Q. Does that volume contain) a statement of the purpose to which 

 each one of these herbs is applicable in the treatment of diseases ? 



Prosecuting Attorney: Objected to as immaterial, irrelevent, and 

 incompetent, and calling for the opinion and conclusion of the witness, 

 and calling for hearsay matters. 



The Court: Objection overruled. 



A. ;I Tiave looked carefully over many pages of that work and I can 

 say that diseases are mentioned and herbs for those diseases given. 



Defense Attorney: Q. Let me call your attention to the third 

 column here for -a moment. Before calling your attention to that, let 

 me ask you this: From what particular volume wass this third column 

 taken, headed 'Curative property?' From what Chinese treatise was 

 that taken ? A. It is called Yee Tsung Gum Gham. 



Q. Which in English is what? A. Golden Text-Book of Medical 

 Terms. 



Q. Published by the authority of whom? A. The Imperial au- 

 thority, in the year 1739. 



Q. Opposite each one of these herbs, the name of which is given 

 in iChinese and opposite its Latin equivalent to indicate its botanical 

 connection, have you set forth from the Chinese Materia Medica to 

 which you have just referred the statement with regard to its curative 

 properties ? A. Yes. 



Q. And does this statement contain a complete and a true transla- 

 tion from that volume of those statements? A. Yes. This is made 

 by ime. 



Q. Both pages, Doctor? A. Yes. 



Q. The first column, as I understand it, contains the name of the 

 herb in Chinese, with its English equivalent, taken from the book identi- 

 fied by the witness preceding you ? A. Yes. 



Q. And the second column, its equivalent in Latin to indicate its 

 botany ? A. Yes. 



Q. And in the third its curative property, as indicated and taken 

 from the Chinese Materia Medica ? A. That is correct. 



Defense Attorney: I offer this in evidence. 



The Court: Q. Is the paper that the defense attorney holds in his 

 (hand, to which he has just referred, a translation of the paper you hold 

 in your hand, and which is Defendant's Exhibit A ? A. Yes, a trans- 

 lation. 



Q. And nothing more ? A. No, nothing more. 



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