It is definitely understood that Dr. Edwards will return to Shans ing autumn, and resume practice at yuan Fu, While at home on furlough he has been devoting his time to special studies relating to diseases of the eye, at the Edinburgh Ni 4 There are three foreign physicians in Shansi; namely; Dr. Cox at T'aiyuan Fu, Dr. Goldsbury at Taiku, and Dr. Atwood at Fenchow Fu; but what are among 80 many?" Each one has his hands full a hundredfold iw relieving the myriad ills to which Chinese flesh is peculiarly heir and for which the native doctors can do nothing* whatever, Dr. Goldabury reports 1,500 cases treated, and a number of This narobor might have been multiplied minor operations performed, during 1890.
imes, if the doctor could have devot-to practice; but this his frst year in China, he wisely determin to give only one day a week to treating patients.
'A fire occurred at Taiyuan Fu, about the end of February, that came near having serious results. Dr. and Mrs, Cox awoke at midnight to find the house full of amoke which was afterwards ascertained to proceed from fire in the rafters. Di went to arouse Mr. Poet, who was sleeping; in another room in the same building, but "there was no voice nor any that answers ed." Going into the room, he found Mr, Poet apparently suffocated, and it was not till after considerable effort that avy sign of returning animation was visible; nor was full consciousness restored till some time in the afternoon.
About the same time a fire ocourred in the dispensary at T'aiku, which was sven extinguished by the diligent use of s hand pump, and with no more serious loss than the burning of the dispensary records.
A crime of unusual barbarity was recently perpetrated in a village in P'ingyao Hsien when young man murdered nis stepmother and her baby, just after the birth of the latter. It is stated that the young man's mother, died from ill-treatment received at the hands of her mother-in-law and the crime just mentioned was committed in order to avenge her death.
'A short time ago, a woman atFenchouFu, having engaged her daughter to a creditor, afterwards married her to another man. The creditor then'came and tried to carry her off by force in a cart, but all the men from the neighbouring: houses came to the rescue and restored the young woman to her husband.
The New-Year decorations at Ch'i Hsien were unusually fine this year. Several arches were erected on the, main street and. fitted up in such o tasteful and: elegant manner as would have graced the triumph of the fist dtteen days of tp sent more Ceesar. - Ata large vi anear Chi Hsien,
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