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Show Chaotung-fu, Yunnan, CKIMA. Sept 29,'35 Our d*ar Children: Tho 2Qth of AMY month makes us" s i t up and take notice" sine a i t is the wedding' anniversary oi a n that are "married folks" in our familyi v i z . , Wm and. S a l l i e (Oct) and ourselves - June. Tomorrow i t is a yr since Margaret l e f t us at P T H to enter" the Language 3 c h i , Peking! We hear t h a t the Roys were very happy at Rockmere the past summefh. Bo you wonder? There i s j i t t l e to t a l k shout save medical matters - which c e r t a i n ly have a way of consuming time, strength, and ALL we have to offer! The 14- yr old g i r l , who was cured of her cerebro-spinal meningitis by spinal inject i o n s of the anti-meningo-coccic serum., has gone home, well,1? her deafness improved, and earache gone* While I was not able to find the r a t - b i t e ^ £ | V |r " s p i r i l l um ruinus" under the microscope, an i n j e c t i o n of I A B cured himjcnc % pain and. tenderness in the pl< ce where b i t t e n , end the fever all disappear-in?*! W{ :-T a SO glad. 1 \ ow e l a s t that Mr Moody had"bowel ^ r o u b l e , " L t Stone Gateway, contracted whilv 'touring his large (Miao) f i e l d . He arrived, here three das l a t e r, and, by the "ight of a kerosene pressure lamp, I was able to find the naught y amehae that were causing his trouble, and he has been a p a t i e n t in t h is house, ever since - nearlng the end of treatment. We are following Ho; eriy who, out of his vast experience in JUgypt end India, girea Jf~7-8 injections of Bmetine - v k i l l the amebae in the t i s s u e s , and follows that © u r s e by d a i l y treatments, by mouth, of Ipecac, suspended in mucilage and water,with t s t o i c aaidf drily for a \ < :« to get r i d of the amebae in the i n t e s t i n al f l u i d s . The r e c i t a l of t h i s method of treatment will s t i r up Arthur's memor y , for, thus he was t r e a t e d the 'summer of 1928 - the disease contracted by eating raw foods on that Japw steamer, between Kobe and Tsxng-tao! "Barer a-gain" - raw food in the Client, unless prepared by oirraelves - or good, trustworthy, Chi Shen SsuJ The dey after writing you 3 at, there entered the Hosp enfi o f f i c i a l - fway upfi - who was w i l l i n g to a. e in for treatment, a f t e r I demonstrated to hi the "amebae which had bee] *ing him dysentery for ^n^ monthi He sv ad to me that .-1 ays E astor-oil nearly is him wel'$>! He has "Seen en ideal p a t i e n t . He res en t to emetSaa i n j e c t i o n s , and, after 12 of those, is being followed by the other equally landed, and trustworthy course of treatment - to prevent cyst formation, and a l l the complications that are bound to he incident thereto - 12 daily doses of llmetine-Bismuth-Iodide. Thus, he i s able now to be at homo, coming in a s a das chair for his 1^B|1^ treatments, every few days - and can carry on his yamen business. Alr.s, that he i s a heavy user of opium! He no?/ wants to be cured of t h a t , end -- will use the autogenous serum treatment whicAis now found do be so adequate, and non-td &e -consuming, and l e s s troublesome to both p a t i e n t and physician! Cantharides p l a s t e r makes a large b l i s t e r . 5ne to several i n j e c t i o n s of the serum from the b l i s t e r - i n j e c t i o n s t i l l there i s a loss of desire for opium, or, even a d i s l i k e for it(I)- are given. Then i t is to be hoped the :. i t3 ent will STAY cured! 1 saw Dr (Jraddoefc f i r s t use t h i s at Wutingfu l a s t year. So, the treatment is new, hut now much advocated. We have been struggling over two l i t t l e children, both i l l with amebic dysentery. One i s a 5-yr old son of the highest o f f i c i a l , here, a Hosu - the one who has promised to build a good road from the east gate of the c i t y to our new Hosp Compound, so p a t i e n t s may be c a r r i e d to Hosp in rickshas *» no not possible here. I c e r t a i n l y have spent "no end" of time and effort on. tha* ohild, enc now he i s " 3CK, MUCH b e t t e r . Aftfer 01113 i n j e c t i o n of Emetine a l i t t l e 6-yr old g i r l , i l l with dysentery one month - amebic - I found, "- Br££rs w e r e r " d u c e d fT0U :!'5 t h « day she came in - mostly auxe blood - to 5 ifi^Z* h r s ! Another triumph of science, loving devotion, and God's grace. There has been a perfect "scourge of Benign Tertian Malaria in the Mi.oale School - our Church's - hete, sine- none of the pupils hate moscuito n e t ' s . - a f f e c t i n g boy and g i r l p u p i l s . The cool weather has done away with the mosquito so l a r g e l y , that the epidemic is dying down f a s t . Their slides made from blood-smee.rs make MOST " p r e t t y " p i c t u r e s I T i l eep under 5-6 blankets no 5 Your f a t h e r ' s building p r o j e c t s are g e t t i n g under way n i c e l y . S t i l l he finds time to help j/rjCE in Hosp. Kiss y^nx is up after 3 was in bed with her u l c e r of stomach « now headed, apparently. HUST be CARTIPHT! ICVTMO TOIT |