
mixed with a number o f superstitious observances.; jjj
Many practitioners of physic takeathë advantage, as
elsewhere* of the obscurity in which that art is involved;
a-h’dpfkhe' igno'Mn%|:' and «redulity -of eetpe, to gain
xnoneybbiyn^tdi §a*fe:ofnfosifusns: and ■> isq c rets.'!© f tbfeff own,
-distribute‘handbills] Getting forth thpjpfficacy'of
ffegiiE m©dfe®^^with Rested? annexed* to dlem>.
But it was fesejtvedvfor tffe^^^'fiTaQ-itsy orldisfciples
of -Laorkouh^ "%lfjady mehfri-oned,‘ ‘So'Kar'rogale boldly to
theinselMes, the ppsy©Jsi»mj|ff a ,||rildl'i^.h^ferefer,‘ “ riot to
4 ^ $ To tHosedwhd'had’ all tt|a^#ny(|y^nycQfr this life;
there remained, u n ^ d ’mp 1 i m o t h e r wish 'than
thatjpfe remaining tpi/pVcjr-in it. A11dfa^gwrdi i i g Iy, '
vira 1 ‘&QSj#lAigUiSfofhGhina ha$d;bgen^ knoj^nStpspherkh
the ideafpf'th^pssibilky:df^spch;a'med-ieine. TjKe^fiad
put fhemsely es, -in,(full^hea-hh, u n ^ t ^ h i ^ ^ ^ p f thpje2
r&ligiousj^Qpdrics ,• arid itpok Mr|tg/draugH^dl ft-Ke
pd beyegagg^pfdnymorfelity.- . Then;orfxp'wsi’^ j i ; d*id m o f
, merelydagfrhless bnggedi&nfcsj 4:bs|fe?i|)babl'y,;
ofe$a,ch iSx’t^ i'^ l’and-'prQpor^^ii^fi, thefp^pp'y,? and: of
o4th#rt^bsta!@)pfs3gtjd l l q « p r ^ ^ e ^ ^ n % ( ‘g^5fe'ihpQrliry
exaltation^Qf t|i§i i m a g in-a Ijipn,^pa-ssqd ‘fof: an? in$ifea!f?iph'
pfjits, viyifying efieSefs^ Thus qjicbufagedi trffejl'had
cciuisfettpjfrequent repptdtSo^ybf th e ^ b ^ 'w h ic h bipilght^
oHfq^ickly-langporand^e^ility t©ffs|)icits|^ild thpl<$0 ^
lucjeyl. patient? i often fhecfam^yietlms fajdlfelt 'and «’Folly;
i.n; th e I flower; of theiftajt^jj^
Thpr-eta-re in China]no' profes^rsapff the|spl|heM|idn4
nected with medicine.^ The 'hunxahfbodiy isjhsever, unv
less, privately, dfs^dstfd tbe^i? Books,' indeed,-, .with