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Ew; "eyebrow notes" means notes at the top of a page; "cap words" is
sometimes used for "preface;" the "sweeper-away of care" is wine;
"golden balls" are oranges; the "golden tray" is the moon; a "two-haired
man" is a grey-beard; the "hundred holes" is a beehive; "instead of the
moon" is a lantern; "instead of steps" is a horse; "the man with the
wooden skirt" is a shopman; to "scatter sleep" means to give hush-money;
and so on, almost _ad infinitum_. Chinese medical literature is on a
very voluminous scale, medicine having always occupied a high place in
the estimation of the people, in spite of the fact that its practice has
always been left to any one who might choose to take it up. Surgery,
even of an elementary kind, has never had a chance; for the Chinese are
extremely loath to suffer any int