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Popular Science Mnnthly 



of a Chinese bedroom through great 

 goggle-shaped ghisses — two inches across 

 and set in huge uncouth copper 

 frames. 



Most important in diagnosing a case, 

 according to Chinese ideas, is the feeling 

 of the different pulses of the human 

 system. The pulse at each wrist is felt, 

 and each is divided into three, which 

 according to the light or hea\'\- character 

 of the pressure, indicates a different 

 organ of the body. By thus feeling the 

 pulses, the states of a dozen real or 

 imaginary organs are determined. Hav- 

 ing then learned by the pressure of 

 these three at each pulse, the seat of the 

 disease, a few questions may be asked, 

 but these are considered scarcely neces- 

 sary. A prescription, sometimes cailinr^ 

 for the most horrible and nauseating 

 compounds, is prepared in large doses; 

 for the native believes that the larger 

 the dose, the more likely is it to prove 

 efficacious. In prescribing for natives, 

 the foreign doctors have 

 to give the strictest in- 

 junctions that the paper 

 box in which the pills 

 are contained is not to 

 be swallowed. 



Among Chinese medi- 

 cines, besides some that 

 are to be found in our 

 Western Materia Medica, 

 are snake skins, fossils, 

 rhinoceros or hartshorn 

 shavings, silk-worms, 

 asbestos, moths, oyster 

 shells, and other things. 

 Almost anything dis- 

 gusting is considered a 

 good medicine. Ajiothe- 

 caries' shops abound 

 where i)rescripUons are 

 made up. 



The manner in which 

 the Chinese treat their 

 physicians is character- 

 istic. Should a speed\- 

 cure not result from ilic 

 doctor's treatment, tin- 

 patient calls in another. 

 If he does not im|M-o\e, 

 he calls in a third. Thus 

 tile nudical skill of liie 

 whole neighborhood may 

 be drawn ui«)n. 



Tlic fan is iiiii by g.T.s or 

 denatured alcohol. It 

 costs about one half cent 

 an hour to operate it 



Keeping Cool with a Fan Driven by 

 a Hot -Air Engine 



SIMMER and electric fans go well 

 together, but where electricity is 

 not to be had people have had to forego 

 such pleasures. They will not be 

 obliged to go without their summer 

 breezes any more, however, for the little 

 fan illustrated can be used any place 

 where a connection can be made to gas 

 or where alcohol can be purchased. 



The fan is operated by a small hot-air 

 engine in which all the rotating parts 

 are carefully adjusted and balanced so 

 that it runs smoothly and evenly, 

 driving the blades at a speed sufficient 

 to send forth a breeze that will lower the 

 temperature on the hottest day. 



The operation of the fan is interesting. 

 The air in the lower end of the cylinder 

 is heated by the lamp and expanding 

 drives the piston upward, revohing the 

 fan and creating a momentum. This 

 cycle of operations continues, the fan 

 gaining in speed with 

 each revolution, and con- 

 tinuing to run as long as 

 the fuel holds out. When 

 gas is not to be had, 

 denatured alcohol will 

 serve as the fuel. In 

 many cases the cost of 

 operation is not more 

 than one half cent an 

 lunir, and the fuel tank 

 will hold sufficient fuel 

 for twenty-four hours' 

 running. 



The Latest in Golf 



Clubs 



Al'HlLADELPHIAN 

 has invented a 

 'Vombination" golf club. 

 A ratchet in the heel of 

 the club makes the vari- 

 ous angles possible. Gi\e 

 the ratchet a twist and 

 \-ou convert the club 

 from a dri\cr into a mid- 

 iron, mashie, putter or 

 niblick. The change is 

 made in remarkabh- 

 quick time, and it can 

 be changed from a right - 

 to a left-handed club 

 wilhdut ellort. 



