Guest guest Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Dear List, There is a good account of the life and medical practice of Dr. Ing Hay in Oregon in William Bowen's phd dissertation The Americanization of : A Discourse-based study of Culture-Driven Medical Change (l993, pp. 44-46) University of California, Riverside. According to Bowen, Ing Hay (like most of the early Chinese herbalists who came to Australia in the mid l9th century) came to America in 1880 as a gold miner in Oregon . " Among Ing Hay's first patients were the Chinese who had come to John Day to mine gold. He would drive out to the work camps with herbal mixtures prepared for the miners. Knowledge of his skills and abilities soon spread by word of mouth to and among the white community. Ing hay had better cures for blood poisoning and infection that his western counterparts.. Blood poisoning was very common and serious occurence of the day due to barbed wire and livestock. It was untreatable by regular doctors but Ing Hay had an herbal cure. In one case, Ing Hay helped a prominent rancher's son who had blood poisoning by painting an ointment with feather. At least a third of Ing Hay's patients were women who consulted him for relief from disease resulting from " congestion " of the pelvic organs, complications from childbirth, or menstrual problems. Hay also had cures for meningitis, lumbago, mumps, colds, stomach ailments,hemorrhaging, and influenza, and he treated gan grene, Rocky Mountain spotted Fever, and typhoid. . He was very sucessful in the flu epidemics of l918-1919 and did not lose a single patient, unlke western doctors , who helplessly watch many of their patients die. " " Western style doctors of the area soon became very jealous of him and opposed his practice because of the comnpetition he forced upon them . " Hay according to Bowen also used " ga-sa " (gua sha) or " coin rubbing ( a small white disc used to scrape along the spine as a treatment for meningitis) " . Bowen did not find evidence that Hay used acupuncture. Regards, Rey Tiquia Phd Candidate Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science University of Melbourne ---------- > " kampo36 " <kampo36 > > cnn.com story >Thu, Oct 3, 2002, 5:26 AM > > Town guards Chinese herbalist's legacy > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/10/02/china.doctor.ap/inde > x.html > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Michael Broffman and his associates actually wrote and performed a play based on the life of Dr. Ing Hay presented a few years ago. He is also compiling Dr. Hay's prescriptions for, hopefully, future publication. The town of John Day actually has a museum dedicated to Dr. Hay. On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at 07:17 PM, rey tiquia wrote: > Dear List, > > There is a good account of the life and medical practice of Dr. Ing > Hay in Oregon in William Bowen's phd dissertation The Americanization > of : A Discourse-based study of Culture-Driven Medical > Change (l993, pp. 44-46) University of California, Riverside. > > According to Bowen, Ing Hay (like most of the early Chinese herbalists > who came to Australia in the mid l9th century) came to America in 1880 > as a gold miner in Oregon . > > " Among Ing Hay's first patients were the Chinese who had come to > John Day to mine gold. He would drive out to the work camps with > herbal mixtures prepared for the miners. Knowledge of his skills and > abilities soon spread by word of mouth to and among the white > community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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