Under this sentence, Mr. Chow and his relatives expressed the usual Chinese desire that he be removed to his own house to die. He was thkeretore taken home and, as a last resort, several of the most famous Chinese -practitioners in Peking were called in. After an examination, these physicians averred that the foreign doctors knew nothing of his illness and that he could be cured. They were invited to do their best and their medicines were so remarkably efficacious that within a day or so Mr. Chow seemed to be on the way to recovery. Whether the Chinese medicines or renewed confidence on ihe part of the patient were responsible, Mr. Chow did live for another six weeks and for a time seemed to be out of all danger. After passing a certain point, however, a decline again set in and the Chinese doctors began to lose assurance. They were—finally ready to give him up, when Mr. Chi expressed a. desire to Bo examined by a famous foreign diagnostician who happetied to visiting Peking. This the Chinese doctors opposed bitterly, assuring him that if he consulted the foreigners again he would surely die.
Romantic Fight for Life
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