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next to that, he should be (as) *stoa y a medical man

not necessarily our medical men; if a private family

wishes to pay a big fee, it is all the same to us what

they do. They might give a history of a long cough, or

a long standing dropsy, orit might be beri beri, or a good number of diseases, but I think it would be better

that when a man hadnt got a certificate of death, that

he should be post mortened.

Havnt the Chinese a very great repugnanos to post 13009

morten: examinations ↑

I dont think they have. The bulk of them are not well bọ

do, and the others would probably get their own men. It

dose not much matter what happens to the coelie class.

He is dead, and his friends dont take much interest in

him, but occasionally a well to do Ohiṇaman says "I

dont want it". It would be only in the case of Chinese

cookies. These are the only cases you have in the

hospital, and some practically you dont know the names

of. Their only objection is that in case it turns out

to be plague, the whole place is turned out from head

to foot. If it was not for disinfection, they would not

bother a bit.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

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rung Wa Chun:-

As regárda post mortem examination, dont you know, as

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a matter of fact, that it is against Chinese religion

to have them ?

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I dont know anything about Chinese religion.

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Do you think the Chinese dont object to it?

I should think they dont know anything about it. The

Chinese coolie comes down from Canton and goes to a

Chinese lodging house, and dies there - there are

hundreds and hundreds of these cases - and noone knews

him, his people are not here. The Juropean does not

like a post mortem. Nobody likes it. A Huropean woman

doe, not mind the know nothing about it. These

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