Note 100 — XIV. JUDGE LU.

The Hsi-yüan-lu, a well-known work on Chinese medical jurisprudence, and an officially-authorised book, while giving an absurd antidote against a poison that never existed [see my Chinese Sketches, p. 190], gravely insists that it is to be prepared at certain dates only, “in some place quite away from women, fowls, and dogs.” return to footnote anchor 100 return to footnote anchor 590 return to footnote 678