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Show 'pf IHKNDWN j IRfflKTHE CHINESE Celestials Have Medicines, but Do Not Understand Their Action. t'SE FOREIGN DOCTORS Rockefeller Commission Investigating In-vestigating Country's Medical Needs. VKlN. Ju'v The RooktffVl'er com--$::::. which is hre invsusating L" :u s reJ.s In & mMival and ursl-v ursl-v iv, has already found th:it a most f-.por:aru point is this: The Chines us: tau.sht to doctor themselves i cr.j r.'.odern lir.es and not rely, except fcr te reser-t. i:pon the foreign niedl T.e country is so vast arul the neeJ of ie Tr.edicil men so e:eniv that all tie dtx:ors and surgeons in America couJcl he u:'.!:x;'d tn China. Such a great t. r i s : o n . or even enough to nuke aji y :ie ::rpress:on. is impracticable. Th I r u".:cn m;ist be the tr.Unin of the Chl-i Chl-i :ese doctors. At present there are only i :ew score of then-. tidineJ along mod-e:r. mod-e:r. ;ir.e. and these have d:f :';ci:;iy in airiftj A living. The Ohii'.am.-in is sus-;.c.ov sus-;.c.ov of the second-h.ind training of mtianuxei Chinese doctor, and if i is RvJ to resort to foreign treat- j-er.t he prefers to go direct to the for-; for-; f e ;r. coct- I 1 Tr.e corr.rr.ifsio-. vh::h is represented i I her-s by Tr. Hairy 1'ratl Judson. presi-' presi-' . oe-'.: c:: C.'.icago university, and Dr. Kran- . W. Fe-clv of tosior.. L.is not ;or.e .iis er.o.-. to con'.rr.;; r.se.f to any liefi-' liefi-' - r.iii. h'.it lis ft port iinuou'.eo.y re .Argely ccn. er::ed wii.i the prco-c: prco-c: r..jk:ng the to: e. t n-traiiicd r.-i'-ive ::c: :e:c-.Lr.1 in Cr.ir.a. Tie l"r.i:e.i Steves dt-par:men: of state r-s :en-.porar::y d-iach-i Kogor Greene t:: hit cor.s'.i'.ar post at Hankow to tf coni mission as an interpre'.er and r ie :n its tor of invest : gallon, and C'nrese government. to'.h (-en;:l &r.i .c . has :''..r:hered rather than ir.i- :he work of tne comn.:?sion. " 1 the rrM.ral sc.-.cls the commission . ? irr.i various men a: work trying to - 3 me-iica! imara-rters and con-.'rinft-:.:r of characters or expressions in Women Doctors. I: was cr.'y t'ree yeans aso that the firs: c.iss cf Cnir.ese educated in China ::i tr.e.r media! degrees from the "-.or cohere t ere Anierioa-n and -re :n Pek n. Last y-ar the I f.rt ,is. a s-a : number, of women were graluated. Because- of Tr;uiices acAinst ;he treatment of wom-men. wom-men. women doctors will have a :!':!? r'Ace :n ir.edica; work in China. a""... '. e the c a ss cf Chinese w h o prefer pre-fer :r.e old-styie Chinese do-: tors is etill i- the marcrtiy. the foreign doctors have r.rr than thay can do. Crirese mellcir.e is a poor thine The C'mese have ha i for centuries reme-: reme-: r? for certain we'.l-known d'seaes. rem-f:: rem-f:: whi:h are often very effective. Put i'-y hive never, ap: arn t'y. stud ie i s--.o.v. a-i kr.o-w :it;le or r.othire of rea?:r.s for actions and ou nterac-1 nterac-1 ti;r.s. M-rh if not rr.-t of their work is cua-kery. They have very little Y-.:?r.iz cf surcerv. As a rule the C-. e .ir-ctor car.net set a t-re. Men se vro.-:en lim'rs could be s:uk to-?-t:r by an ordinary rr.?.n in Kurcpe t or .A"reH.?a become remanent cripr.es i" Crina. SjrM are to be seen even or. streets of Canton. S'r.anzhai and) r?;-:rj. wi-.ere the services of the foreign c '.o'S are alwavs available. They are -.ti vruo r.ave sine to their o'n :r.?tfad r-' '. i-: e . sr. doctors, and p r o b a h ' y h a v e t.-:e ir.terna lly. for their broken bones. Seem Like liracles. 5:-ire cf tve taies that eo throue-h the c:-;r.'-.- ahout tr.e missionary doctors are ' r.-e peorle like eiciea of the BiMe. -' learr.s of a surprising1 cure, which fr-rr.s to him miraculous. A friend has sr.-.-i rv brigands or bv n:arau-iir.5 of the e o e rn m e n t . and is pa r a -"'- do "st. one side as a result. The ."-i-r or opens his head, takes out ; -I'.iie pire of metnl and the man be-' be-' or.'e to walk and talk. Or it be. ;r. the case of a woman w-ho Kir.i from a catard'.t and haa been s sight. it vs-i to be the case that malicious r? -vere spread of the mission hos-' hos-' ?' ' Chinese i-ou!d not under- F '.r : re-.scn for good work He'r.c L '': freely by white men and wom.n. ' -0 carr.e 'housands of rrdls across tl.e hTl'' s';s7'i,"ions and dislike of for- -r ' cave ris to stories ! h .-, t they "''il'lren I'oullv to m.'ike medi-) medi-) '' r'-:--r.c-i. -? 0f rn':- Tlii." and , 'f 'f- t.e-re current ur to the time r y.r, risirg, but they are no |