THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



years This rule, however, is not surgical operations, and their 



true of foreigners, several who re- tenacity of life is often almost 



fused vaccination having died in beyond belief. 



Aguas Calientes. Not over 2 per A short time ago a driver on one 



cent die among the natives. of the ore carts, which weighed 



A DEAD CHILD.-"WE FAIL To CURE SOMETIMES, YEN IN MEXICO.' 



I have read that 60 per cent, of 

 the native Mexicans are diseaed, 

 but my experience here with mine 

 workmen, is that it is found in at 

 least 90 per cent. 



I use nearly all medicine in the 

 extract from giving the powder or 

 liquid, with no attempt to disguise 

 its disagreeable tas'e. the natives 

 believing that a remedy leaving no 

 taste, or a pleasant one, is of but 

 little value. They have enough of 

 the Indiui blood to endure pain 

 with wonderful stolidity. I never 

 give an anaesthetic to amputate a 

 finger or perform similar minor 



over seven tons, fell off upon hard 

 ground, and the cart passed over 

 his body, about seven inches above 

 the symphysis pubes. When he 

 was brought to the hospital, he 

 was bleeding profusely. 



Many strange experiance^ come 

 to one placed in a position like 

 mine. And, while all things are 

 not quite as pleasant as they might 

 be; the field for a young prac- 

 titioner is almost unlimited. 



One little incident, illustrating 

 the density of ignorance among 

 the natives, occurred in my prac- 

 tice a short tima a-^o. O.i visiting 



