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A STREET QUACK

His stock-in-trade is a tray of articles unknown to the pharmacopœia, and of these he makes nauseating compounds

WHERE THE HOOD MAKES THE DOCTOR

Chinese doctors pass no examinations and require no qualifications beyond an air of profound wisdom and an old book of prescriptions. Almost anything nasty is deemed good as medicine, and the larger the dose the more likely the cure. Doctors, however, are judged entirely by results, and no cure no fee is the rule