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cisco. Therefore enclosed you will find thirteen cents in stamps for 

 your book which I beg you to send me as soon as possible. My case is 

 one of convergent strabismus. I am forty years old and I was born 

 with this condition of the eyes. I beg you to let me know if you can 

 cure me with your herbs. Thanking you and awaiting a prompt reply, 



LUIGI VENTURINI." 



Reply, dated Oct. 28, 1929, reads as follows: 



"Our herbs are compounded to meet individual needs, and the price 

 is ten dollars per week in advance for a week's supply of 7 packages, 

 one to be cooked daily according to directions, and the tea drunk each 

 day. All packages are mailed postpaid and insured. 



The herbalist has never had an instance similar to yours. Those in- 

 stances of strabismus that he has relieved have all been acquired after 

 birth, and not since birth as yours is. The herbs no doubt will help 

 you, but he cannot say whether your condition can be completely re- 

 ieved or not. 



Yours truly, 



FONGWAN - - -." 

 Herb Lore was received on Nov. 25, 1929. 

 That concludes the correspondence in this case. 



From pages 70-72, transcript, Vol. I, March 3, 1932. 

 Reads as follows : 



August 30, 1929. 



"I had heard of your herb treatment, and am suffering from dropsy, 

 where the flesh pits, and legs are all swelled up. Teeth are getting 

 black and lips are swollen. What I want to know is whether you have 

 a treatment to cure the trouble ? 



Yours, 

 M. G. MASTERS, Box 201, Grottoes, Va." 



Reply dated Sept. 3, 1929, reads as follows: 



"Our herbs compounded to meet individual needs have successfully 

 relieved many instances of dropsy. In your case, the Fong Wan herb- 

 alist cannot ascertain whether the herbs will bring permanent relief, 

 because being so far away, he will not be able to see you. It all depends 

 on the severity of your condition, whether the herbs will give perma- 

 nent relief. At any rate, the herbs will undoubtedly aid you. 



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