Q. Was it always good ? A. Not when I had stomach trouble it 

 was not. 



Q. When did you commence to have stomach trouble? A. Back 

 in 1916. 



Q. Were you under the care of physicians? A. I had a terrible 

 stomach. I was working for the railroad at that time. They ordered 

 me to go to the railroad hospital. 



Q. Describe the symptoms that were afflicting you. A. I had 

 awful pains in my stomach. When I went to the hospital they suggest- 

 ed I take a trial breakfast, which consisted of toast and tea. I took the 

 toast. They could not pump it out of my stomach. They suggested I 

 have X-rays made. They made several X-rays which didn't show any- 

 thing. I was there for about two weeks when they decided I had bad 

 tonsils and I had better have my tonsils taken out. So they took out 

 my tonsils. 



Q. Did that help your stomach ? A. No. They then thought that 

 was not the cause. They decided I should have my stomach washed. - - 



Q. Did you remain in the hospital long after that ? A. I was there 

 six weeks all told. 



Q. After you left the hospital did you commence to take Chinese 

 herbs ? A. No, I went back to work. 



Q. Then what happened? A. Then the trouble started again, 

 the pains started in my stomach. 



Q. Were they severe? A. They were. I had to keep eating all 

 the time in order to keep the pains down. It seemed that the more I 

 ate the less trouble I had. 



The Court: Q. Subsequently you took the herbs, did you? A. 

 They were recommended to me and I went to see Fong Wan. 



Q. For how long did you take them ? A. For six weeks. 



Q. With what results ? A. I never had a bit of stomach trouble 

 since. 



Q. After that were you afflicted with any other trouble? A. I 

 had a case of pleurisy. 



Q. How serious was your condition with respect to that last 

 trouble ? A. There was some water in my hip that they could not get 

 out, and they were going to tap me. 



Q. Did the doctors declare it necessary to tap you ? A. They did, 

 the last time. 



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