China, a Medical Point of View

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Excerpt from China, a Medical Point of View: In 1860 and 1861, to Which Is Added a Chapter on Nagasaki as a SanitariumBible. We there find that the prophecy referred to was uttered 712 3 namely, 462 years before the time when, according to the authority above stated, the distinctive name was given to the people to whom the prophecy is by some believed to refer.Chee Wang, prince of Tsin, although, like many conquerors of later times, a cruel man, was undoubtedly a great one, not only did he subdue the entire empire, but he excavated many canals, and, with a View of preventing the incursions of the Huns, he erected the great wall, or rather completed it by uniting the walls and towers that had been already built by the northern princes.By what name the country was known during the immense period that intervened between the time of Isaiah and that of the family of Tsin, cannot now, it seems, be ascertained with precision we know, however, that the Chinese, as a people, are among the most ancient of all regarding whom history informs us, they have seen the rise and fall of many of the ancient nations, whose records still remain, they have, in fact, existed as a nation far longer than any other with whom we are acquainted their days have truly been long in their land, and the coinci dence is, to say the least of it, remarkable, that the Chinese, as a people, rigidly carry out the injunctions of the first com mandment with promise, with them, honour to their fathers and mothers is made the grand principle upon which all govern ment is established, nor does this honour cease with life of the parents, the names of their ancestors are worshipped through many generations.It is not my intention to enter at length into the history of the country, volumes upon volumes are available, written by the Jesuit missionaries, upon this subject. It is only necessary, with a view to carry out the plan I have laid down for myself in these brief remarks, to give a few of the great landmarks of that history as obtained from various authorities whom I have consulted upon the subject.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.