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That the Chinese take very kindly to foreign medicine there is no
doubt, though it is sometimes amusing how they go back to their
own native methods.
One day my husband brought home a physiological chart about the
size of an ordinary man. It was covered with black spots and I
asked him the reason for them.
"That is what I asked the dealer from whom I bought it," he
replied, "and he told me that those spots indicate where the
needle can be inserted in treatment by acupuncture without
killing the patient."
When a Chinese is ill the doctor generally concludes that the
only way to cure him is to stick a long needle into him and let
out the pain or set up counter irritation. If the patient dies it
is evident he stuck the needle into the wrong spot. And this
chart has been made up from millions of experiments during the
past two or three thousand years from patients who have died or
recovered.
This was practically illustrated by a woman who was brought to
the hospital. Having had pain in the knee she sent for a Chinese
physician who concluded that the only method of relieving her was
by acupuncture. He therefore inserted a needle which
unfortunately pierced the synovial sac causing inflammation which
finally resulted in complete destruction of the joint. Such cases
are not infrequent both among adults and children in all grades
of society, due to this method of treatment.
One day I was called to see a lady who was in immediate need of
surgical treatment
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